The Republic of Scotland?
On the September 18th 2014 the Scottish people will have a once in a lifetime chance to vote for their independence. Over the past few weeks there have been televised debates between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling on whether the country should separate themselves from the UK with Alistair Darling debating for the No vote and Alex Salmond debating for the yes. The Scottish people still have a split opinion with the referendum with the most recent polls on the vote being closer than they have been. The Scottish referendum has spiked the interest of people all over the world including The Simpsons. The character Groundkeeper Willie talks about the yes vote for Scottish Independence.
The Yes Vote
Tomorrow 90% of the scottish people will be voting and roughly half of them will be voting yes, the yes vote is being lead by the leader of the SNP Alex Salmond. Since 2011 he has been the first minister for Scotland and since then he has achieved to get a once in a life time chance to vote for the independence of Scotland. One of the reasons Scotland want independence is because they want more power and not to let Westminster dictate what happens to them. This is represented in the yes Scotland with the video where the woman is talking about how she doesn't want her child to be raised in a Scotland ruled by Westminster because of their corruption with the taxes system.
In the website they believe that going independent they will create a higher income from all their rich exports such as oil, scotch whiskey. In the image below it shows that Scotland will earn billions of Pounds from their own businesses and services in their country. It also shows that they believe an Independent Scotland will be richer than the rest of the UK and in the top 20 countries globally.
The No Vote
Although 90% of the Scottish people are voting tomorrow not all of them are voting for an independent Scotland. In the most recent poll 52% of the Scottish people have said they're voting no. Through out the past few weeks the polls have been in the favour of the no vote but they are just polls, they're not a definite answer and we won't find out the future of Scotland until early Friday morning. On the website bettertogether(dot)net they clearly talk about the economic downturn of the Scottish independence. The name of the website shows that Scotland would be better off if it stayed a part of the UK, a famous quote from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes describes the possible future of Scotland, the quote goes as follows "Apes alone... weak. Apes together... strong" The scene shows the main character snap a single twig representing be alone, then gathers a bunch of twigs and attempts to snap them but fails which represents being together. This quote describes perfectly what Scotland may be like if it goes independent because it is true that together the UK will be strong but alone Scotland will be weak and could suffer from an economic crash if it is not handled with care.
Although 90% of the Scottish people are voting tomorrow not all of them are voting for an independent Scotland. In the most recent poll 52% of the Scottish people have said they're voting no. Through out the past few weeks the polls have been in the favour of the no vote but they are just polls, they're not a definite answer and we won't find out the future of Scotland until early Friday morning. On the website bettertogether(dot)net they clearly talk about the economic downturn of the Scottish independence. The name of the website shows that Scotland would be better off if it stayed a part of the UK, a famous quote from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes describes the possible future of Scotland, the quote goes as follows "Apes alone... weak. Apes together... strong" The scene shows the main character snap a single twig representing be alone, then gathers a bunch of twigs and attempts to snap them but fails which represents being together. This quote describes perfectly what Scotland may be like if it goes independent because it is true that together the UK will be strong but alone Scotland will be weak and could suffer from an economic crash if it is not handled with care.
My opinion!
In my opinion I think Scotland should stay a part of the UK because without the UK their economy will fall within the first 10 years. Their taxes will be much higher so they can sustain their free education, health care, and pensions. The Scottish people believe that they will be a much richer and self sustaining country, however, they are blinded by the harsh truth. Alex Salmonds propaganda has spiked the imaginations of the Scottish people of a better Scotland and a much better way of life with out Westminster ruling over them. Honestly, I believe that Scotland can do what they want but I am worried about what the outcome to their independence may be.
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