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Originally Posted by Galaxy
Reading it over...it seems like Scotland still wants to benefits and attachments of the UK without being part of it. I don't see the rest of the UK letting them have it both ways.
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That's basically it. The pro independence side seems to like saying that Scotland can keep the pound, the Queen, all the oil money, and the EU membership if they become their own country and then can have the left leaning politics they want. It's all kind of pie-in-the-sky, where they are promising the best of every possible world. There is no guarantee that the EU will take them, or that the UK will allow a EU-like free movement border. The oil money negotiations will be more than a bit contentious. And I'm sure the UK will be fine if Scotland feels abandoned a bit going forth - not merely out of spite, but out of the general idea of if you want to be independent, then bloody be independent and not mooch off us for various things (currency, etc).