Hey - I have not been able to post since the event, but I definitely wanted to blog about the SNP victory in Scotland. For those of you not keeping up with Scottish parliamentary politics (for shame!), the SNP is the Scottish Nationalist Party. Until fairly recently, the SNP was probably the third largest party in Scotland, but in the recent elections, they took the most seats in the Scottish parliament, wresting control away from the Labour Party, who currently control England's legislature. The one major policy of the SNP is Scottish independence, and they will likely be bringing a ballot measure to the people of Scotland to decide whether or not to leave the UK. As an ethic Scot, headed back to the old country this summer for the first time as an adult, I'm happy for Scotland. This issue should go to the voters, and if they approve it, Scotland can be truly independent for the first time in centuries. If not, if it's not what the people want, then that will be that, but Scots have a completely different culture than the English, and we've been lumped under the term "British" for too long. It's high time that the Empire, once spanning most of the known world, was pulled apart completely, until it spans not even the breadth of their own island.
Alba Gu Brath. Scotland forever.
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