SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE 

The majority of people in Scotland would like to break away from the rest of the UK and become independent, according to a survey poll taken just before the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, which united Scotland and England. A pair of Acts of Parliament, signed in 1706 and 1707 that came into effect on May 1, 1707, created Great Britain. A new Parliament of Great Britain was created in Westminster, London and replaced the previous parliaments of both countries. The survey poll showed that support for independence for Scotland is at 51%. This is the first time since 1998 that support for separation has been more than 50%, and the first time since the British government gave more power to locals to decide on some financial matters to Scotland in 1999. Six months before elections for the Scottish Parliament, these survey results are good news to the Scottish Nationalist Party, who are hoping to make progress against Labour and promote the idea of an independent Scotland. Many people have become disillusioned and disappointed after the British government gave more local power, and believe that the Scottish Parliament has failed to deliver what they had hoped it would; only one tenth have no opinion. In fact, only 39% of those asked want to keep things as they are.