Gordon Brown Wades In To Scotland Debate
The former Prime Minister has a six-point plan for Scotland's future to give it greater power as part of the UK.
I think we've got to think to the future, not just this year, next year, next ten and twenty years. Think to the sort of world my children my grand children are going to live in. And it's clear that we all stop thinking about the UK and some unitary centralized state where all parts re-sites and old fashion view westernize of sovereignty . We got to think of the diversity of partnership between the different nations. We got to think the power sharing which is effectively what we doing with devolution. And when you come to that conclusion, you realize that the Britain should be responsible for pulling and sharing and she is also rewrite pensions social security defense. But the re-powers Scottish parliament could have that it doesn't have the moment the deal with the domestic fears of Scotland. So we stay as part of United Kingdom because it's to every-body's advantage. But it's important to realize that the UK has no change forever.
Do you want to see the Scottish parliament?
Well I like first of the state is that the purpose of the UK is to pulling share with resources. I like the Scottish parliament to be seen as permanent, not just the win of westerner . I like the divisional parts that recognize that Scotland could probably do more in mainstream areas of health, transport. employment and of cause areas like the crime states Commission which is about the land of Scotland. And I like to see a tax sharing arrangement that recognized that we raise UK tax is to pay for UK tensions and other things about Scotland the domestic fears that cottage ...Scottish parliament at least forty percent of the spending as result of the distribution of the parts should be paid for by tax in Scotland.