Igor Maltsev. Photos from the personal archives
David Cameron – a much bigger threat to the integrity of the British Union than Alex Salmond.
In recent years, this politician has developed such a destructive activity that pleasure to look at. Almost every one of his performance over the last year makes people in different parts of the world indignation and rejection. No, I do not even recall what it sounded devastating for the economies of the different countries of the idea to disable Russian banking system alerts, driving in this way international trade in the stone age of faxes and memos Chechen. I just saw as paled face business – merchants whiskey in Scotland, the Scottish port wine merchants in Portugal, when they heard it.
I’m talking about his role in the Scottish, we say so that the “crisis».
That arrogant, cocky, completely imperially minded Cameron threw somehow bone Scottish nationalists “want independence – arrange a referendum.” That is what happened yesterday – all the product of his belief that “are not going anywhere, and will utrut all.” It turned out that he knew nothing about the citizens of Scottish nationality. Either he did not teach history, or history is not taught him.
There is no single Scottish nation. If you look closely, there resides at least three big nations separated by features of the language, economic status, religion and just conditions of existence.
West – and this island External and Inner Hebrides – always identified with the Gaelic world. Number gelogovoryaschih islands reaches seventy percent, not to mention the fact that the people here – a mixture of Celts, Vikings, Scots.
«Lower land” – Lowlands – closer mentality and Old English language world, not by chance they have nicknamed “Teutons».
Highlands – a separate world, once full of robbery and eternal disobedience and rebellion, combined with illegal distilling legendary mountaineers . But, of course, they are united by history and relationship to its southern neighbor, from which they tried in vain to isolate even the Roman Emperor Hadrian, erecting a wall from sea to sea through Carlisle – Newcastle .
Combines all these parts an underlying resentment that the country is deprived of something collective “Westminster”. Although it is rather a question of political structure and a lack of self-government, because the figures in the money say that London spends on each inhabitant of Scotland more than to residents of England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
What unites them is also related to the royal power – more loyal and fierce warriors royal than the Scots, was not. All the recent Queen of Scotland countries pay the same coin – the current Elizabeth always loved to leave in your haylendsky Balmoral Castle hunt. And not only. The royal family has given the people of Scotland, large estates and castles – the type of lock Mei, only to historical monuments remained in the hands of local people.
And it is very different, this nation.
About five years ago I first saw in Stornoway – the capital of the islands Lewis and Harris – the headquarters of the SNP. Nationalists? And what do they want? Separation from Britain? Yes, are you kidding me – as it technically could happen? But even then, for the SNP began to actively vote. I know these people – Stornoway more churches than schools and kindergartens. And it’s Calvinist church, it is because this part of Europe has come to America Presbyterianism – Scottish Protestantism Calvin, one of the toughest religions. Here the Sabbath on Sunday and we can only pray and sing.
On Sundays there ferries did not go to the mainland. And even the airport opened only five minutes before the flight arrival and closed it again.
Imagine Israel on Saturday – only on Sunday – and all will understand. And instead of the Israeli sun – fog, rain and wind. These people – a different view of the alliance with the Westminster, as you know.
In Glasgow – also his own. Here recently for the SNP voted zero percent. Despite the difficulty with which the former industrial capital – the cradle of the British fleet was chosen from the economic collapse, which occurred after the war. Then the most amazing art deco architecture in the whole of the UK and the most killed. Is the center of art and music, and generally Glasgow – secret rock capital of the world and it is a sensible leader in the field of alcoholism, much like Peter eighties.
Universities and School of Arts GSoA, to crave come from all over the world, young talents, I have met there future Russian designers and artists. And what I see – just a few months in Glasgow from total disregard party Salmond young, active and educated came to the idea of a vote for secession. Punks, neoromantiki, avant-garde and other indie musicians – one and all took part in the Yes-campaign. Indie rockers for indie policy. Not to mention just a fan of a drink with Buchanan Street.
The leader of the SNP charisma port bollard and out of ideas, like fish oil trader, and yet for the last month, he almost persuaded the Scots, it is necessary to vote for secession. He used the main trump card – the heyday of the country in the framework of the oil economy.
Stop feeding Westminster.
Deeper, by the way, the concept of the so- and has not been studied. His opponent – Darling looked and thought a little better, and the last debate and just lost it with a bang. Which led to the pre-referendum figures 50/50.
I think that in Westminster last month began a real panic. Snobbery Cameron and his slap on the back younger brother turned to the Scottish public speeches with tears in his eyes.
But two factors have worked the hardest.
First – Salmond did not need a win and a real office, he needed pressure on London and twisting preferences, including personal political – in the wake of the real problems and aspirations of the Scots, he flexes nowhere arisen on its handles muscles.
And the second – a real section of one of the most powerful states in Europe – this is similar to the complete collapse of a unifying idea of the European Union. And all this seems to reflect the crisis of European elites and symbolizes the futility of strong army of European officials in Brussels.
I open internet – and there my friends – Scottish musicians write: “Well, lost today, and when you can vote next time? »
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