Of course we have assets, there are more assets than just BoE, stuff we've already paid for over 300 years of union, as well as our oil, gas, whisky etc. We have a balance of payments surplus, why would we have a terrible reputation?
Secession tends to be accompanied by the sharing of debts and assets. If Scotland doesn't take up the debts, they don't get the assets. This would reflect badly on Scotland on the international stage, particularly re credit scores. The interest on any loans made to Scotland would be huge. rUK would probably also be more likely to use their EU veto.
Actually we are as entitled to the pound as the rest of the UK,
No you are not. Sterling is an institution, the gold reserves backing it are the assets. Assets should be shared, institutions cannot.
we already are part of the EU and (I don't think they'll want to let us go)
By voting for independence you take yourself out of the EU.
We pay in more than we take out financially.
False.
Scotland has 8.4 per cent of the UK's total population
Scotland generates 9.4 percent of its annual tax revenues.
Now look at the Public Expenditure Statistics.
Scots get an average of £10,212 per person spent on them every year.
English folk get £8,588.
That's £1,624 less than the Scottish person.
= a heavy subsidy for Scotland.
Plus Scotland is running, like all countries, at a deficit.