As separatist feeling reaches an all-time high in scotland students wonder whether or not they will soon be requiring a passport to return to their home country. As Scottish students flood into English Universities- and likewise English students into Scotland- confusion abounds as to what exactly is going on.
"Well", the separatists say, "Scotland is a nation in it's own right, and we deserve to be able to govern ourselves."
This seems like a fair enough proposal to many people. After all, no-one born in England could doubt Scottish nationality, and the right to self-govern is a long established principle. But what people tend to forget is that...
Scotlands status as a nation is guaranteed in the act of union...
Scotlands right to self-governance was granted by referenda in 1997
In fact the reason why Scotland is in the Union is that the Union is beneficial for both nations, as they have been one state for so long that they are inter-dependent to such a level that separate both would be seriously weakened.
Strangely, though recent polls suggest that a small majority of Scots favour independence a larger majority fear that independence would harm the Scottish economy... So basically they want to pull out, even though it would harm them... Strange! Anyway, we can expect the Labour Party to do it's best to forestall the issue, as Mr Brown is unlikely to relish a political future restricted to the borders of Scotland, as he becomes an immigrant in the city which he has considered to be his second home for most of his life.
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