Scottish Referendum Repercussions?

Irrespective of the result of the Scottish independence referendum on Thursday, what cannot be denied, is that on Friday Scotland will be a deeply divided nation where almost half the population will have to accept an irreversible result that will impact on themselves, their children and future generations.

The main concern must be the level of enmity and hostility that has been ever present during the campaigning. When a grandee of the Yes campaign threatens ‘a day of reckoning’ for the companies that intimated that they were in favour of a No vote and then followed that threat with another threat to nationalise certain businesses because they failed to support the Yes campaign, you realise Scotland may be faced with a heady brew of recriminations, blame, grievance and anger,that will not be easily placated and could be deeply damaging,socially.

Add into the brew the possible resentment, felt by the rest of the United Kingdom, towards a victorious Yes campaign who have treated the rest of the UK with a mixture of arrogance, indifference, disregard and disrespect and you look ahead towards a very stormy horizon.

The Yes campaigns attitude towards a currency union has been arrogant and disdainful. They have ‘told’ the remaining people of the UK that they ‘will have’ a currency union, whether people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland like it or not. The Yes campaigns disdain and condescension for the thoughts and feelings of the rest of the UK seems to imply that whatever they ask for, if they do gain independence, they expect to get. That attitude may have implications that may create difficulties during the transitional period and beyond, if independence is gained, and a frosty intransigent relationship between Westminster and Holyrood, even if Scotland remains in the Union.
  

No voters may possibly find it easier to reconcile themselves to a Yes vote and the transition to independence may be smoother, although you feel the crowing and triumphalism from certain sections of the Yes campaign may be very difficult to swallow. Many No voters have intentionally not disclosed their voting intentions to avoid reproach, or worst, from the nationalists (which may have a large impact on the vote that the polls have missed), so will not have to suffer with any direct crowing from the Yes voters. The main problem, if Independence is achieved, will be the negotiations between the UK government and the Scottish government, considering the UK government will be extremely sensitive to the views of a UK electorate who may have formed a very negative view of Scotland during the independence campaign, considering the level of disrespect they have had to endure, and will not be particularly receptive to an approach where they feel Scotland is being indulged to the detriment of the remainder of the United Kingdom. The currency union is an obvious example, where UK politicians have stated quite clearly that no union will be entered into, so if they should then accede to Scottish demands, they will lose face very quickly and be subjected to the wrath of many within the UK. If the Tories wanted to lose the forthcoming 2015 General Election, a sure way of achieving that would be to grant a newly independent Scotland a currency union where UK taxpayers become guarantors for the debts of a foreign nation who have just told them to F**k O**, especially when those same politicians, during the independence campaign, dismissed the possibility of a currency union out of hand.

However, the most concern must be the repercussions of a No vote for Scottish society. The cybernats and the extreme end of the yes voting spectrum will not take defeat well. Even now, as previously stated, many No voters refuse to disclose their voting intentions because of the hostility and antagonism they fear from volatile Yes voters, so they must be even more concerned about the reactions of a jilted Yes campaign who will find it hard to contain their resentment for anybody, who they consider, may have destroyed their dreams of an independent Scotland and freed them from the yoke of percieved Tory oppression.

Whether the Nationalists can suppress the bitterness of defeat and are able to put reconciliation before revenge is unknown and, considering the level of acrimony already present, doubtful.

It could be very ugly.

Dogs Home.

The Manchester Dogs Home was set ablaze, killing over 50 dogs, by a scumbag arsonist who, considering the evident anger, I suggest he/she ensures the smoke detectors are working wherever he/she lives.

This incredibly sad, yet, considering the amount of donations subsequently made ( £1.2m and still rising), uplifting story, has been tainted by the self centred whiners who complain about people donating money to animal charities when there are children’s charities who would appreciate the money. These are the same self-absorbed people who whine about a little old lady leaving money to the local cats’ home, yet they happily go on a foreign holiday three times a year and shell out 20 grand on a 4X4. Oh and give nothing to charity at all!

Animal charities receive no state funding; they rely on the kindness of strangers. In one of the richest countries in the world we shouldn't have to subsidise cancer treatment for children or care for the elderly. That is the job of the government. That’s why we pay our taxes.

If you find someone giving a fiver to a dog or cat charity objectionable, tough, it’s their money and they can do what they want with it. Last time I looked we were still living in a democracy not a fascist state.

If you've got a problem with the level of care given to children suffering from cancer, don’t blame a little old lady donating a couple of quid to The Donkey Sanctuary, blame politicians who are happy to see their pay rise by £11,000 a year ( £66000,00 extra per annum) but yet are unable to properly fund cancer care.

If you really care, why don’t you contact your local MP, or campaign on the subject, or you could, of course, put your hand in your pocket and give some money!

Just stop whinging like a bunch of self-interested fat greedy tossers. It’s our money and we’ll spend it as we please.

P.S. I give money to children’s charities as well. Knobheads.

“The two most selfish acts are to give life and take life.” (Anon)