For starters, I think this is a great idea.
One of the best ways to get rid of socialism is to force these twerps to pay their own way. Once done, suddenly socialism doesn’t look quite so attractive.
So the best way to get the Scots’ heads out from under their kilts is to cut them off from the subsidy from England. Force them to reckon with the costs of their political class.
The other upside is that the English political system will be rid of the grifters from the north, as you point out.
Of course the Scots would argue they are net contributors to the UK as they believe the north sea oil belongs to Scotland, not to the UK. . . . . .
Scotland is a lovely place, but as you say, when scottish tax-payers have to fund their ‘everything free’ system by themselves it won’t be so much fun.
Whilst I want Scotland to become independent I doubt it will happen soon. The current financial fiasco that is the euro makes this an incredibly dangerous time for tiny countries to want to become ‘independent’.