Scotland to secede?

[kevyn]

detailbear will appreciate the ramifications of this:

Scottish Voters to Whitehall: ‘Let My People Go!’
“Scottish nationalists committed to independence from Britain became the biggest party in the Scottish parliament on Friday in elections which left a political headache for Prime Minister Tony Blair’s successor.”

After watching the U.S.S.R. collapse and the independence movement in Québec come within a hair's breadth of breaking up Canada, I began to realize that most large countries weren't as solid as I had been raised to believe. I've long argued that the Civil War didn't end the question of secession in the United States, just postponed it a few generations. (For instance, I believe the secession movement in Hawai'i will probably succeed if the economic conditions are right.)

And now, the Scottish are threatening the unity of the U.K.

Fascinating times we live in indeed.

Comments

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Hawaii? I suppose it's possible but unlikely. It's too important strategically for the U.S. How it became part of the U.S. was pretty sneaky. Just a tiny harmless free trade agreement and after a number of years of that it was easy to take it over. They're now trying it with Canada and possibly Mexico.
On the other hand, if the USSR basically went bankrupt to dissolve, how much of a debt does a country need to break up?

Also if Scotland is separate, would it even mean much since they probably would join or have no choice but to join the EU and therefore be part of that plot.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, the EU. The one hegemonic counter to the tide of breakups. On the surface, a good idea...