The problem is, the argument will be "England can unilaterally decide to leave a union so why can't Scotland?"
Not unreasonable really. It's not much of a union when Scotland has decisions like that taken out of it's hands. It's bad enough that the Tories persistently get to run Britain when...
Well since the 70s there have only been about 12 years of non-Tory government - I'd say that was a compelling argument for freedom in itself. If I was Scottish I'd probably feel I was little more than part of an English colony, given they only ever get governments elected by the English...
It's clearly not a "simple them and us" issue at all. If it was that simple, Scottish nationalism would not be the issue it is today. I don't recall half of Scotland wanting independence when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s.
And perhaps you should give Holyrood a ring and tell them they're...
I'd rather fight to address the reasons why nationalism is so strong in Scotland:
1) They are a country unaffected by a London based media owned by foreign billionaires that drip feeds utter biased crap to English (and Welsh) citizens. Eliminate this by restricting media ownership to British...