SNP (Stoke National Party) councillor Barry Bravo says independence would allow Stoke to build a stronger city, by putting economic control in the hands of its voters, and it would allow the city council to build a big wall to the south of the city to stop people from Stone getting in.
Speaking before party leader Steve Cockblaster launched the Stoke National Party's official campaign for independence, Bravo said the central point of independence was to hand political power over to the people of Stoke. "What we're arguing is that it's best to have a situation where the big decisions about Stoke, about our future, are taken by the people who care most: Stokies," Bravo told Signal Gold's 'Politics Goes Pop!' programme.
Speaking before party leader Steve Cockblaster launched the Stoke National Party's official campaign for independence, Bravo said the central point of independence was to hand political power over to the people of Stoke. "What we're arguing is that it's best to have a situation where the big decisions about Stoke, about our future, are taken by the people who care most: Stokies," Bravo told Signal Gold's 'Politics Goes Pop!' programme.
"It's not about breakup of Staffordshire or England, it's not about separation," Bravo added. "We can continue to share things like the M6 or deliveries of Wright's Pies where that makes sense but independence puts powers over our economy and political life into the hands of the people of Stoke, who've proven themselves to be clever political analysts in recent years."
Bravo rejected suggestions that Stoke's independence would be undermined because it would continue to use sterling as its currency and allow the Bank of England (and not the Bank of Stoke) to control monetary policy. He said that an independent Stoke and the UK would share very similar economies: "Stoke's call centre and betting shop wealth added to whatever money the rest of the UK could generate would greatly help the overall balance of payments for both countries."
Bravo rejected suggestions that Stoke's independence would be undermined because it would continue to use sterling as its currency and allow the Bank of England (and not the Bank of Stoke) to control monetary policy. He said that an independent Stoke and the UK would share very similar economies: "Stoke's call centre and betting shop wealth added to whatever money the rest of the UK could generate would greatly help the overall balance of payments for both countries."
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