07 January 2014

Re: The U.K. faces a bad breakup

Lord George Robertson’s Jan. 6th opinion editorial in The Washington Post completely ignored Scotland’s legitimate right to be free of English tyranny. During my 3 1/2 years of study at the University of Edinburgh, I supported the Free Scotland Movement and participated in the rally featured in the column’s photo.

In 1783 the America seceded from England after winning a bloody Revolution, so why then can’t Scotland
peaceably secede in 2014?

Eight hundred years ago at the Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland won her first major victory against the English. In a modern era, nations should be free to peaceably dissolve the bands that chain one to another. A democratic vote is not re-Balkanizing Europe; the Romans struggled to reign in the feudal estates.

The 670-page Blueprint for Scotland, carefully crafted by academics and policy makers, is the most comprehensive guide to independence ever written. The “Better Together” proponents, such as Lord Robertson, have merely mocked the Blueprint.

The problem is that London dictates how Scots should live their lives. The Scots are overly taxed, overly regulated, and the English openly discriminate against the Scottish people. That is why Scotland deserves to join the United States in be free of English rule.


A people should be free to determine their own destiny.

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