This is the first time I have read something that I can actually understand. I am a voter for independence,but reading this just confirms !my beliefs in my country . And this should be shared by everyone.!
Aug 23, 2022Liked by Pontifex Minimus ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
This is the type of information the Scottish government should be sharing when they push for the next referendum, its information that clearly outlines how Scotland can stand on it's own.
I wish they addressed the former Soviet context of Czechoslovakia. That omission is strange as I find it difficult to make genuine comparisons with iScotland without it. I do not think the Velvet Revolution compares well to any future Scottish independence in terms of the necessary economic changes, challenges and opportunities. The IMF described the Velvet Rev as shock therapy or a big bang. That was January 1991. The dramatic shift from exporting to the Eastern bloc to Western economies cannot be overstated. Scotland would not benefit from such a dynamic change. With Germany on its northern border becoming it anchor trade partner, this is like Scotland gaining England as a trading partner, not loosing it (or reducing it). The New Czech state currently exports 32% of its total to Germany, its no.1 trade partner (that being part of a total of 84% with EU states in 2016). You cannot really compare Scotland's 60% trading relationship with England and 20% with the EU. So I am not sure this article assists the economic case for Independence as the narratives are too different. 1990 Eastern Europe is too far removed from our current context.
The right to independence stuff I do not disagree with. Legally it all seems to stand up. I do however doubt other states willingness to back Scotland when it is still part of the UK, even if a total majority of the population vote SNP. That would be seen as meddling in the internal affaires of another state. Note how nobody backs the Catalans for instance
I do not believe the real issue relates to whether Scotland could become a successful independent nation. it is already a successful and important part of a world class independent country comprised of four proud nations nations. The SNP wants to change something that has developed and matured over 300 hundred years in order to advance their own limited political careers as MSP's in a devolved parliament to one that offers the potential of a more elevated and powerful career as national ministers of a newly independent nation This is the true motive of the political movement for independence in Scotland regardless of the economic uncertainty and consequences that may be inflicted on the people of Scotland.
This is the first time I have read something that I can actually understand. I am a voter for independence,but reading this just confirms !my beliefs in my country . And this should be shared by everyone.!
Once you get passed all the propaganda coming out of Whitehall, the possibilities in the article highlight that where there is a will, there is a way.
Good article
First time I have heard/read a decent essay on the subject of Independence,very well explained.
Excellent article and makes Independence even more desirable. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐
Geoffrey Chapman and RIchard MacKenzie-Gray Scott did not take down their own paper.
It was deliberately printed as such to imply that the authors had indeed taken it down.
But the authors did no such thing!
It was taken down by the same body , the L.S.E. , that put it up on the Internet in the first place!
Pressure from Whitehall might have made the LSE take it down, though Westminster refuses to deny urging deletion.
Their integrity cannot be questioned of course!
Months of work created that article.
The last thing the authors would ever have done is take down months of thorough research on said subject.
This is the type of information the Scottish government should be sharing when they push for the next referendum, its information that clearly outlines how Scotland can stand on it's own.
So was it the authors who took it down and if so why?
Excellent paper
I believe Scotland would prosper and would achieve a fairer healthier country for all of its people
incoherent gibberish
How do we measure the Settled Will of the People?
I wish they addressed the former Soviet context of Czechoslovakia. That omission is strange as I find it difficult to make genuine comparisons with iScotland without it. I do not think the Velvet Revolution compares well to any future Scottish independence in terms of the necessary economic changes, challenges and opportunities. The IMF described the Velvet Rev as shock therapy or a big bang. That was January 1991. The dramatic shift from exporting to the Eastern bloc to Western economies cannot be overstated. Scotland would not benefit from such a dynamic change. With Germany on its northern border becoming it anchor trade partner, this is like Scotland gaining England as a trading partner, not loosing it (or reducing it). The New Czech state currently exports 32% of its total to Germany, its no.1 trade partner (that being part of a total of 84% with EU states in 2016). You cannot really compare Scotland's 60% trading relationship with England and 20% with the EU. So I am not sure this article assists the economic case for Independence as the narratives are too different. 1990 Eastern Europe is too far removed from our current context.
The right to independence stuff I do not disagree with. Legally it all seems to stand up. I do however doubt other states willingness to back Scotland when it is still part of the UK, even if a total majority of the population vote SNP. That would be seen as meddling in the internal affaires of another state. Note how nobody backs the Catalans for instance
I do not believe the real issue relates to whether Scotland could become a successful independent nation. it is already a successful and important part of a world class independent country comprised of four proud nations nations. The SNP wants to change something that has developed and matured over 300 hundred years in order to advance their own limited political careers as MSP's in a devolved parliament to one that offers the potential of a more elevated and powerful career as national ministers of a newly independent nation This is the true motive of the political movement for independence in Scotland regardless of the economic uncertainty and consequences that may be inflicted on the people of Scotland.