So.... here we are again and as such, lets keep this civil cos news of the Indyref2 was out for a little more than 4 hours. Already I'd had folks on my facebook feed from England saying "They can **** off we don't need them" "******* bunch of scroungers" and "We didn't need them in WW2, we don't need them now"
These people have already been removed from my "friends" list, even if they have illustrated somewhat why we want out of this decrepit union with a government hat has those exact attitudes dressed up in pretty words. While I have no issues with someone disagreeing if Independence is a good idea or not, name calling a whole nation for wanting a voice in their own affairs is just not on.
With that all said, lets crack on. Three years after the no vote in 2014 and shipbuilding contacts in scotland have gone, pensions are screwed, leaving the EU, renewing trident, cuts in real term funds, Theresa May, English votes for English laws, no federalism, horrendous welfare 'reform', attempts by the UK to push fracking in Scotland, a special relationship with Donald Trump, attempts to block protection for EU citizens, wanting out of the human rights act, cuts to renewable funding, cuts to BBC Alba, the official UK parliament opposition just abstaining to everything rather than voting against, the mental whisky tax that just happened! that's just off the top of my head.
I realize this is going to be a slightly touchy topic, but lets not be dicks to each other shall we?
These people have already been removed from my "friends" list, even if they have illustrated somewhat why we want out of this decrepit union with a government hat has those exact attitudes dressed up in pretty words. While I have no issues with someone disagreeing if Independence is a good idea or not, name calling a whole nation for wanting a voice in their own affairs is just not on.
With that all said, lets crack on. Three years after the no vote in 2014 and shipbuilding contacts in scotland have gone, pensions are screwed, leaving the EU, renewing trident, cuts in real term funds, Theresa May, English votes for English laws, no federalism, horrendous welfare 'reform', attempts by the UK to push fracking in Scotland, a special relationship with Donald Trump, attempts to block protection for EU citizens, wanting out of the human rights act, cuts to renewable funding, cuts to BBC Alba, the official UK parliament opposition just abstaining to everything rather than voting against, the mental whisky tax that just happened! that's just off the top of my head.
I realize this is going to be a slightly touchy topic, but lets not be dicks to each other shall we?