Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
You have hit the nail on the head.
Of course anyone in Scotland with any sense would not vote in favour of independence but there are a lot of deluded people throughout Scotland who think that Scotland becoming an independent country would be wonderful and all our problems would be solved.
The Scottish Nationalist politicians will not give the answer because they know the serious implications of a Scottish currency would be disastrous with the Scottish Groat being a fraction of the value of the British Pound.
When I ask the pro independence supporters on Islay what the currency would be in an independent Scotland they cannot give me an answer and tell me that I should stop reading Tory run newspapers.
What a bunch of tossers who will be the first to complain when they discover that the Barnett Formula gravy train has ended and the Groat in their pocket is worthless.
Islay, these arguments have been the same ever since the SNP came to rplace the tories as the official opposition to Labour. the SNP are still the biggest party, by miles, and they are not going to lose supporters through failing to answer the economic questions you ask. We need to find a way to bring sensible pressure on Westminster, in my opinion. The flaw in voting SNP for Westminster is that there is little political gain for Westminster parties, Conservative, Labour or Lib-Dem in trying to produce policies that will help the other countries that make up the United Kingdom. All it does is drive Scotland to the margin. Now that's a great result for the SNP but in my opinion a very poor result for the Scottish people. I think we should not vote SNP for Westminster. We should try to assess who is going to win a majority in Westminster and what the outcome is likely to be. Voting Labour isn't a hard thing for many Scots to do and perhaps we might manage to get real influence if Labour plus Scottish Labour MP's were in government in Westminster? SNP MP's just ensure that Scotland is ignored. That suits the independence agenda but it's a disaster, I fear, for the Scottish people,