Scotland Wants to be a Republic

Labour and Tory MP's have united to downplay a new opinion poll that puts the desire for Scottish independence in the majority for the first time in a decade.

 

51% of voters in Scotland say that they favoured independence, the first time a majority had been in favour since 1998.

 

The SNP, Scottish National Party, - emerging from a difficult few years have seized on the opionion poll, wich appears to reveal a Scottish desire to break from the United Kingdom.

 

The nationalist party has said that while Gordon Brown is busy wrapping the Union Jack around himself, more and more Scots believe that It's time for the parliament in Holyrood to have the same powers as the parliaments of successful independent countries such as Norway, Ireland and Iceland.

 

"Scots want a real parliament that can effect positive change on their lives, their families and our communities, not one stuck in the past, wed to remote control in London" an SNP spokesperson said.

 

Gordon Brown has travelled to Scotland to pin his colours to the union mast while lauding the achievements of devolution.