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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United States of America	1776
Canada	1867
Australia	1901
South Africa	1910
Afghanistan	1919
Egypt	1922
Ireland	1922
Iraq	1932
Jordan	1946
Bangladesh	1947
India	1947
New Zealand	1947
Pakistan	1947
Israel	1948
Myanmar	1948
Sri Lanka	1948
Libya	1951
Sudan	1956
Ghana	1957
Cyprus	1960
Nigeria	1960
Somalia	1960
Cameroon	1961
Kuwait	1961
Sierra Leone	1961
Tanzania	1961
Jamaica	1962
Trinidad  & Tobago	1962
Uganda	1962
Kenya	1963
Malaysia	1963
Singapore	1963
Malawi	1964
Malta	1964
Zambia	1964
Gambia	1965
Barbados	1966
Botswana	1966
Guyana	1966
Lesotho	1966
Swaziland	1966
Maldives	1968
Mauritius	1968
South Yemen	1969
Fiji	1970
Bahrain	1971
Kiribati	1971
Qatar	1971
United Arab Emirates	1971
Bahamas	1973
Grenada	1974
Seychelles	1976
Dominica	1978
Solomon Islands	1978
Tuvalu	1978
Brunei	1979
Saint Lucia	1979
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	1979
Vanuatu	1980
Zimbabwe	1980
Antigua & Barbuda	1981
Belize	1981
Saint Kitts & Nevis	1983