Scottish independence and progressivism
Scottish independence and progressivism
PATRICK Harvie has ruled out the Scottish Greens taking part in an independence convention with Alba ...
Any Scottish users on board yet? I'm curious to discuss Scottish issues but maybe setting out my stall on a UK instance and community already poisons the conversation!
Anyway my question is whether the link between left leaning and progressive politics and Scottish independence can persist. My YES voting friends and relatives see indy as a way to see meaningful policy change because Westminster has failed to deliver progressive governments (not clear exactly how they square away the Corbyn near miss but assume here they view Blair/Starmer as "red tory"). But elsewhere in the west nationalism is closely tied to right wing economics and regressive social policy. With the rise of the Alba party are we seeing cracks in this leftist perception of indy or will it die down?
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Scottish, left leaning here. Agree with most comments, and I'm pro Indy. I think the other thing that gets confused is support for Indy and support for SNP. I'm no fan of the tartan Tories for a lot of their policies (particularly throwing away a fantastic opportunity to move towards renewables during the oil crash), but they are still an improvement on UK parties, and Indy would be an opportunity to move to both proper PR as others have noted, and also incorporate a truly left wing perspective.