这一切都可能化为曾经。9月18日苏格兰公投后,三个世纪前,通过联合法案建立的大英帝国可能就不复存在了。公投日渐逼近,而民调显示,苏格兰独派渐渐追上了统派,甚至已经赶超。越来越多的苏格兰人认为,他们的士兵、政治家、学者和企业家为其奉献和出力的英国不仅没有保护好他们的苏格兰传统,反而在损害它。大英帝国这个多民族的国家也许会在一天内分崩瓦解,民调显示,7%的公民将参加公投。苏格兰独立这件曾以为永远不会发生的事不仅对苏格兰不利,对英国更是一场悲剧。
The damage a split would do
苏格兰独立的危害
The rump of Britain would be diminished in every international forum: why should anyoneheed a country whose own people shun it? Since Britain broadly stands for free trade and themaintenance of international order, this would be bad for the world. Its status as a nuclearpower would be doubtful: the country s nuclear submarines are based in a Scottish loch andcould not be moved quickly. Britain would also be more likely to leave the European Union, sinceScots are better disposed to Europe than are the English .The prospect of a British exit from the EU would scare investors much more than a possibleScottish exit from Britain .
苏格兰一旦分离出去,英国在国家上的地位将一落千丈:一个连自己国民都避之不及的国家还有何声誉可言?而英国一直是自由世界和国际秩序维护的支持者,这样的局面对整个世界来说,也非常不利。英国作为一个拥有核能源的国家地位也将备受质疑:英国的核潜艇基地就设在苏格兰,不可能在短期内完成转移。英国也可能离开欧盟,因为苏格兰比英国更愿意加入欧盟,他们也不会投票给准备在明年赢得大选后举办对欧元公投的保守党。英国将脱离欧盟的可能比苏格兰分离出英国的前景更会吓走投资者。
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