Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

My point being, if they did keep the pound or a version of it, I doubt they would be allowed into the Eurozone.

I would have thought joining the Euro, would be an entry requirement.

I doubt the eurozone would want 2 countries in the zone with a competeing currency.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Which currency union promise?

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

the promise that there wont be one

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Ireland north and south coexist and trade financially yet one is in the monetary Eurozone and the other isn't.

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Sorry, which particular "promise" are you referring to?

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

The one where Osbourne stated there would be no currency union.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

As does the UK and the rest Europe. that's wasn't the point I was trying to make.

I was under the impression that any NEW country entering the Eurozone would ultimately be required to take on the Euro.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Cheers Damien, I wasn't aware he had as such made a promise on the matter.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

I think his pronouncement on the issue might be better described as an "unequivocal statement", however, I think we are descending into word games here.

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Word games are what the politicians are best at, as the confusion between a promise, an unequivocal statement and an attempt at a pre-emptive strike as far as a currency union clearly show.

Not my argument, nor my forte either, but it'll be interesting to see how it plays out in the long run.

As I said it's a bunfight of claim and counter claim the reality of which nobody will know until after the fact.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Either way I don't see Osbourne going back on what he said with a pending election. A UK Currency Union is not popular and the SNP have already made it clear they want to compete with the reminder of the UK but lowering corporation tax (paid for by the never-ending Oil money of course) to attract businesses from the UK to Scotland. We would be mad to help them achieve that.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

He "has form", as they say. Leopard / spots.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Yes but those instances are often due to public pressure. In this case the pressure would be on him to keep his current position. Scotland would be mad to assume he is going to change his mind, it's politically and fiscally unwise for him to do so. If Scotland votes to go it alone they will become rivals, we won't lend them a hand.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

My first posting in the current affairs section and I'll answer the question like this.

If Scots feel they are different from the English, Welsh and what's left of the Irish, then yes they should go their own way and we shouldn't do anything about it. But if they say no in the referendum, then the issue should be put to bed forever.

Despite loads of guff on the internet saying how the world is getting closer together, humans are tribal and like to be different from each other. I never considered the Scots a seperate tribe, but they may see it differently.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

It's funny to see the OP being quoted again, more than two years after starting the thread, and having since been banned ... !

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Skipping 50 pages and into today's debate on the currency union issue....

If Scotland went its own way, then the chance of a currency union is zero. But I believe we, the rest of the British, would be generous here and state that in effect the country, the UK, had split into two seperate parts. This is key, because it would mean Scotland could join the euro and would not have to apply for new EU membership.

The rivals issue is exactly why I would not want Scotland to go independent. You can be friends one day and the next...

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I thought it rude to go straight into a thread without addressing the OP's question first. Don't ban me if I quote some other older posts too.:) I've got 50 pages to read on this thread alone.