I'm not really sure what the fuss is about to be honest. They want to keep the pound as currency, they want to keep the queen as head of state, they want to share the military. It's a poor sounding independence so far!
But I don't think it will happen as the Bank of England has made it clear that they can't have monetary union because it means we'd have to bail them out. Those days are over. They will have to join the Euro which most Scots will hate as they won't be able to nip south of the border for anything, and it has its own risks anyway. Unless they get a Scottish currency together, can't see that being a success as there's hardly anyone living there. So they'd be better off all round staying part of the UK as all the tax is shared out round the provinces. Basically I just think they want to be free of the associations of the past and make their own rules and feel like they aren't being run from London any more, which is fair enough. And they hate Tories up there so if they get a YES on polling day and leave the Great British Empire I'll go and live up there for sure. Buy myself a croft on the Isle of Skye and I'll be in heaven. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : So Sal, what do you think of the bid for Scottish independence?
