[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Here are a few curve balls for the topic:

1/
Should we allow the referendum before Charlie Farley becomes King?

2/
Would a referendum in 20 years' time be in King William's reign?

3/
Would an independent Scotland be saddled with its share of the Covid debt?

4/
Would England demand that the Withdrawal Agreement be settled before anything else is negotiated?

5/
Will Scotland in the EU be bound by the current EU-UK trade agreement?

Love it!

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I should add something to the list:

6/
Citizenship - Scots on the Scottish electoral roll (and descendants) on the day prior to SCEXIT will no longer hold British citizenship from 12 months after secession. The rules for granting British nationality to Scots will need to be tight. For example, time-limited period for requesting retention of British nationality; if born in England or Wales, then allowed; if born in Scotland but normally resident in England or Wales, then allowed.


From my perspective, we are in the strange position of not wanting to break the UK up, but if they're that stupid then we're forked on making it easy for them to split or difficult so as to deter them.

As we're (England & Wales) not going to cave in financially (are we?), then a split will indeed be bitter. The Nats will be trying to screw us for every penny, we'll be totally resistant which will lead to impasse and a decision point for the Nats; we don't have to do anything. Should be interesting.