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So, government papers revealing how UK ministers attempted to stop Scotland getting its oil and Independence have been discovered through a Freedom of Information request! It isn't the first time this has happened, but perhaps this all just goes to show how frightened they were of the prospect of Scotland becoming a successful and Independent nation that they would eve
n go as far as not only changing the north sea territorial lines - determining who the oil belonged to - but to even attempt to try and break up Scotland in the process! The previously secret papers revealed how UK government ministers were asked to back campaigns for Orkney and Shetland to become Independent, not for the good of the people, but for the benefit of the greedy, selfish and manipulative British government! The rise in support for the SNP and for Independence led to strategists in Whitehall secretly devising plans to stop Scotland laying claim to North Sea Oil! The papers, written in 1975 by Sir David Walker, also said that, and I quote, "Progress towards devolution should be delayed for as long as possible"! And this was despite a referendum on devolution being part of the Labour parties manifesto commitments at the time! The government advisers also suggested the boundaries of Scotland's coastal waters should be redrawn and a new sector created to "neutralise" Scotland's claim to the oil! Once it gets to the point where UK ministers were once happy to manipulate the people of Orkney and Shetland just to stop the SNP and Independence for Scotland, you have to wonder, what are they secretly planning right now? There are still between 25 and 30 billion barrels of oil which could still be recovered over the next 40 years, more than enough, as I'm sure UK ministers know, for Scotland to become an extremely successful and wealthy Independent nation. If they were happy to manipulate people back then, clearly, they would still be happy to do the same to us today! After all, "It's still Scotland's Oil", and they know it!
n go as far as not only changing the north sea territorial lines - determining who the oil belonged to - but to even attempt to try and break up Scotland in the process! The previously secret papers revealed how UK government ministers were asked to back campaigns for Orkney and Shetland to become Independent, not for the good of the people, but for the benefit of the greedy, selfish and manipulative British government! The rise in support for the SNP and for Independence led to strategists in Whitehall secretly devising plans to stop Scotland laying claim to North Sea Oil! The papers, written in 1975 by Sir David Walker, also said that, and I quote, "Progress towards devolution should be delayed for as long as possible"! And this was despite a referendum on devolution being part of the Labour parties manifesto commitments at the time! The government advisers also suggested the boundaries of Scotland's coastal waters should be redrawn and a new sector created to "neutralise" Scotland's claim to the oil! Once it gets to the point where UK ministers were once happy to manipulate the people of Orkney and Shetland just to stop the SNP and Independence for Scotland, you have to wonder, what are they secretly planning right now? There are still between 25 and 30 billion barrels of oil which could still be recovered over the next 40 years, more than enough, as I'm sure UK ministers know, for Scotland to become an extremely successful and wealthy Independent nation. If they were happy to manipulate people back then, clearly, they would still be happy to do the same to us today! After all, "It's still Scotland's Oil", and they know it!
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