National Blog Posting Month 2022 - #23

A momentous day in the constitutional affairs of Scotland: the UK Supreme Court has refused to allow the Scottish Parliament the powers to organise a referendum for independence. The issue has been festering for the past eight years, after the previous plebescite returned a 55-45 no vote. The party in power in Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP), has vowed to continue its machinations to achieve independence, by whichever legal means. I call it a neverendum. Unless they are removed from power, they will never give up. You'll appreciate that I am not in favour - the economic case for independence does not stack up, and in the current international climate (war in Ukraine) it's better to be united rather than go it alone.