Soleron on 09 February 2014
1. Maybe. The UK government in doesn't care about Scotland at all (or anything north of the Home Counties for that matter) and if Scotland refocuses on a knowledge economy they could do very well. However, the initial logistical issues will be severe.
2. Snowball's chance in hell. The current data is solidly No.
3. Basically nothing. For geopolitical purposes, the UK is just London, really.
