Scottish independence is probably a really stupid move. The devil really is in the details. Just what form of association with England will there be?
I wonder what their immigration policies will be? Since the Labour Party is strongly based in Scotland, would they continue to be willing to let in jihadis? Will a more conservative England now move to correct the multi-cultural crap?
Salmond’s policy is to have a much more liberal immigration policy than the rUK, ostensibly to cope with Scotland’s aging population. Currently, Scotland’s ethnic minority population is just over 2% compared to the UK overall of 13%, This will rocket in the event of independence, although the rUK has threatened to erect border posts to stop this.
They Yesnp didn’t seem to realise that the reason we have a common travel area with Ireland is because they have always coordinated their own immigration policy with ours, because open borders are more important to them than they are to us. With 70% of their trade coming to us and no currency union. Independence for Scotland would be an extremely self-effacing act for them, and polls suggest that people of rUK as well as the Government would be in no mood to grant any concessions to the Scots in the independence negotiations. They would be on their own, and our interests would come first. If they vote yes, they will soon realise the consequences of their folly, but by then, it will be too late.
Perhaps Hadrian's Wall will need to be rebuilt. ;>)
I saw an interesting movie a few days ago, called “How I Live Now.” It was about a terrorist nuclear strike on the UK and subsequent guerrilla attacks all over the country. It was obvious the attackers were muslim extremists (no other group fit well with the tactics and brutality). Film was produced in the UK. Perhaps they are starting to wake up to the cancer growing inside.
Your last paragraph hit the nail on the head, that’s what’ll happen.