Are you in favour of Scotland leaving the UK?

[LadyMaryCreepyCrawley]

Lucky bastards!

Alright so no one really knows about what the other political parties would do, but they'd probably stay.

Currency- no one's sure?

EU- no one's sure?

Scottish passports? Wouldn't that cost a hell of a lot of money?

Would the government have to buy all the UK stuff (like hospitals and schools)?

You did ask

It would be interesting to ask folk what actions the SNP have taken in government that they disagree with.

I don't disagree that Salmond is a bit marmite-y. Lots of people dislike him. Lots of people like him. If you ever see him walk down a street you will be amazed at how many people take time out of their day to shake his hand.

Hospitals and schools are already devolved.

Squoosh: there's nothing actually wrong with letting your over-inflated banking sector collapse (Iceland). I would actually have been in favour of that for us. Iceland have been upheld by the IMF as a brilliant model for post apocalypse recovery. What isn't so honourable is the fact that the bulk of the cost of Iceland's collapse was borne by foreign creditors. Whereas Ireland suffers herself for the sins of her bankers. I'm telling you now, Scotland would behave as Iceland.

Why do you say the hospitals and schools are "UK stuff" ?

The NHS and the schools systems have always been separate.

Another yes here (and entitled to vote)

Remember we are voting for independence, not for SNP or Salmond.

To whoever asked about army, piece on BBC here:

m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19955309

UK stuff like hospitals and schools? Believe that people pay tax in Scotland too... And it's exactly that kind of thing that makes me want to vote yes.

The Curriculum for Excellence for one, JollyJack.

Schools are owned by local authorities, hospitals by health boards. Neither have anything to do with Westminster.

SNP have said they would keep the pound sterling.

Scotland would try to join the European Union. And would likely be accepted, but this is obv not confirmed.

You said there were no silly questions! I didn't know that.

Annunziata CFE was put in motion BEFORE the SNP gained power: here

There are no silly questions, if you hadn't asked you wouldn't know now.

Trying my best to answer to the best of my knowledge. Will try to find you some info to read.

It says on their website that they launched it though- www.snp.org/vision/smarter-scotland/supporting-education

I'm telling you now, Scotland would behave as Iceland.

You're free to tell me what you like.

here is a Yes Scotland factsheet. Obviously biased, but answers qs re currency etc.

In Scotland, but def want to stay part of the UK.

Not sure how anyone is expected to vote when all the monetary stuff/eu/defence etc is undecided. Surely there should be a proposed deal first, that is then voted for or against. ( still no)

I take it the 17 and 16 year olds were included as they are possibly more likely to vote with their hearts rather than their heads.

Re free tuition fees, I don't think any scots expect that to continue for long.

That was me that said that, and no there aren't, and as Jack has pointed out there is a huge question mark re the EU, and don't get me started on the CfE, that alone scares me that no one seems to know what is happening with the new exams etc and as my DS is one of the guinea pigs , I have huge concerns.

Economically? daft idea. we dont have themoney or the expertise.
Culturally? Brilliant idea....let hope people dont just vote emotively or we´d be stuffed.

If you lived in a country where maps published for surveys, even irrelevant stuff like house prices and crime routinely show a truncated island shuddering to a halt at above carlisle, then you´d understand why many scots would love to leave.

To be fair, the UK is very anglocentric and we get annoyed then chippy then obnoxiously anti english. We get bored of the constant "englandnwales". That´s when scots turn into assholes.

The anti english sentiment in scotland is revolting....my husband has never had any attitude - he´s a northerner, but if you have a southern english accent, yep you will get grief. Its shameful.

Squoosh: there's nothing actually wrong with letting your over-inflated banking sector collapse

Yes thanks, I am aware of that and think Ireland should have allowed it to happen.

My DD is a guinea pig too :( Thank you for the link, I'll read that tomorrow. Goodnight!

I am not really in favour or against independence tbh. I think it's a decision for the Scottish people. I do think they'll be worse off if they go it alone, but if that's a risk they want to take, then fair enough - it's their right to take it.

I'm glad that they're having the vote, and I think it's important for the debate to take place. But ultimately, I think the "no" campaign will win.

Yes. And I like the snp. Nicola sturgeon is a great female role model. She must be one of the hardest working politicians ever.

Salmond does my tits in a bit but he has time for everyone. He once sent me and a bunch of other people a video message when we were doing a charity event wishing us luck. I don't think you'd get Dave doing that for a bunch of nobodies chucking a gig on for charity.

Anyway, that hasn't much to do with the independence debate. I'm voting yes because I don't think more democracy can be bad. My vote is worth 0.4% of a vote just now. There's no incentive for the Tories to be good to us, they get no support here anyway. If we vote no things aren't going to get any better for a long, long time.

We live in Scotland and WE DO NOT WANT INDEPENDANCE! Alex Salmond is a nutter.He does not have a clue.However I am sacred that he will convince alot of peolpe to leave. ( they will not understand the implications)

fidelma which implications?