To worry about how the heck my public sector pension is going to pay out when I'm old given that the UK almost certainly won't exist by then

Not obvious at all. Scotland would have to meet various criteria including financial and it would likely be many years before their independent economy could meet these. Also all current member states would have to agree.

The Scottish nhs has a separate pension from the other NHS’s so it won’t be included, and I was talking about the state pension rather than the public sector pension, but as Scotland has had lots more funding than the England over the years, Westminster would surely be well placed to tell Scotland it should have been making provisions (rather than pissing around with baby boxes, giving money to Hamas, and spending 10 x more than it needed to on ferries).

Because they all spend far more than they raise in taxes. Scotland for instance spends more than £4,600 than it spends in taxes with rUK filling the gap. If an Indy Scotland wants to break even it has to get that £4,600 per man, woman and child back.

That's one of the issues with devolution referenda - who should be asked ?
If there is a referendum on whether one part of the UK should split from another, then should all of those potentially affected be given the chance to vote, not just those directly in the part to be split ?

Take the issue of Irish reunification - ask the people of NI, and I imagine they'd vote to remain part of the UK. but ask those in Eire and rUK and I suspect they'd vote for reuniification.

I paid in for my civil service pension and my local authority pension🤷‍♀️. They have their own schemes.

The state pension, along with all benefits, comes from taxes/NI , as they always have.

So are many parts of Scotland. And the USA. And certainly China. Can you point out a beautiful utopia with absolutely no poverty or hardship?

I think you've started this whole thread just to slag off England. You could've done that without the waffle about pensions.

Well they frankly won't have a choice. They will be contractually obliged to pay it and will have to take on the liabilities. If Scotland can't afford to honour their commitments re the State pension then they won't be able to join the EU because it is unlikely they will reach the financial threshold required. The existing EU countries aren't going to vote to allow Scotland and Wales in just so they can give them endless handouts. There would be uproar amongst the German electorate for a start. Never mind that Spain would veto because they won't want to encourage their own separatists. Ireland are a different proposition although the RoI I don't think want NI.

Do you mean public sector pension? Scotland isn’t contractually obliged to pay their citizens a penny in state pension, because it’s a benefit.

England bank rolls nothing.

yes I meant public sector pensions. They would have to take on the liabilities to pay out pensions to their own government employees because it was part of their contracts of employment.

But how will that go down? When all benefits have been cut 50% due to financial chaos, and public sector workers are taking the government to court to get £30k a year in retirement, theyre going to look even more grabby than the WASPI women!

Tin foil aisle 2

You should not be relying on the UK state pension alone. It pays peanuts and it’s certainly not enough to live off. I suggest you start putting as much as you can into private pension and Isa’s . Ensure all your debt is paid off. Then you’ve got a fighting chance.

Maybe you might have to move to England to get your pension, maybe we will have a big influx of people in the NHS doing this near retirement.

How would that work? If you’re part of the nhs Scotland pension scheme, it’s Scotland who will be paying out. NHS England will pay pensions of the nhs England workers.

Public sector pensions cover many different types of organisations. The OP hasn't specified which one she has. Local Government, Civil Service, NHS, Prison Service, Fire Service, teachers, police, armed services and the judiciary all have public sector pensions. All are covered by the 2013 Public Service Pensions Act www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/25/contents. They are the best sort of pension to pay into as they don't depend on you having a personal pot of money; they relate to years of service and your salary over the years. You don't want to be putting your money into a riskier personal pension that your employer doesn't contribute to. Whatever happens to the UK, even if there were to be a split, arrangements would be made for your pension to be transferred to a new body.

75% of England want nothing to do with Farage and Brexit mentality.....they aren't the majority. And given how they are f"cking up local councils left right and Chelsea, only the utter imbeciles would still consider voting for them.
They be a loud and aggressive minority, but they are still the minority.

If people had half a brain they would vote to give Labour/Andy a full term. Conservatives have imploded into the far right. greens aren't ready. You don't have to love them to realise they are far far better than any of the current alternatives.

Political parties aren't soulmates, they are buses you take the one that will get you closest to where you wanna (and farthest away from some dingy sh*thole) and then get the next one to your destination....

Oh well maybe you should have thought about that when campaigning for independence. 🤷 They will have to fund it for you for rather than Westminster.

Nothing? It gets a fair amount from Westminster. You don't think Scotland won't miss that with Independence?

We get less than we put in.