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In reply to the discussion: Scottish referendum predictions thread. [View all]Anarcho-Socialist
(9,601 posts)If Scotland votes "yes" (which I don't think it will), there's going to be a lot of angry Scots in five years time.
1) There are those who think Scotland is going to be a beacon economy based on renewable energy
2) There are those who think Scotland is going to ramp up oil production
3) There are the hedge funds and transnational finance who think Scotland is going to have a low-regulation low tax economy
4) There are the Trots and disaffected left-wing voters who think Scotland is going to a beacon of left-wing socialism
This is very contradictory stuff and it will be big finance and the hedge funds who will carry the day. Salmond is one of them and will get what he's always wanted, a Celtic tiger economy (and we know what happened to Ireland).
There will be cried of "we were robbed".
I can't see anything progressive about it. Nationalism brings out ugliness, whether it's the Union Jack or the Saltire variety.