It is easy to understand why the issue of Scottish independence is once more dominating our political scene.

The majority of Scottish voters must be puzzled that so many of their English neighbours have a lemming like drive to be "ruled" over and certainly pushed over by a small band of privileged, rich and powerful "superiors."  Why do they vote themselves into relative poverty and at the same time create downright poverty for so many others ?

The Scottish National Party has said it wants to bring an end to austerity and to confront the factors that create inequality. The Scottish people deserve credit for voting so overwhelmingly for these humane intentions. The Scottish National Party will find it difficult to achieve these aims with a Conservative  government at Westminster. Given that the Scottish National Party has 56 of Scotland's 59 Westminster parliamentary seats and the Conservative Party has only one, the Tories cannot in all conscience govern Scotland with any sense of legitimacy without the assent of Scottish National Party MPs. Considering that the two parties are diametrically opposed on so many issues, any Conservative hopes of relying on the acquiescence of  the Scottish National Party at Westminster are likely to be dashed. 

It is easy to understand why the issue of Scottish independence is once more dominating our political scene.