Showing posts with label May 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May 2015. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

The SNP don't have the right to call another referendum

If the Scottish National Party (SNP) continue to gain support in the run up to the 2015 General election it could may mean disaster for Scottish Labour.

Some polls are so extreme that, if true would mean the SNP would win all but 2 seats in Scotland. What then?

Scotland would have Nationalist representation at Westminster but surely the referendum was "settled for a generation", then why is Sturgeon asking for new powers for the Scottish Government to be able to call a referendum.

We voted to stay in the United Kingdom - it was a democratic choice the people of Scotland made. Referendums aren't cheap and they cause instability that's why I'd prefer not to have a referendum on the European Union.

If the SNP do succeed in May 2015 they may hold the balance of power and that would surely mean the end of the union. 

Monday, 1 December 2014

6 months to go



We are around 6 months away from the UK election and none of us seem to know what the outcome will be. 

Labour have dropped recently in the polls due to the media's onslaught of Ed Miliband, The Conservatives remain steady in the 30's, UKIP have reached as high as 18% and the Liberal Democrats are struggling to match the Green Party.

Going into this election there are 2 UKIP MP's; Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless only one of whom I think will hold onto his seat.

It's a strange situation in the UK. In Scotland, the SNP are flying high. In parts of England, UKIP are breaking records, in Wales, Labour and the Tories are almost neck and neck and in Northern Ireland Sinn Fein and the DUP seem to be embarking on some sort of civil war over talks regarding flags etc.

The only "stable" part of the UK seems to be Wales! Scotland is arguably heading left, England right and Wales sticking to the two traditional parties.

I think 2015 will be extremely interesting.

Unfortunately I think David Cameron will remain Prime Minister due to his renegotiation promise on the European Union.