Whatever the result will be, it's going to be the wake-up call that the British government needs, even if it took 30 years.

There are many English who think that Scotland are getting too much if they say as well No. Old Cameron has said that more power will go to the Scottish Parliament about tax and stuff. Benefits the rest of the UK won't be seeing just because we are fine with the way things are. Maybe it is time the English, Welsh and NI got a vote on independence as well, you know, to make it fair.

Would that really matter? There are a fair amount of smaller but successful countries (especially in Europe) that have no influence in world affairs. And the UK currently has little influence anyway, those days are over for us. We barely have influence in the EU yet alone the world 

I'm English so I can't vote but I think they'd be better of as independent.

The politics of Scotland are very different to the rest of England. Not just in the lack of Tory mp's in Scotland but if you look at the huge contrast between the Scottish parliament and westminiser. They need to be their own country so they have better democratic representation.

I believe their economy will do fine on there own long term. Short term there will be a cost and the markets will react with fear, but it'll all settle well. Not a significant enough reason not to have independence.

As an English guy of course things will be worst for me should they go independent so I have a vested interest in them voting no.

I think the Scottish should vote for independence, so they can stay in the EU if England plans to leave it. It would be the best for Scottish people and economy. Why should they let another country decide everything for them?

People will continue to drink Scotch Whisky everywhere in the world and there could not be a better marketing campaign than independence.

As an Irishman I say yes to Independance for Scotland.

The irony of that last sentence is kinda funny (situational). First, if they get independence they won't be in the EU and would have to go through the process of joining it, including adopting the Euro. Then currently, not everything decided by the UK government is decided for them, they have their own parliament which decides many things. The irony of the situation is that England doesn't have representation within the UK, while the other 3 nations do.

Also, if they are in the EU, Europe is deciding things for them, not themselves.

its not realy clear if they arnt automaticly in the EU, there is just no rule about this topic.

and for the scotts it should be a easy choice,  scottland will be a social-liberal state without the conservative english.

I mean more on the lines that now is the time to open up the debate if the UK should have a single written constitution and for England to finally have a parliment of it's own.

I really appreciate you going into detail about this. I really truly didn't know. For years I was always confused because I would come across someone whom I thought was Irish, just to get embarrasingly correct that their actually Scottish. Thanks a lot for this.