The Case for the Union, shouting?

The unionist parties have started their defense of the union. Danny Alexander & Micheal Moore, both Scottish LibDem MP's have made speeches this week on the value of the Union.


I have not been able to read their speeches in full and so have had to relay on newspaper reports. From these, it seems as if the same old arguments are being trotted out. Is it the correct way to defend the union, by attack independence and Scotland's ability to be an independent nation? As the Guardian today put it "Alexander said it would have been "catastrophic" for Scotland to deal with a collapsing banking sector had it not been part of the UK and said that if it had stood alone "Scotland's deficit would have been one of the largest in Europe"."

why scotlands neds arent rioting

How should we describe these riots as UK or England's riots? Also was it wrong for the First Minister to point out that the riots were only happening in England and not the rest of the UK?

This came to a head when several English journalist recommended on Twitter that we read a blog about the question why scotlands neds arent rioting This blog is written by a scotsman living in London, actually a Westminster correspondent. I have become aware of how some Scots who head south in the media become very 'British' and start viewing Scotland & the Scots from a different view point as resident Scots do. It is also obvious that Tourcil (the blogger) is not a SNP supporter. So how much of his dislike of the First Minister affected his views.