Audience question: Would Scotland be better off as a fully independent country?
 

You said:

I must say I found the very anti-union comments disturbing. To look back on the great things we have achieved, and the legacy (the world over) that it has left, it wasn¿t England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland that did these things, it was a United Kingdom. We are vastly greater than merely the sum of our parts, and to allow such an important union be destroyed by small minded xenophobia and greed is abhorrent to me. After all, where does it stop? Will Edinburgh want to split from the rest of Scotland? How about Glasgow, after all they have 'distinct identities'. We share more in common than any other nations in the world, divisions have been manufactured to suit others agendas. We are multitudes stronger together, than we possibly could ever be apart.
Adam Rickard, Hertfordshire


Why is it that Scotland is saying it should be independent? Surely it is England who should be seeking independence, after all we have been ruled by Scotland since James 1st/6th!. Just look at the UK cabinet ministers now. They are nearly all Scottish and the English don't even have their own national parliament!
Evelyn Henry, Nottingham


How can Hardeep talk about 300 years of subjugation? It was a mutually beneficial and respected union. How many other countries within the empire were given nearly 50 seats in the Westminster Parliament? There is a national identity - that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - long may it stay like that.
Steven Smith, Bristol


Text: England would be better if Scotland were fully independent!
Chris, Hearts


Text: If it wasn't for Scotland Labour wouldn't be in power.
Mark, Camelford


Text: England have not complained while spending Scotland's oil money.
Liam, Aberdeen


Text: Gordon Brown is no longer a Scot in most Scottish people's eyes.
Alan, Glasgow


Text: If the English keep moaning about a Scot becoming prime minister then the union is finished.
Al, Edinburgh


As far as I am concerned Scotland can have its independence; but I am not so sure they would enjoy it when they realised how little money they would have and what a drop in standards they would have to endure.
Simon Clark, Spennymoor


If Scotland wants its own separate parliament, then let them. On the condition they have absolutely no funding from England at all. The same applies to Wales. So much money from England is spent to prop up and support Scotland and Wales. If they want to be alone, let them, and watch them sink.
Nicky, Suffolk

Find out what you had to say about Question Time on Thursday, 22 February, 2007 from Edinburgh.
Friday, 23 February 2007, 09:26 GMT
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