The Scottish Nationalist Party has promised to bring about independence fro Scotland, separating it from the United Kingdom.Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from the Scotland-England border on the possibliity of a split.
Comment by Michael Follon
December 28, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
This is an example of the widespread misunderstanding about what the United Kingdom really is – even in the United Kingdom. This misunderstanding has its origins in the Union of the Crowns in 1603 (a misnomer which I hope the following extract will clarify) -
‘…on 25 March 1603, James VI of Scotland became James I of England. It was a purely personal union. There were still two kingdoms, each with its own parliament, administration, church and legal system.’
Source: Scotland: The Shaping of a Nation by Gordon Donaldson, ISBN 0 7153 6904 0
It is only the Treaty of Union of 1707 (which created the state of Great Britain) that the SNP seeks to bring to an end. The United Kingdom would continue to exist until the people of Scotland decide otherwise in a referendum.
Trackback by Anonymous
December 29, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
Scotland seeks ‘freedom’ from UK…
The Scottish Nationalist Party has promised to bring about independence for Scotland, separating it from the United Kingdom. Report from the Scotland-England border on the possibility of a split….
Comment by Michael Follon
December 29, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
The Trackback by ‘Anonymous’ (comment 2417) reminds me of a tactic used by the British Labour Party. Making anonymous comments about a particular matter, especially Scottish independence, is a tactic I have witnessed for over 33 years and one for which I have utter contempt. It is a tactic at which the British Labour Party are pastmasters. People in Scotland have now seen through it and so, increasingly, are the people of England. Perhaps ‘Anonymous’ submitted the comment at the behest of the British Labour Party.
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