Petrol prices

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Okay I brought this on myself,

Aye :lol

Would certainly hurt an independent Scotland.

It's hurting the UK, and could inflict long term damage.

Maybe this has already been raised......

But the price of oil is controlled.  It's primarily controlled by the USA and Saudi.

Now we have been treating Russia with disrespect for the last couple of decades.  The big bear has been pushed into a corner.  It's come out fighting and taken Crimea and destabilised The Ukraine, and of course committed the crime of shooting down a Western Commercial flight.  Pretty crazy scary stuff.

So perhaps the USA and Saudi are bringing the bear to it's knees.  In the process Scottish oil might well be wiped out and the UK economy utterly wrecked, or maybe there are contingency plans to protect key allies.

But don't forget what happens when you keep pushing the bear into that corner.  Russia is a power, a nuclear power to be reckoned with.

Just a wee thought.