[familyop]

"...the nationalists have promised to remove British submarines carrying nuclear Trident missiles from Scottish territory."

It the referendum passes, watch 'em keep the subs there and charge rent instead. It's the Scottish way.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

He’s come out and said that it is a ‘non negotiable’ issue and a central plank for his campaign for independence. It would be political suicide for them to go back on that issue if there was a ‘yes’ vote.

It would be very problematic for his case to join NATO, and explicitly nuclear alliance whose nuclear umbrella he wishes to shelter under without getting his hands dirty on those icky wicky nukes.