Tony Blair var t\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0r\u00e6tt um a\u00f0 sagan myndi d\u00e6ma hann (\u00f6\u00f0rum leist reyndar betur \u00e1 hef\u00f0bundna d\u00f3mst\u00f3la). \u00c1 flj\u00f3tu brag\u00f0i er \u00fe\u00f3 erfitt a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 fyrir hva\u00f0 Blair gerir s\u00e9r vonir um a\u00f0 f\u00e1 uppreist \u00e6ru? Afrek hans felast helst \u00ed\u00ad \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 vera \u00feaulsetinn. \u00dea\u00f0 er mj\u00f6g erfitt a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 einhver afm\u00f6rku\u00f0 d\u00e6mi um hluti sem beinl\u00ed\u00adnist m\u00e1 rekja til valdat\u00f6ku Blair-stj\u00f3rnarinnar.<\/p>\n
Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad er \u00fe\u00f3 hinn hlj\u00f3\u00f0l\u00e1ti a\u00f0skilna\u00f0ur Skotlands og Englands, sem n\u00fa \u00e1 s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 jafnt og \u00fe\u00e9tt. Hann m\u00e1 a\u00f0 miklu leyti \u00feakka Tony Blair, \u00fe\u00f3tt sj\u00e1lfur yr\u00f0i hann varla k\u00e1tur me\u00f0 \u00feann d\u00f3m.<\/p>\n
Verkamannaflokkurinn lofa\u00f0i kosningu um sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6tt skoskt \u00feing fyrir kosningarnar 1997. \u00c1 raun vildi flokkurinn ekki skoskt \u00feing, en tilgangurinn var s\u00e1 a\u00f0 gera flokk skoskra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ernissinna, SNP, ska\u00f0lausan \u00ed\u00ad kosningunum og gulltryggja st\u00f3rsigur.<\/p>\n
Allt var gert til a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 f\u00e1 Skota til a\u00f0 fella stofnun skoska \u00feingsins, en \u00fea\u00f0 mist\u00f3kst. \u00deingi\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad Edinborg var\u00f0 a\u00f0 veruleika.<\/p>\n
\u00deann dag\u00c2\u00a0h\u00f3fst h\u00e6gfara og hlj\u00f3\u00f0l\u00e1tur a\u00f0skilna\u00f0ur landanna tveggja.<\/p>\n
Skoska \u00feingi\u00f0 og heimastj\u00f3rnin hafa jafnt og \u00fe\u00e9tt teki\u00f0 til s\u00ed\u00adn meiri v\u00f6ld \u00e1 kostna\u00f0 Lund\u00fana. Eitt og anna\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad rekstri grunnsto\u00f0a samf\u00e9lagsins – sk\u00f3la- og heilbrig\u00f0iskerfi\u00f0 – er n\u00fa me\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum h\u00e6tti nor\u00f0an landam\u00e6ranna en fyrir sunnan. Og n\u00fa s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0ast hefur Gordon Brown gefist upp fyrir kr\u00f6fum SNP <\/a>og fallist \u00e1 kr\u00f6fur \u00feess efnis a\u00f0 Skotar f\u00e1i auki\u00f0 vald til a\u00f0 \u00e1kve\u00f0a skatta.<\/p>\n \u00der\u00f3unin er \u00f6ll \u00ed\u00ad eina \u00e1tt. Me\u00f0 hverju \u00e1rinu f\u00e6rist Skotland n\u00e6r \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 geta talist sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6tt r\u00ed\u00adki \u00ed\u00ad mi\u00f0ri Evr\u00f3pu. Sem stendur eru \u00fea\u00f0 einkum skoskir \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ernissinnar sem kn\u00fdja \u00e1 um sl\u00ed\u00adkt, en \u00fea\u00f0 eru \u00fe\u00f3 teikn \u00e1 lofti um a\u00f0 stu\u00f0ningur fari a\u00f0 berast \u00far \u00f6\u00f0rum og \u00f3v\u00e6ntari \u00e1ttum. \u00ed\u008dhaldsmenn \u00ed\u00ad Bretlandi eru \u00ed\u00ad vaxandi m\u00e6li farnir a\u00f0 velta \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad upp hvort r\u00e9tt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 skoskir \u00feingmenn geti teki\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed\u00ad \u00e1kv\u00f6r\u00f0unum \u00e1 breska \u00feinginu sem var\u00f0i a\u00f0ra \u00ed\u00adb\u00faa Bretlands en ekki \u00fe\u00e1 sj\u00e1lfa. \u00dea\u00f0 er ekki l\u00ed\u00adti\u00f0 skref hj\u00e1 flokki sem heitir j\u00fa fullu nafni \u00ed\u008dhalds- og sambandssinnaflokkurinn.<\/p>\n \u00deegar Skotar ver\u00f0a komnir me\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0an r\u00ed\u00adkissj\u00f3\u00f0, annars konar skattakerfi, sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6tt mennta- og heilbrig\u00f0iskerfi og \u00feingmenn \u00feeirra f\u00e1 ekki a\u00f0 kj\u00f3sa um m\u00e1lefni Englands og Wales… \u00fe\u00e1 er \u00fea\u00f0 n\u00e1nast or\u00f0i\u00f0 skilgreiningaratri\u00f0i hvort h\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 tala um eitt r\u00ed\u00adki e\u00f0a r\u00ed\u00adkjabandalag.<\/p>\n Hva\u00f0 mun \u00feetta taka langan t\u00ed\u00adma?<\/p>\n Tja, kannski erum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 tala um \u00e1ratugi… en ef \u00ed\u008dhaldsflokkurinn vinnur n\u00e6stu kosningar og tekur vi\u00f0 v\u00f6ldum \u00ed\u00ad Westminster, me\u00f0 kannski 1-2 skoska \u00feingmenn \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 sig og SNP situr \u00e1fram vi\u00f0 v\u00f6ld \u00ed\u00ad Edinborg… \u00fe\u00e1 er stutt \u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 mykjan skelli \u00e1 viftusp\u00f6\u00f0unum!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tony Blair var t\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0r\u00e6tt um a\u00f0 sagan myndi d\u00e6ma hann (\u00f6\u00f0rum leist reyndar betur \u00e1 hef\u00f0bundna d\u00f3mst\u00f3la). \u00c1 flj\u00f3tu brag\u00f0i er \u00fe\u00f3 erfitt a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 fyrir hva\u00f0 Blair gerir s\u00e9r vonir um a\u00f0 f\u00e1 uppreist \u00e6ru? Afrek hans felast helst \u00ed\u00ad \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 vera \u00feaulsetinn. \u00dea\u00f0 er mj\u00f6g erfitt a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 einhver afm\u00f6rku\u00f0 d\u00e6mi … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: A\u00f0skilna\u00f0urinn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}