Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Scotland: reasons to be yessing

A major reason to vote 'Yes' in the Scottish referendum must be the promise of disassociation from Britain's infamous role as warmonger through hosting nuclear submarines, allowing US bombers to use the UK as 'airstrip one' and otherwise backing the US wars of self-interest -particularly as a manufacturing base, from napalm for Vietnam to fighter planes for Gaza, but there is more, well summed-up by John McGrath's great play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb3qbFcLYZc  The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black Oil.