Scottish Independence Referendum - 18 September 2014

[Beezer]

About half of the white paper appears to be an SNP-manifesto educating the public about the things they'do if Scotland became independent. BTW, are there any polls/surveys on EU-support among the different nations of the UK? I suppose if the EU and the euro were a more attractive option, winning the referendum would be a tad easier especially if the electorate had a more pro-European slant.

[Beezer]

It would probably take at least 4-5 years for them to join the euro anyway if everything went off w/o a hitch (EU membership negotiations, then spending two years as part of the ERM II).

[Beezer]

I wouldn't necessarily say that. Right now it's able to present itself to the electorate as the defender of Scottish interests in a hostile environment (Westminster). If Scotland became independent there'd be no need for that position anymore and a number of nationalist voters would probably move (back) to the other parties.

The same thing would probably happen in an independent Bavaria which I doubt would see the Christian Democrats run away with every election.