Scottish independence
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I think the comparison between Farage and Salmond is a useful one. Maybe not on their politics, but in the manner they present their arguments in a vague and shouty manner but become incredibly evasive when it comes to facts. As previously discussed they appeal to people making a decision based on emotion rather than rational thinking. Shouty politics with paper thin ideas on how to achieve them, I think the debates showed that. That second one that he apparently 'won' was all about the passion he clearly had for Scotland but the lack of answers to the big questions seemed to be a side note. Very similar to Farage talking about Europe.
What I would say is that Salmond does not represent anything different when it comes to politics, you can slag off Westminster and the members down here but it is just ridiculous to say you'd get anything different in terms of the type of people running an independent Scotland.
Again it's talk of this Scottish utopia that is somehow inevitable. Why should it be when you have the same scum bag MPs that we all have. As previously mentioned they are already selling off the NHS up there to foreign private health companies.
And I say again, the one thing that will definitely happen in time is the rise of the traditional Scottish right through the natural balance of party politics. It is only held down now through a hatred of the English Tory party (no issue with that by the way). With independence there will be no reason for that political base not to start voting for the new Scottish right leaning parties. And at the end of the day a right wing scum bag is the same in a kilt or in trousers.