Summary
In a recent poll, twenty-nine percent of Scottish people voted for Scotland’s independence from the United Kingdom, while forty-one percent of the English people would like Scotland to be an independent country. Fifty-one percent of the English people believe that Scotland leeches of off England and that Scotland would be worse off as their own nation. The latest figures, however, show that Scotland has a budget surplus of £1.3billion, while the entire UK has a budget deficit of £48.9billion. Since a majority of the population in both England and Scotland does not support Scottish independence, it is not likely that the UK will break up any time soon.
Reaction
I personally think that if a majority of Scottish people were to be in favor of an independent state, they should be able to form their own nation. Since there is no majority, I think that things should probably stay as they are. Since there are no real conflicts between the two countries at the moment, it would probably be best for them to work together in these economically tough times. The accusation by some of the English that Scotland mooches of off the rest of the UK does not seem to be correct, since the scottish actually have a budget surplus, while the entire UK is dealing with a huge deficit.
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