The good people of Newfoundland and Labrador would also vote yes. Any wavering could be instantly stopped by the words "Churchill Falls" and "Quebec Hydro".

Hydro Quebec, actually.

Off out to shovel now. Wearing my hand-knitted trigger mittens from Labrador and Newfoundland.

They are warm but quite big. Room enough for six fingers.

the Republic of Ireland left the UK in 1922 and did the UK cease to exist then?

Wouldn't it still be the United Kingdom of England, Wales and NI?

The Prairies Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Im certain would vote yes to seperation.
Sheesh not looking good for them is it

Little doubt that Alberta would vote yes either.

Can I just say that some of the attitude displayed on the first page disgusted me. Especially that displayed by Oink. You'd think with the way a few select people were talking that England was constantly getting shafted by the Scots, not the other way about.

Oink? Didn't he expressed indifference?

The UK would still exist without Scotland. I think the Act of Union says something like a United Kingdom is created to be known as Great Britain. Great Britain would cease to exist.

The UK at present is "Great Britain and Northern Ireland etc" so pressumably Great Britain would just be replaced with England and Wales.

To me there do seem to be more important things to spend time and money on than unravelling 300+ years of shared history and institutions.

I said I was indifferent, stay or leave it makes little difference to us. Why are we meant to care when its really a scotch issue?

How does England presently shaft the Scots?

Having looked back at the first page, I realize that you weren't necessarily any worse than the others. The Kes Avatar must have had me distracted. But do you have to use the term "scotch". That was invented by the English. Our official denonyms are "Scottish" and "Scots"

Well for a start, the fact that Scotland contributes more to the Uk than the budget it receives.

The whole language was invented by the English, the clue is in the name. We wish you [Scottish and Scots] all the best with whichever decision you make.

Must have been when the BRITISH government dumped billions into the RBS...

I suspect there is a lot of bitterness over Thatcher and the poll tax imposition, the fact that all that oil money was pissed away, and the fact that Scotland has historically been the guinea pig for every half thought out scheme the government comes up with.

Or maybe it goes back farther to the clearances.. Either way it will be interesting to watch, but from what I hear the SNP were elected over a general dissatisfaction with either Conservative or Labour as an alternative, and not because a majority actually want independence. Time will tell though.