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Scottish referendum
Dear Sir,
I would like to thank Mr Murdoch for his reply to what he calls my rambles. It´s nice to know that more than three people have actually read them.
 Before I clarify my statements, I must make clear the only reason I mentioned Her Majesty was due to her being mentioned previously. I have no doubt that if she were asked, politely, to change her registration number, she would do so with the upmost grace.  Free tolls, prescription charges and education were also mentioned as proof that Scotland could run the country themselves. If the building of their parliament, 1200 % over budget and 3 years late, is anything to go by, then I have my doubts. And Westminster can´t be blamed for that.  And how can it be claimed, that to save money, English, Welsh and Northern Irish students are charged fees, when the fees that should be charged to EU students are waived, beats me.   Contrary to his opinion, although I did express myself incorrectly, I AM in favour of the Union, but not in favour of a Union where some parts of it have more priveleges than others. One only has to look at the shambles of the Spanish system, with a vast and growing civil service, 17 mini states with different laws and regulations, heads of these same mini states who think they are indespensable to everyone and who demand, and get, audiences with the King. Not to mention the absurd waste of money and resources, which obviuosly leads to massive corruption.
 Tony Blair made, in my opinion, a huge mistake by giving Scotland their own (expensive) parliament. He thought that it would be sufficient to satisfy their demands, but anyone with a small amount of common sense realised that this would not be the case, and so it has been proved to be.   Mr Salmond said there would be no more referendums for a generation, but he didn´t specify of which species. Obviously Ms Sturgeon in extremely keen to go into the history books as being the person who won Scotland their independence, so it won´t be long before some new excuse is found to hold one. What is abundantly clear is that as many as neccesary will be held to win the Yes vote. After that, none, even if the No voters ask for one.  Therefore the reason I said I was in favour of a Yes vote is that the sooner we get this particular question out of the way, the better, but hopefully after Queen Elizabeth 1st of Scotland has passed away, so she won´t have to growl down the phone to the Prime Minister in power at that moment. Mr Cameron allowed himself to be blackmailed into offfering Scotland priveleges they never dreamed of having, priveleges the rest of the UK don´t, and never will have. And we are still expected to call it a Union ?.
 If the next British governments are not very careful, the UK could go the way Spain has, where power is no longer centralised and the running of the country becomes more and more dificult, costly and inefficent. Most people compare Scotland to Cataluña. I don´t. I compare it to Andalucia, where the same party has been in power, with no opposition worth mentioning, for the past 32 years. The current leader has never won an election in her life, and due to a total lack of control and over spending, is deeply in debt with the highest unemployment in the EU.
 Scotland in 2024 ?. I wonder.
 Yours sincerely,  Simón Tow