Scotlands Independence - WHEN NOT IF. Get used to it. Learn about it. Talk about it. Embrace it. Believe it. READ THIS FROM NICOLA STURGEON... (link to full article below) People soaked up and discounted a huge amount of the scaremongering because the prize of independence and what it could bring was so valuable – job creating powers, an end to austerity levels of public spending, transformative childcare, protecting our NHS in a written constitution, and ridding Scotland of Trident. But in the end we have to accept that threats of higher supermarket prices and business relocation – empty and orchestrated from Downing Street though they were – diverted attention and undermined confidence. In the circumstances, achieving 45 per cent and 1.6 million votes for an independent Scotland was remarkable, and, in my opinion, will be judged in days to come as the moment which determined that independence was a question of “when, not if”. I believe that there is a strong relationship between the extent of the powers we wield in the Scottish Parliament, and people’s confidence in our abilities to succeed as an independent country. Indeed, that is one reason why Westminster always sought, first, to refuse Scottish self-government, and then to minimise its scope, particularly in the spheres of financial, economic and welfare powers. Put simply, the more responsibilities we can demonstrate Scotland is capable of successfully discharging – and the more these are used to build a fairer country and more economic opportunity for all – the less people will heed the siren voices claiming that to go further would cause the sky to fall in. Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister. scotsman/news/uk/nicola-sturgeon-the-power-now-lies-with-scotland-1-3563056
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:51:08 +0000
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