There is absolutely no doubt that the Conservative party in Scotland is still feeling the effects of the policies Lady Thatcher put in place to save the UK from becoming a banana republic. Sadly people tend to conveniently forget that had Lady Thatcher not won the General Election in 1979 then the UK would have been able to apply to join the 3rd World in about 1987.
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/274/u ... -thatcher/
One thing is clear, if the promises are reneged on, it will NOT be 10-15 years before we have another referendum.
On that, we can agree.
But, clearly, the independence debate is not just about economics as a number of posters to this thread have already highlighted. Across parts of the UK there is a genuine, deep-seated distrust of Westminster politics that is felt especially strongly in Scotland. This is not simply down a dislike of the incumbent Conservative government, although it has to be said that their policies are especially unpopular in the more working class / socialist areas. E.g. Glasgow = Yes majority, Edinburgh = No majority. It also has to do with what some might call a democratic deficit that has been allowed to fester in an increasingly plutocratic democracy that has eschewed federalism in favour of centralised Westminster-centric government, and lacks a written constitution to frame and protect the inalienable rights of its citizens in a rapidly changing world.
Right on the money.
