Why would they want to follow Scotland? Scotland as an independent nation is barely viable. Wales would be a joke, unless it became some sort of Swiss-style tax haven. It’s just too small with little in the way of natural wealth. At least the Scots can sue for North Sea oil and gas etc.
Also, they don’t have as much of an ideological feud with London. The government of the UK usually represents where Wales is politically at the period in time, whereas unless its full blown commie 100% of the time, it doesn’t represent Scotland. Though Wales has a Labour bent, its not as extreme as Scotland. Both Wales and Northern Ireland are content to remain united with England for the time being it seems.
Meanwhile, if the Scots vote for what Salmond is selling they’ll actually be less independent. They want to keep the currency, but give up any say in the administration of the money supply.
Whatever they do, the entire island is screwed. Islam left and right, political correctness at insane levels, mass exodus of native population, debt out of control, NHS bankrupt. A little like us, Britain lives off its good name and good name alone. Nothing beyond that.
I don’t know what kind of status Scotland is aiming for, but independence-independence doesn’t have to be the goal for Scotland or Wales. They might wish to remain under the same royal head of state but with their own national assemblies. If they get large subsidies from the prosperous English South that may not be a wise alternative for them, but it did seem presumptuous to me for the newspaper to assume that England and Wales would still want to fly the same flag if major changes were in the works.