| What if Westminster then tries to say “No”? |
| Wednesday, 18 March 2009 14:44 |
| Every recent British Prime Minister has stated that he or she would accept the will of the Scottish people over Independence. “As a nation, they [the Scots] have an undoubted right to national self-determination.” Margaret Thatcher (The Downing Street Years, 1995). John Major MP, an outspoken opponent of Independence, said, “Should they determine on Independence, no English party or politician would stand in their way.” (Scotland in the Union: A Partnership for Good, 1993) There is nothing to indicate that this does not also reflect the general feeling of people in England on this issue. The SNP believes that the people of England are not opposed to democracy in Scotland. We saw in 1997 how the opponents of a Scottish Parliament had to back down in the face of the will of the people. Similarly, a “Yes” vote for Independence will mean that, by this stage, the Independence process will be unstoppable. Following the precedent of the Baltic republics, the Czech and Slovak republics and many countries of the former British Empire, there is no reason at all why Scotland cannot become an independent state if it chooses to. |
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