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This could get very tasty. I don't know what you lot think, but Boris is worth at least 3% for independence - which would at least bring it to 48/52!

Anyway, look at the long list of pitfalls on the way, seen from my point of view calculated to rile Sturgeon:

Who can vote?
- The diaspora of those born in Scotland and residing in the UK?
- Offspring not born in Scotland?
- Over-18s only?
- Will Scots living in England lose British citizenship if independence happens

Military arrangements
- Who must leave the British Army/Navy/Airforce?
- Scottish submarine bases to become British Sovereign bases?

Currency
- Can they keep the Pound?
- Will they survive interest rate hikes if they keep the Pound?

Financial Settlement )will be a huge bunfight)
- Proportion of pensions payable in Scotland to be paid by Britain?
- Who owns what? Particularly the banks?
- Just in time supplies from England?

Border (and EU)
- What will the day 1 border arrangements be?
- Will many, many, Scots come to live in England before independence?
- What would their nationality be post-independence?
- If they join the EU, when would the border go up?
- Tariffs?
- Would someone try a sort of "Scotland Protocol"?
- Which British political party would wear that?

Lots more to add, no doubt. Oil is now dead. Scotland sells several times more stuff within the UK than they did with the EU.

The SNP idiots cite Norway as a small country that has succeeded; yes when oil was the bug thing, they set up a sovereign fund and moved forward with non-oil investments. Scotland has none of that. They also cite Ireland as a success story. Well, Ireland's going to be hurt by the G20 tax agreement because the USA will pressurise the companies that now remit profits to Ireland unless Ireland falls in line.

Exciting times ahead!