However, with all of the big economic controls in Westminster one can see why Independence is now more crucial than ever.
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Now for those of us who remember, Scottish folks were big into the Trustee Savings Banks. A bank owned by the people. However Mrs Thatcher's government took it upon themselves to privatise the TSB, and hey presto a few years later it all ends up in under the control of a London bank called Lloyds TSB.
So, history repeats itself and it is not difficult to see why Gordon Brown did not provide governmental support to secure a HBOS [bank of scotland] / RBS [royal bank of scotland] merger that would create a mega-bank with headquarters in Scotland.
He did however bail out the Northern Rock with some £60 billion of taxpayers money when called to help an English based bank.
And next, given half a chance Mr Brown and his ilk would dearly love to see the RBS taken over by another London based bank.
Yes when he said he would do anything to defend the Union you can see what he meant.
Scotland without a bank headquartered in Scotland is exactly what Brown wants.
Alors qu'à Paris, on ergote sur la taxe pique-nique et autres bonus malus écologiques, la France s'apprête à torpiller une directive européenne fondamentale pour l'environnement: la directive-cadre sur la protection des sols, portée depuis 2006 par Bruxelles et adoptée en novembre 2007, en première lecture, par le Parlement européen
