Residents in the English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed have voted in a TV poll to"re-join Scotland".
The town has changed nations at least thirteen times in the dim-and-distant past but has been part of England for centuries.
To quote the BBC online article:
According to a poll by a TV company, 60% of those who responded wanted the town to be administered by Scotland.
Better financed public services, including free personal health care for the elderly, were the main reasons.
The injustice being done to England matters not. There's no sense of loyalty or solidarity. Let's go and join the elite, say the fine, upstanding folk of Berwick. Fine. Goodbye, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. The current unfair circumstances cannot last much longer and the dear wee town may soon find itself facing a very different situation in Scotland as England fights its way to equality or the UK splits up.
Whatever happens, Berwick's "I'm all right, Jack" attitude should not be forgotten and any vote carried out to join Scotland should be binding for at least a century.
I think the no vote held up very well. don't forget only a small proportion of the town voted or were asked to vote.
ReplyDeleteThe Yes for scotland voters have shot their one and only bolt too soon.
All the Scots controlling the UK Government should be proud. They have turned England into a second class, captive state. And Gordon Brown's policies don't even effect his own constituents - because they have their own Scottish parliament.
ReplyDeletePARLIAMENT FOR ENGLAND NOW!
Prescriptions free to EVERYBODY in Wales and cancer medication on the NHS in Scotland but not in England. The UK does not exist.
ReplyDeleteFREE ENGLAND!