Sorry, but you can't just vote to bugger off and not accept your fair share of the bad as well as the supposed good that's awaiting you. This whole thing is clearly going to turn into a playground scrap, and drag on for ages. Name calling, taunts and posturing are all set to form part of the lead up to a vote.
Alex Salmond is hardly what I'd call a successful politician, and he has an annoying demeanour. It is so obvious that his obsession with nationalism is going to overshadow common sense, and that even at the expense of Scottish people, he'd plough on with his agenda to go it alone; he relies on whipping up a feud between England and Scotland. It's pretty much like the Rangers / Celtic spats.
Meanwhile, the English are somehow ignored. Surely there is room for the English to have a say on the matter? The United Kingdom included Scots and English, so if the UK is to be reduced in size, there should be a vote that allows the English to decide on what they want as well. I for one would vote that the Scots are quite welcome to go-it-alone. They can choose something other than sterling, pay for their own National Health, security, schools. No, they cannot escape their proportion of the UK's debt, and no, they cannot claim more than their fair share of oil revenues.
Alex Salmond is trying very hard to act like those dealing with a company that is fucked, and for which pre-pack administration is sorted. That is, keep all the good bits for the new/incoming regime, and dump all the shit. Sorry mate, no go. On reflection, I suspect that the wiser inhabitants of Scotland will reject the separation. What's more annoying is the fact that Scotland will probably get a "Yes" for the extended levels of autonomy through the so-called 'Max' option. All this will do is annoy everyone in England, and the Scots will be resented for not actually leaving, but having unfair influence in England while Scottish matters are out-of-bounds for English MPs.
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