Scotland!
Izabella Curtis
Mr. Roddy
GPHC
September 2019
Mr. Roddy
GPHC
September 2019
Scotland separating from the UK!
Scotland has been considering to leave the United Kingdom for many years now. In 2014
the Scottish people voted to stay in the UK with a vote of 55% to 45%, David Cameron,
the prime minister at the time, believed that England, Wales, and Northern Ireland would need to
have a bigger say in this. Another issue Scotland faced was the fear that they would no longer be
apart of the UN (United Nations). Since 1997, at the time numerous accounts of power have been
developed from London to Edinburgh. English taxpayers' money travelled in the same direction -
Scotland received a disproportionately generous grant from the central state. The other issue is the
large amount of debt Scotland is in the United Kingdom. At this time the Labour government offered
Scots a vote on the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament. Meaning, giving control over matters
like education, social services and home affairs would state scots’ appetite for independence.
Young voters were over the moon due to having conservative government that very few scots’ voted
for. Scottish voters are more left-leaning than most of the British population. This has led to
divergence: north of the border, public sector reform is less developed in England.
The economic and geopolitical vision of the pro-independence have more than enough
reason to split from the union. The amounts to promises of further social democratic goodies,
and further autonomy over international matters. Meaning, that even if the unionists win the
referendum Scotland leaving the union might happen one day and soon.
the Scottish people voted to stay in the UK with a vote of 55% to 45%, David Cameron,
the prime minister at the time, believed that England, Wales, and Northern Ireland would need to
have a bigger say in this. Another issue Scotland faced was the fear that they would no longer be
apart of the UN (United Nations). Since 1997, at the time numerous accounts of power have been
developed from London to Edinburgh. English taxpayers' money travelled in the same direction -
Scotland received a disproportionately generous grant from the central state. The other issue is the
large amount of debt Scotland is in the United Kingdom. At this time the Labour government offered
Scots a vote on the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament. Meaning, giving control over matters
like education, social services and home affairs would state scots’ appetite for independence.
Young voters were over the moon due to having conservative government that very few scots’ voted
for. Scottish voters are more left-leaning than most of the British population. This has led to
divergence: north of the border, public sector reform is less developed in England.
The economic and geopolitical vision of the pro-independence have more than enough
reason to split from the union. The amounts to promises of further social democratic goodies,
and further autonomy over international matters. Meaning, that even if the unionists win the
referendum Scotland leaving the union might happen one day and soon.
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