The treaty of union was signed in 1707. Now the Scottish parliament was not closed or disbanded it was in fact adjourned. England’s parliament reflected exactly
the same sentiment and was also adjourned. A new UK parliament was established in Westminster as a result we had one monarch under different laws, one parliament for the two countries.
Many of the posters here Scots and English alike seem to think that Scotland has no control over (whatever subject) as they are ‘reserved issues’ this is in fact mere Westminster propaganda.
There seems to be a furore surrounding the idea of independence, Unionist who refused a referendum to be tabled now calling for an immediate referendum, presumably believing it would be instantly
defeated and that would put paid to the question, however I’m not a fan of this notion of independence as for such a thing to exist there would need to be a dependence in the first place.
Any international treaty is open to amendment or revocation by the expressed will of either nation.
When our parliament in Scotland was reconvened in 1999, that simple act meant that nothing is or can be reserved unless we choose it. The decisions are ours.
It was so asserted on the opening day when Winnie Ewing opened the proceedings with the statement that “the Scottish Parliament adjourned on the
25th day of March in the year 1707 is hereby reconvened” declaring purposefully that the parliament of 1707 was back in session.
The reconvened Scots parliament was a conundrum for the UK. The United Kingdom now has a parliament in Westminster with limited authority over Scotland
for as long as we choose it, and only in the areas that we choose to accept.
England’s parliament suspended by the 1707 treaty has never been reconvened; therefore they remain entirely subject to the whims and vagaries of the UK parliament. This certainly does not benefit
the English having Scots, Welsh and N. Irish deciding their local affairs. They need to fix this, but that cannot be our problem.
It appears the UK cannot allow an English parliament to re-convene for exactly the same reasons they tried to stop the Scots. The English must see the UK parliament as “their parliament”.
The propaganda has apparently been exceedingly effective in England.
With the Scots parliament reconvened, parliament again had all rights accorded a sovereign entity, excepting those rights voluntarily placed with another. Preventing assertion of those rights is the primary goal of
the Unionist parties at Holyrood. Absent the blocking tactics of the three Unionist parties there is literally nothing in Scotland which can be “reserved” to another nation.
In other words there is absolutely no need for any referendum on Scottish independence!
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) and they have a strong connection to Scotland so I would still keep them. Doing away with them would be cutting your nose off to spite your face in my opinion.
