Independence Movement

Scottish Independence is an extremely attractive prospect to states at the United Nations, and for reasons that you might not expect. Every state knows that the current U.N. structure is outdated and indefensible, with five states – U.S., China, Russia, U.K. and France – having a permanent seat and a total veto on the Security Council. U.S. abuse of the veto directly to continue the Gaza genocide has been flagrant and caused outrage. Africa and South America have no permanent representation or veto. The prominence of the Imperial powers of the U.K. and France is anachronistic. The difficulty is, that any change to the veto is subject to veto. So there has been stalemate, and during the genocide in Gaza the U.N. itself has been outraged, maligned, abused and practically useless.