Surely self-determination is a foundation of any democracy.
Don't be daft if someone feels Scottish rather than British then that is up to them.
The Scottish parliament will be more accountable when it can't use Westminster as an excuse, e.g. the Krankie is still banging on about austerity when she can increase taxes to get rid of austerity.
Not really.
Most countries are formed by war and force, not democracy.
No one is offering Cornwall self determination no matter how much they want to be recognised as a country and not a county.
Same if they feel Cornish rather than English? ( or British)
Countries are not formed by democracy, they are formed by wars and invasion.
The queen wasn't elected by democracy either, she got there by the same process.
If you offer democracy ( in the form of independance) to Scotland, Wales and Ireland what about Cornwall?
Are they not entitled to democracy as well? Then you have counties, originally under the rule of smaller kingships and rulers.
Who is to say Essex or Somerset shouldn't also have the right to self determination?
The whole of civilisation on our little island was created by which thug in which area thumped the hardest and who went creeping up to who, and got made a lord or a squire.
Scotland fought once to retain its own band of rulers and they lost out, just like all the other areas of Britain.
The problem with self determination is that it all breaks up, back into its little bits.
It was force that joined it together, like the old USSR.
We are a very small country and we stand in danger of splitting into many little bits if we really did the self determination and democracy bit.
Sometimes we are more stable together.
Cornwall has its own flag / language and sees itself as a country.
How small do you want to go?
The Shetland Islands wanted independance from Scotland, which was roundly ignored. ( by the Scottish I hasten to add)
If you really wanted self determination and democracy, Scotland too gets smaller. Not even all of Scotland wants to be part of a United Scotland.
Sometimes a stable peace is one imposed by force.
Not posh and democratic or self determining, but politically incorrect nowadays.
However it works, pretty much.
Civilisation forming was more about force than democracy.
Democracy is a luxury until it breaks us up to much.
You need a balance.
The difficulty comes when you tell Cornwall or Shetland they can't have the same right of determination because you don't recognise them.
