Scottish Independence

16 Year Olds Have Strong Opinions As Well! I feel very strongly about this and would love to hear all your opinions back on the subject! Enjoy... So what does this mean, being 'independent'? The dictionary meanings: Not influenced or affected by others Free from outside control Capable for thinking or acting for itself In 1707, the Act of Union between Scotland and England took place, which meant they became a single state. There was one government, one head of state, and one nation for two countries. 300 years later, an SNP government got into power with a one-seat majority. The Scottish National Party (SNP) is one of the ...

“O Flower of Scotland, When will we see Your like again, That fought and died for, Your wee bit Hill and Glen, And stood against him, Proud Edward's Army, And sent him homeward, Tae think again.” ~ ~ This is the opening verse of Scotland’s “unofficial” National Anthem, that the vast majority of Scots use in preference to “God save The Queen”, especially at international football and rugby matches, and when in their cups at Hogmany. (New Year’s Eve) It was penned by the folk group, “The Corries”, back in 1966, and it celebrates one of the most famous battles in Scottish history, when King Robert the Bruce defeated the ...

At the beginning of 2006, a government dossier from the mid-1970's was released which stated that the "Scots had the English over a barrel here" and that "force may be required". We're not talking about an outbreak of war or anything unseemly, but the threat of the Scots finally waking up and seeing how disadvantageous the union of the United Kingdom was for them, and has been for much of the last century. 1974 saw something that quite literally Britain needed to survive - oil. 1974 also saw a surge in support for the SNP on the back of the "It's Scotland's Oil" campaign. The UK Government was, in reality, broke, with its begging ...