[mobertol]

Originally Posted by GEaston

I don't think keeping the pound should even be an option for them. Its not their currency.

What bugs me about the whole debate is that the Scots seem to think they can have some sort of pic n mix taking the good but not the bad. I've even heard them talking about not taking their share of the national debt (which by population is GBP 126 billion).

The greater question for me is are we getting a refund for paying for the Royal Bank of Scotland? That's a Scottish HQ bank, with an entirely Scottish board that went bust to the tune of GBP 45 billion and counting. The British had to bail that out because 45 billion represents the ENTIRE Scottish annual budget! I could go on and talk about bailouts to the Bank of Scotland which add another 10bn or so. All very well talking about splits of oil revenue etc but we footed the bill for their banking collapse and that was far larger than Scotland could ever pay for.

I vote them out, say they take their 126bn share of national debt + 50bn for their collapsed banks and see how they get on. After that the country will look like a poor version of Cyprus.

You could also add into the equation the nice new Scottish Parliament building which was built to give the illusion of semi-independence, a snip at an estimated £414million.
It's a prickly question. Lets hope they don't adopt the thistle as their national currency for any kind of payback! If nothing else you could at least eat oatcakes...