re: #2 Romantic Heretic

Okay, but remember, Scotland is much smaller than the UK and this means in a global economy Scotland will be much weaker.

If Scotland tries to create or enforce any regulations or laws effecting the business community, especially the international community, it will be in a much weaker position. If Scotland wants its economy working it is going to have to knuckle under to the demands of foreigners much worse and much less sympathetic to Scotland’s interests than Whitehall has ever been.

Sometimes you get what you wish for and it’s not what want.

I don’t know where you get the idea that small countries cannot be successful countries. The world, including Europe, is full of counter examples. Bizarre!

And the idea that being tied to England is protecting us from the realities of the big bad world is nonsense, another ‘better together’ trope that the Scottish people are increasingly seeing through.

Ironic to be lectured by an American on the benefits of being “better together” with England. Never thought I’d see that :-)