On the 14th of September the governments of three Celtic nations of the United kingdom signed a memorandum agreeing to cooperate with each other to achieve independence from the UK. It is still unsure what percentage of their populations agree with this but the move is significant as it sets the tone for the relationship of the Celtic nations with the british government for the rest of this Parliament.
Support Across Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Of the three nations the Northern Irish are the most likely to support their government in this as they will not be going for all out independence but reunification with the rest of Ireland. Scotland on the other hand is still wavering around the 50 50 area. And the Welsh population seems the least likely to support independent at the moment.
Westminster Inducements and Union Strategy
Of course the government will do all it can to keep the three nations within the grip of Westminster. This may include inducements to stay in the union such as in the first Scottish independence referendum when the government sacrificed thousands of English jobs in Portsmouth and sent those jobs to Scotland. Or they might try to induce multi-national cooperations to set up in the three nations with subsidies from the treasury with England's tax payers as the guarantors. And its no good the three nations claiming self determination should be the golden rule because, as we in England know, self determination and democracy are only valid when they work in Westminster's favour.
But, and it is a big but, all this depends on the extent to which the government miss manages the UK in the next three years. If it carries on building on its unpopularity independence might look more promising by the time of the next elections in 2029. That’s if this government lasts anywhere near that long.
The Impact on England and Westminster Governance
Of course there was no mention of England in all this, but then the devolved governments habitually equate England with the Westminster parliament as if they were one and the same even to the point of calling Westminster an English Parliament which of course it most defiantly is not. England has no Parliament and under an anglophobic Westminster elite it is being systematically dismembered.
If there is one main reason that Westminster will fight to retain the three nations it is that in losing them to independence Westminster will have to recognise that England exists, and believe me they would rather pluck out their mothers eyeballs.
If any country suffers under the rule of this totally unrepresentative body it is the English not the Celtic people of these islands.
