Sunday, 23 May 2021

Scottish border counties unwilling to be dragged out of the UK? A letter in The Week.

I have come across many articles in recent months arguing that some areas of Scotland would not accept the SNP, if they win an Indeyref2, dragging them out of the UK without putting up a struggle. The Orkney and Shetland Islands are frequently mentioned as not being prepared to be governed from Edinburgh. 

Judging by the letter below, which was first published in The Economist and reproduced in the 22nd of May edition of The Week, it seems the Scottish counties bordering England might not be happy to be wrenched out of the UK either!

Scotland’s borderlands

To The Economist

The possible preference of the Scottish counties that lie on the border with England not to join a Scottish separation from the UK should be considered seriously.  These counties have voted against the Scottish National Party in elections for the Scottish and Westminster parliaments, and, by nearly two to one, against devolution in 1979 and independence in 2014.  This is the same margin by which Scots voted to remain in the EU, prompting Nicola Sturgeon to claim that Scotland was being dragged out of the bloc “against our will”.  Sauce for the goose?

Jack Ponton, Earlston, Scottish Borders

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