Thursday 20 June 2013

The Baffled Mr Hague

So, foreign nations find Scotland's desire for independence,  the natural state of all nations "baffling" according to Mr Hague?  Perhaps Mr Hague would disclose which of the nations appended at the bottom of this article with the dates of their independence from Wasteminster are baffled and which ones have decided to resolve their bafflement by applying for a resumption of rule from Wasteminster? I imagine the figure in both cases is a very round figure.

So, it'll cost a fortune to set up Scottish diplomatic missions and intelligence and security infrastructure:

"That, he says, will place a “huge burden” on the Scottish taxpayer as the new country would be required to build up its security and diplomatic infrastructure in order to defend and promote its interests across the world."

Strange that the very same Mr Hague is content to share embassies with Canada (and he hopes Australia and New Zealand), but apparently not with an Independent Scotland which already owns 8.4% of all FCO property worldwide. Doesn't Mr Hague make you feel loved as a Scottish person in the union that he's prepared to share with Canadians, Aussies and New Zealanders, but not with Scots who already own the infrastructure?

As to Intelligence & Security, most Western intelligence is already shared between the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK. If, while Scotland is getting its Int & Sy infrastructure set up, intelligence pointing to a threat to Scotland were to emerge, even if Mr Hague would be content to see Scots killed or maimed in a fit of pique, I'm sure our American, Canadian or Australian allies (many of whom are of Scots descent) would tip us the wink.

In any event, as we don't intend indulging in Wasteminster's sport of invading other folks' countries, the conventional and terrorist threat to Scotland will be far less than to the UK.  Anyway, I though Mr Hague was busy trying to get us embroiled in a war in Syria having just made another 7,000 troops redundant this month. I suggest he calls on Action Man to fight it.

There's more wittering about the G8 and punching above our weight as part of the UK.  Oddly enough, not only do I not want to punch above my weight, I don't particularly want to punch anyone at all. Neither do most Scots.


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