Hugh

Please remember, it was a king of Scotland who became king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England
James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 †“ March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July1567 until the death of Elizabeth I of England in 1603. Then from the 'Union of the Crowns', in England and Ireland as James I, from 24 March1603 until his death. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart

Why do you think the English want Scotland as part of the UK - it better to have them inside p!ssing out, than outside p!ssing in (to paraphase Lyndon B Johnson)