The United Kingdom was first formed 302 years ago when England and Scotland signed the Act of Union. Wales and Ireland, among others, were added later.
So why do I think breaking the Union would be a good thing?
Well, for one, it's what people want, as seen in the poll above. Also, I generally support localisation as well as limited government (as opposed to globalisation). Pushing power down, and away from centralised authority, is always a good thing. In America, many support states' rights over the (illegal) powers wielded by their Federal government today.
Also, once you understand the global governence agenda, it becomes obvious that, generally, ALL internationalist federations where the federation is superior to the individual states, are a bad thing.
Scotland has their own Parliament, and so does Wales. As much as anything else, the absence of an English equivalent is the source of much opposition to the current Union.
Also, personally, I choose to put the UK in the same category as the EU, NATO and the UN; internationalist groups that are all about selling out our national self-determination to their "common purpose". In a sense, the United Kingdom was the prototype for Continental and, ultimately, World governance.
What I am for: either a CONFEDERATION in which individual states are superior to the overarching authority; or INDEPENDENT NATION STATES.
What I am against: a FEDERATION, in which the overarching authority dictates to the individual member states, in essence everything the current EU and UN are about.
It would not be bad if Scotland and England were to walk separate ways,seeing both could support themselves. I am not sure about Wales, perhaps. As for Norther Ireland,it should be given back to the Republic of Ireland.
ReplyDeleteGood luck convincing the militant Ulstermen to return NI!
ReplyDeleteIt's as much symbolic as anything else. Like sovereignty declarations in the US, the idea isn't necessarily to destroy the Union completely, rather to peaceably reform it so that the individual states remain the master of the government they created.
I think many countries smaller than Wales manage OK, such as Slovenia, Lebanon and Singapore. Hell, there's even a secessionist movement in the county of Cornwall and a "Cornish National Liberation Army"! (They might even have one shotgun!)
It doesn't mean that these areas can't trade as they do now, just that their respective authorities might better represent the people.