A very lucid analysis of the UK's chaotic politics, but in truth it's England's chaotic politics. You've overlooked the potential demise of the UK if N Ireland decides it's time to reunify with the republic.
They have a ready escape route in the form of a plebiscite as laid out in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. Scotland too looks on in disbelief at events in England, sees an ineffective Labour Government adopting Tory policies and the future prospect of a Reform Government. In the 2016 Holyrood Election you can expect a majority vote for the parties of Independence. The pro-independence vote in Scotland in recent polls considerably exceeds the vote for the SNP once Don't Knows and the distortions of weighting based on the 2014 referendum (this weighting predominates in polls by English-based polling companies, but not in Scottish based ones, and fails to recognise the large change in demographics in Scotland in the last 11 years). Wales is also awakening to the prospect of independence but is further behind both N Ireland and Scotland.
If N Ireland elects to reunify it'll be relatively simple as they're already in the UK and the EU. For Scotland it'll be a tougher transition given the state of the Global Economy, mistrust in the SNP and the absence of a clear-cut route to secession, but there's no future in remaining in a collapsing UK polity that dictates to Scotland like a colony. As I've been commenting for years now, it's inconceivable that we could make a bigger mess of running our own affairs than we've seen for decades from successive English governments.
The same thoughts have been playing on my mind. I couldn’t help but be struck by
-the irony of Reform supporters celebrating VE Day and the end of fascism
-the fact we will be seeing another, very different parade in June
I think taxing billionaires is the only way out. What are your thoughts ?
A very lucid analysis of the UK's chaotic politics, but in truth it's England's chaotic politics. You've overlooked the potential demise of the UK if N Ireland decides it's time to reunify with the republic.
They have a ready escape route in the form of a plebiscite as laid out in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. Scotland too looks on in disbelief at events in England, sees an ineffective Labour Government adopting Tory policies and the future prospect of a Reform Government. In the 2016 Holyrood Election you can expect a majority vote for the parties of Independence. The pro-independence vote in Scotland in recent polls considerably exceeds the vote for the SNP once Don't Knows and the distortions of weighting based on the 2014 referendum (this weighting predominates in polls by English-based polling companies, but not in Scottish based ones, and fails to recognise the large change in demographics in Scotland in the last 11 years). Wales is also awakening to the prospect of independence but is further behind both N Ireland and Scotland.
If N Ireland elects to reunify it'll be relatively simple as they're already in the UK and the EU. For Scotland it'll be a tougher transition given the state of the Global Economy, mistrust in the SNP and the absence of a clear-cut route to secession, but there's no future in remaining in a collapsing UK polity that dictates to Scotland like a colony. As I've been commenting for years now, it's inconceivable that we could make a bigger mess of running our own affairs than we've seen for decades from successive English governments.
What could possibly have influenced public opinion towards the BBC's Nigel?