Scottish Independence Is England's Ticket Out Of The EU

On 1st May 1707, the Kingdom of Scotland entered into a union with the Kingdom of England to form a single kingdom of Great Britain.

The term "United Kingdom", didn't come into existance until the Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. This became the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in 1927.

A Yes vote to the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014, would end the Kingdom of Great Britain, formed in 1707 between England and Scotland.

It is the “United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland” that joined the European Economic Community in 1973 not England.

Therefore if Scotland votes to become an independent nation, this brings to an end the Kingdom of Great Britain, and also the United Kingdom, hence this takes the UK (including England) out of the European Union.

Writing on his blog, John Redwood, the Euro-sceptic Conservative MP for Wokingham said - "The dream ticket for a modern English nationalist is a decision by Scotland to leave the UK, followed by the ending of membership of the EU because the member, the UK, no longer exists."

Given the amount of anti-EU sentiment there is in this country, it is unlikely that an English Prime Minister would have enough support to re-negotiate England joining the EU. Another factor is that all new EU members have to accept the Euro as their currency. That in itself would be unacceptable to the majority of people in this country.

Other implications

Labour currently has 41 Scottish MPs, the Tories only have 1. This means that if Scotland was to gain independence then the Labour Party would lose a large chunk of its support. This makes it very unlikely that Labour could ever again win a General Election or at least it would make it extremely hard for them to do so.

When Tony Blair allowed the Scots a referendum on devolution in 1997, he could not have foreseen that less than 20 years later, it could lead to the loss of 41 Labour MPs and confine Labour to the political wilderness.

On that basis alone Scottish independence must be a very attractive proposition for the Tories. It might also appeal to many English Nationalists as well considering it was Labour, (lead by the Scottish-born Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Scottish successor Gordon Brown), whose open border policy swamped this country with millions of unwanted Third World immigrants.

If Scotland chooses independence, perhaps all the millions of immigrants and their offspring who were let in by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, should be given Scottish passports. After all, those immigrants are no more English than they are Scottish and it was a Scottish-born PM and his Scottish successor who let them all in.

No Vote for the English

England makes up 82% of the UK so surely the English should be allowed to vote in any referendum to break up the UK. Cameron says only the Scots will be allowed to vote. Latest opinion polls show that 52% of the English want independence from Scotland.

Once again English people are treated as second class citizens. We are not allowed a view on whether we should be in the EU and now, apparently, we are not entitled to a voice on Scottish independence. This gives the Scots a higher electoral value than the English and therefore discriminates against the English.

For too long England has been shafted by Scottish MPs. It was because of labour's Scottish MPs that English students have to pay University tuition fees of up to £9,000 p.a. while Scottish students go to University free of charge. Without the support of the Scottish MPs, Tony Blair could never have got the legislation through Parliament.

English people also pay for prescription charges, hospital parking, old age care, road tolls and so on which the Scottish people do not.

 

England is the only nation in the UK which has never had a constitutional vote on its future, whereas, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have each had two. And now we have Cameron declaring that the Scottish have ‘the right’ to vote on independence.