Scottish independence referendum 2014 -Yes or No?

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Just wondered who among you would be in favour of Scottish independence when the referendum is held in 2 years. I as a Scotsman by birth am in support and if i were resident would be voting yes.

Heres a video to set the tone.



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyx1xeZo_tk[/youtube]

I am for it.
I think English Independance would be a better Idea though.

Whatever the people of vote for.

Would the flag of the United Kingdom become obsolete if Scotland seceded? Union Jack is iconic and it'd be strange if it was no longer used. Plus every other countries flag that has Union Jack in it would have to be changed. It's been flown for centuries. It could be beneficial for Scotland to secede though. I'm partially descended from Scotsmen and have some distant relatives there, but it wouldn't affect me very much if Scotland seceded. I'm still interested in seeing how this plays out though.

I'm a U.S. citizen, and I'm in favour of an independent and free Scotland.

Same for Akrotiri, Anguilla, Ascension Island, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Dhekelia, Ducie Island, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Henderson Island, Isle of Man , Montserrat, Oeno Island, Pitcairn Island, South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, The Turks, Tristan da Cunha, Ulster, and Wales.

Ironic-that the big countries of europe are all breaking apart ( Bretons in France, Basques in Spain) while at the same time they are all merging into the larger European Union.

So if Scotland secedes will it join the European Union?

Will both England and scotland be in the European Union?

Seems like they should, Scotland seem to be hidden in the background behind England. It's a bit sad.

I'd vote yes

Yes. As long as I can still move there.

I lived in Shetland for a few years, and most of the talk was about independence for Shetland. So it'd be interesting to see how that went if Scotland voted yes in 2014.

As someone who would prefer it if Scotland remained in the UK, I'd vote "no".

I doubt whether Scots will have anywhere near the required percentage of votes to achieve independence but, like the Northern Irish, the Welsh and the English, I believe we need a new settlement across the UK. The present one discriminates against the English - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland get a much better deal out of the UK than the English do, as disproportionately more money is spent in those parts of the UK.

Frankly, I think the idea of Scottish independence as produced by the SNP is ludicrous - in the end, they wouldn't have much independence at all - they want to take their independence and give it to the EU.

I would suspect though that Scotland would probably have a similar status to the IFS post-1921 if it were to leave the UK. I can't see where most of the money will come from in order to feed their huge welfare state. The Irish people after partition didn't have such a large amount of public spending.

I would tend to the "No" side. What would Scottish independence actually achieve that devolution has not?

There are, to be sure, certain matters that remain within the jurisdiction of Westminster, but they are few, and the price of independence would be steep. I suspect that the cost of losing transfers from Westminster, and the obligation to pay for foreign affairs, defence and the like would be significantly higher than the tax revenue to support them.

For the last 300 years, England has been the muscle that has given effect to Scottish inspiration. Scotland produced Empire builders; England produced Empire rulers. Scotland produced innovators and inventors; England produced mercantilists. It would be a sad for Scotland if she lost English productivity; it would be a sad day for England if she lost Scottish innovation.