The Jock vote

[BIG MAC]

So many seem to have missed the simplicity of the situation, There is a country up the road which is entirely self sufficient already but this in part is due to a formula which sees Scotland have about 95% of 'it's' income returned to it. Therefore 'cost neutral' to the rest of the UK. However Scotland does share some institutions..passport office, DVLA, HMRC etc and of course the armed forces. In independence these element would need to be sourced or funded from a 'new pot' of money. The easiest way to achieve this is not to have any debt and an Independent Scotland could have said 'screw you' but still legally demand it's reserves in gold from BoE. The real opportunity missed here was for England and others to ride hard on the heels of a Scottish victory and demand an English Parliament. Labour would be goosed (not that they aren't at the mo with the most chinless pseudo Cameron at the helm) Cameron would be Gone, You would likely have a Farage / Boris Johnson combo taking you out of Europe...They wouldn't get there but what would follow would likely be various coalitions which tends to work ok in Germany. Instead the supposedly Socialist Scots have voted for the neo liberal twerps in Westminster and have assured you of a continuation of their pocket lining (for them) austerity, sickeningly inhumane policies, and general poncing about on the World stage wasting your money. Any which way..'The promise' will be defaulted upon because it has to be..although there will be some smoke and mirrors pretence. But know this ...if any region of the UK gets any more devolved powers as a result of this..Then you have that man Alex Salmond and the YES voters to thank. That so many of my countryfolk are prepared to bend the knee to Westminster embarrasses me. Some wags have said 'The English should have voted' If it led to an Independent Scotland..I would agree,