Doesn't Scotland have a huge oil reserve in the Northern Sea? As long as they can manage that right I don't see why they will have economic problems.

Yes. Irish, Scottish and Welsh are Celts. English are Saxons i.e. Germans. And so is the Royal Family. You know India and China. They are genetically and ethnically different. Same in the UK

Yes, for many, it is emotionally driven, but the same can equally be said for both Yes and No voters; just look at the passionate unionist on Question Time as an example of that. Indeed, as an interesting aside to this, it was widely reported here in Scotland that those who prefer to seek out facts are mostly choosing Yes over No, which was one of the reasons for the massive swing to Yes recently.

As for the finances? Scotland will be fine. It's already one of the richest countries in the world, after all (top 20, as I remember; 14th is it?). I'm not saying it will be easy, but it will be fine should it get an unlikely Yes vote. there are many articles about this online if you're interested. No one here in Scotland doubts this part of it, they doubt whether all the hassle and risks of being independant is worth it for the advantages.

I don't think they've thought this through. 5m people only, and the major companies will probably relocate to London. That will hurt the Scottish economy. 

I understood that. However, as I said, the opportunity to politically secure a referendum did not exist then, or, indeed, at any other time. It exists now, and only because the SNP secured an almost unbelievable majority in the Scottish parliament. The opportunity will likely not come again for a very, very long time, so given the SNP's raison d'etre is independence, they couldn't very well get into power and not push for a referendum on the matter. Yes, the timing could have been better, but they took what they had and worked with it.

In short, I'm sure the SNP would have preferred a more favourable environment, fiscally, for the vote, but they didn't have that choice.

Nevertheless, I think they've actually been pretty lucky with their timing, all things considered. We currently have one of the least popular governments in recent history in Westminster as far as Scotland is concerned, and that has really played into the Yes campaign's hands, primarily as Scotland did not vote for any of its policies, yet is having many of them forced upon it.

LIke the rest of the UK likes them, have you seen Cameron's smarmy face? Salmond is no better mind. All greedy politicians in the end. I didn't vote for Conservative last election, these policies are beng forced upon me too. Scottish MPs in Westminster, while maybe not in power, still get a vote on laws and policies, it's not like only English people are deciding Scotland's fate.

The population has been growing mainly due to an increase in immigration from French speaking North African countries. 

If Quebec were to become inependant, French would be the main language. Up till now, there are still people that live in Quebec that don't speak French. Those people would certainly leave. 

Your biggest trade partner is USA now but there's no gurantee that you'll be part of the North American Free Trade bloc. 

Here is a paragraph from a report that was released that studied how Quebec benefits from being part of Canada: 

There is a belief among separatists that, in leaving the Canadian federation and repatriating the taxes paid to the 

government federal, Québec find itself with an important surplus of revenues plus would be able to eliminate any 

deficit and ensure funding of all current provincial programs, plus those it would inherit from the Canadian 

government. That thesis goes against all economic logic. Québec contributes 20% of the revenues of the Canadian 

government while a big part of federal spending in the province is done on a per-capita basis, meaning that 

Québec receives 23.5% of the moneys paid out by Ottawa. Moreover, programs like defence, international 

relations, transport and others entail important economies of scale, scope, network and coordination, economies 

that would be lost if Québec decided to go it alone.

Oh dear, you're one of those. Well there is absolutely no point in carrying on a conversation.