The Scottish Independence thread - Yay or Nay?

[MGR1]

OK, since we don't have one of these......

As most of you may or may not be aware, this September Scotland gets to vote on whether it wants to be an independent country and leave the UK.

My own opinion is that independence comes under the heading of "A Bad Thing" and I will personally be voting no, for various reasons.

One thing that has me concerned is a distinct feeling that most English people don't really give a toss what happens up here, almost as if they view Scotland as a separate country already. The recent hoo-ha over Alistair Darling's "Comatose" leadership of the Better Together campaign has only increased this concern.

What I would like to see are your arguments both for and against independence, but also your thoughts on the process of Devolution itself.

Do you feel devolution is a complete waste of time and should be abolished and everything brought back to Westminster?

Or do you think that there should be more devolution, with each regional assembly getting more powers and England getting it's own parliament, therefore turning the "United Kingdom" into the "Federated Kingdom"?

Some articles to get the brain working - I'd appreciate it if peeps would take the time to read these.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/john_cu...ight_1_1500373

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/op...pagewanted=all

http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnist...ion-will-lose/

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics...ey-shouldnt-be

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politic...tish-1-3113520

Over to you gents - Devolution good or devolution bad?

(Oh, and Bossmark and Steed, if you are going to contribute I'd like something that isn't monosyllabic - I'm aware both of you don't really like Scotland!)

Mike.