The Scotts will decide whether they have to continue as a part of Great Britain on September 2014. When whole of Scotland goes for referendum on September 18, the Westminster will be in a sure dilemma about the future policies, if the Scotts vote yes for a separate country. Starting from shifting the Falsane Naval base now in Scotland, to the Olympic team who always bring more medals because of the Scottish talent.
The war for identity started in the 14th century, continued till 1707 when Scotland finally united with Britain making Great Britain. Then onwards Scotts were not truly happy with the various policies adopted by the UK government, which mostly favored Wales and England. This dissatisfaction was triggered by the favoritism of late PM Ms Margaret Thatcher, who gets the maximum credit for uniting Scotts with her policies, especially for Poll Tax in 1989 and thus being the most hated person among the Scotts.
This tax was a kind of community charge introduced by Tories (Conservative Party) who strongly advocated British Unionism, which was led by Ms Thatcher. She introduced this tax in Scotland as a trial run before imposing it in England and Wales. The Scotts still feel that they were treated as guinea pigs. Her policies on ship building, steel working and coal mining which were against Scottish interests added to the hatred against her.
Scotts are very confident about their oil reserves which were mishandled by Tories and want the control on the natural resources back. The Brits are against Scotts using Pound as their currency and even Sterling is not advisable since it may ruin the Scottish financial industry. Euro is permissible if the EU admits Scotland as the member of the EU. The regulations will be strict and how far a new country would be able to admit to that will be a question.
Future of the Scottish MP s will be at stake in the forthcoming general election in May 2015, since the official separation will take place only by March 2016. Another debate is on whether David Cameron will resign if the Scotland votes yes. Would Scotland continue with BBC or would they start SBC and how would Scottish companies listed in London react? Another big question will be whether Queen will remain as the Queen of Scotland.
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