Take independence, but understand what it means. It's membership of the EU and the Euro or be out of the single market and use a new currency or the Pound.
I personally don't really mind if the Scots leave, and I'm sure most of the UK feels the same, but don't expect to leave and still have all the benefits of the Union. BBC? NHS? Those a British institutions, as a foreign country Scotland will have no more rights to them than the French or Germans.
An interesting one will be open borders. All new EU states are legally obliged to join the Schengen agreement of open borders with the rest of the EU. As the UK is not part of this agreement, the UK and Scotland could not have an open border. If we did, it would basically lead to us joining the Schengen area via Scotland.
Scotland seems to think they can have their cake and eat it in relation to the UK and Europe, that will not be the case IMO. The same could be said for the Tories and the EU, we want all the benefits of the EU and none of the costs. At least I think the Tories are more realistic about the consequences of leaving the EU however, the SNP seems to be promising the Scottish people they can have the best of both worlds and it's not true.
Trident would just have to move to an English base, its still RN Subs. I think Salmond has actually said they don't want Trident there anymore anyway.
Depends where the international waters get drawn I suppose, they'll have to be re-done, although I expect as they are currently British they will remain so until Scotland successfully appeals for ownership.
Take independence, but understand what it means. It's membership of the EU and the Euro or be out of the single market and use a new currency or the Pound.
I personally don't really mind if the Scots leave, and I'm sure most of the UK feels the same, but don't expect to leave and still have all the benefits of the Union. BBC? NHS? Those a British institutions, as a foreign country Scotland will have no more rights to them than the French or Germans..
An interesting one will be open borders. All new EU states are legally obliged to join the Schengen agreement of open borders with the rest of the EU. As the UK is not part of this agreement, the UK and Scotland could not have an open border. If we did, it would basically lead to us joining the Schengen area via Scotland..
Scotland seems to think they can have their cake and eat it in relation to the UK and Europe, that will not be the case IMO. The same could be said for the Tories and the EU, we want all the benefits of the EU and none of the costs. At least I think the Tories are more realistic about the consequences of leaving the EU however, the SNP seems to be promising the Scottish people they can have the best of both worlds and it's not true.
In my mind they'll get drawn along whatever lines the country that keeps the army/navy chooses. It's probably not that simple.
Sadly not. We would likely have to comply with standard international drawing of boundaries, which would give Scotland 90% of North Sea Oil. Would be an interesting debate to see.
Regardless, Scotland won't vote for independence so it doesn't matter.
The tories changed the sea boundaries last year so that more of the North Sea oil came under England and therefore Westminster.
I found it quite funny that got away with it.
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Add to that the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police force and numerous other government run institutions who would all no longer be responsible for supplying services in Scotland.