I have never understood why a supposedly socialist party would support self-determination for the people of former African, Caribbean and Asian colonies and yet allow Nationalist parties closer to home to steal most of the policies they themselves should be supporting and put the case for independence. If the people of Scotland want to be independent then that's what they should be. I could understand Labour's reluctance when it relied on Scottish votes to gain power at Westminster, but by its own stupidity and inaction it has surrendered that position forever. A proper Labour Party would be pro-self-determination for Scotland, would be working towards a United Ireland and it would be up to the Welsh what they wanted.
Where we put all the nuclear weapons we like the Scots to sit on, how the Scots afford and create a capacity to defend themselves.... and whether they join NATO and Spain ever allows them to become part of the EU will be just some of the questions time will answer. But other European countries answer them. No one seriously thinks Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania should not exist. Only Putin and a few nutters in Serbia think Ukraine is still part of a Soviet Union which exists only inside their own heads.
Where we put all the nuclear weapons we like the Scots to sit on, how the Scots afford and create a capacity to defend themselves.... and whether they join NATO and Spain ever allows them to become part of the EU will be just some of the questions time will answer. But other European countries answer them. No one seriously thinks Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania should not exist. Only Putin and a few nutters in Serbia think Ukraine is still part of a Soviet Union which exists only inside their own heads.