[okie01]

England may be the ones getting the better deal in the bargain having the heavily welfare-dependent Scotland cut loose.

Good point. And Scotland is not only heavily welfare-dependent, the birth-rate has collapsed and the population is rapidly shrinking.

One wonders exactly what Scotland would gain from independence. Other than independence, that is...

[Hawthorn]

> One wonders exactly what Scotland would gain from independence <

Maybe pursue the Laborites’ dream of a socialist utopia?

[TSgt]

I was in Glasgow and some other places in Scotland last year on business.

Most folks are generally happy eeking out a living doing something however it does not radiate with hope and opportunity like America.

[the scotsman]

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/brassneck/november2007/uksubsidies.htm