[quote=mattmanganon]
The difference here is that this vote actually makes sense... Scottish Referendum is the classic case of the dog chasing a car. They might succeed, they might not, either way, in the end, if they do get it, it'll make no difference to their lives, as they won't know what to do with it... I mean, have you seen what they want if they do get independance? Not only do they want to stay in the Commonwealth and have the Queen still be their official head of state, but they also want to keep the Pound Sterling.Really, I suspect that this is just a way to make it look like the Scottish Government has more power, and that they ARE actually doing something, rather than just sitting around with their thumbs up their asses... Sorry, I have no confidence in Fitzpatrick's ability to lead a government, whatsoever... Sadly enough, I suspect that he only really got the votes he needed, because of his chest-beating, and the fact that he's gay... Lots of governments seem to be doing this nowadays. "Look at us, we're not racist, we've got a Black President." or, in this case "Look at us, we're not homophobes, we've got a gay PM."
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'scuse me mister. Only a minority want the Queen and the currency is still a point of debate. We've actually discussed having our own Scottish Pound. It will make a big difference sirah cause for once when we vote for a head of state our vote matters. In terms of west minister we get very little say, for example a lot of scots are very anti-nuclear weapons (We prefer beating people with our fists) yet our taxpayers money keeps going into funding for nuclear weapons when it could be better spent on education or healthcare. We also have an abundance of natural resources at our disposal in terms of eco-power which would create jobs but the big thing right now still seems to be nuclear power.