Roseforme, the Carol Craig article is absolutely spot on - trust a woman, eh! The complete article should be required reading for everyone - I particularly noted this :
If you are sceptical of my claim that Scotland is more likely to become a vehicle for the right's policy rather than the left's just look at some of the most ardent supporters of independence. Some of the big hitters of the SNP's independence campaign are among Scotland's most ruthless, money-oriented business people: Monaco domiciled tax exile Jim McColl is a key player and economic adviser; Brian Souter, of Stagecoach fame is well-known for his illiberal views and cutthroat business practices; and George Mathewson, former CEO of RBS, laid the foundation for Fred Goodwin's leadership of the bank.
Rupert Murdoch, an old pal of Alex Salmond's, is also a supporter of independence, sending out a series of positive tweets as Yes gained ground in the polls. One of them read: 'Scottish independence means huge black eye for whole political establishment…' and he evidently wasn't including himself. He also tweeted 'everything [is] up for grabs'. Could this mean Scotland's economy and media? An Scottish offshoot of Fox Media perhaps?
Only a couple of weeks ago the ultra right-wing think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, published a paper extolling the virtues of Alex Salmond's plan B – Sterlingisation. Google wealthynation.org and you'll see that right-wing thinkers and investors support independence and are already getting organised. They want Scotland to become a free market country, with more liberty and self-reliance, and much smaller government and public sector. Hong Kong is their model, not Scandinavia. Their founder, the journalist Michael Fry, published a piece in the Scotsman recently extolling the virtues of zero hours contracts.
If Scotland is financially challenged in the first years of independence, and this looks inevitable, then these are the people who will be influential in the new Scotland. It is a hard fact of life that it's right-wing money men rather than folk involved in dreaming and visioning at Yestival who are most likely to create the nation in their image.