Scotland's First Minister on Friday warned that a united Britain was "on borrowed time" unless Prime Minister David Cameron devolved more powers to Edinburgh, on the first anniversary of a historic independence referendum.
Scottish voters decided to stay part of the United Kingdom by 55 percent to 45 percent on September 18 last year, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told supporters that she would favour another referendum if polls showed renewed public demand.
"Only the people can decide if we will have another referendum," the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader said in the anniversary address.
"Only the people can decide when that will be. And only the people can decide if Scotland will become independent."
Recent polls have shown an increased support for independence.
"Right now, what people see at Westminster is a Tory government failing to fully deliver on the vow it made on more powers for our parliament," she said in the speech in a conference hall in Edinburgh.
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Thhanks for remembering this date!
ReplyDeleteBut the true reasons for these claims rests in the way of the royalties coming from oil & gas resources.....
I had a college student from Scotland working in the lab with me (visiting his family, who are researchers) for a few weeks a few weeks back. I asked him about Scottish independence, and he said it's not so big a deal there among the young adults, but only as long as the UK government delivers on its promises from the year before. If they failed to do that, then there would be renewed support for independence, otherwise the issue would be let go.
ReplyDeleteThat last sentence in the post's quote says it all. If that is really the case, then the Scots will feel rightfully betrayed/let down, and this time may actually sue for independence. We'll have to watch how the UK responds.