Change but no change

 The issue of Scottish Independence is slowly resolving itself one way or the other !
For 300 years the union of England and Scotland has provided a common bond that was largely missing between other neighbouring countries in Europe. The link that the Euro zone provided was, in many ways very similar but was imposed and not organic. The violent battles that are part of our history were evidence of the power struggle between the land owners and the contestants for the English Throne. Eventually the penny dropped and sharing of power, based on a government sitting in London with special representation for the particular needs of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish people was agreed.

The United Kingdom is, as are most countries, based on an amalgam of people, clans living within a boarder that designates a country and gives the country a name and a sense of unity. Of course much of the unity can be paper thin, the clans finding it difficult  to accept hegemony.  It is a fact that people in Wales, people in the North of Ireland and people in Scotland often resent the English who, in the past have not shown much consideration for their neighbours. 

The political class in any country feels the need to be "unconstrained" as it attempts to meet the local need for which its politic is designed. Devolution, the loosening of the ties and the granting of power was started in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with the creation of their own Parliament and elections.

Of course Alec Salmon has moved the goal posts further in asking for a vote on full separation of powers and in so doing claiming full independence,except of course he isn't.  The question of sheltering under the umbrella of the UK armed forces, remaining within the sterling area which in essence means that decisions taken by the Bank of England will effect Scotland, they want to remain under allegiance to the Queen (what ever that means). 

Listening to the Scottish Nationalist Party, they project the importance of "change" with the advocacy of "no change" !!





The political class in Scotland and Wales have a closer relationship with "their people" than the English.    Empire and the weight of Private Education distances the ruling class in England from the bulk of the voting public as evidenced by the ever growing gulf that grows between the top 2% and the rest of us.