POLITICAL thinker and academic Noam Chomsky has revealed his support for a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence.
In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Professor Chomsky said he had ‘been following the debate with interest’, adding that he was continuing to look into the details and consequences of a Yes vote.
Professor Chomsky told RIA: “My intuition favours independence.”
The academic also spoke of his desire to see greater devolution of power across Europe, adding: “No one wants to restore the Ottoman Empire, obviously, but in some respects it had the right idea: let people manage their own affairs, with co-operative federal arrangements, and as few barriers as possible.”
A spokesman for Yes Scotland told RIA Novosti that Professor Chomsky’s backing was ‘encouraging, but not surprising’, adding: “Professor Chomsky, of course, is not a nationalist and increasing numbers of people in Scotland, particularly Labour supporters and those who have no party political affiliation at all, also see the logic of putting Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands.”
