Yes Scotland' wants divorce from UK

[anon45]

Hope they don't choose to split, wouldn't be the same without them.
We'd probably be better off but would lose a bit of significance on the world stage.

Forget the world stage, England would lose significance on the stage of Europe.

In fact what would you call the UK if Scotland left? would it still be the United Kingdom? It certainly wouldn't be the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland... maybe United Kingdom of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?

Is there a realistic chance of the UK allowing its dissolution?

 

[American Pakistani]

Thats stupid, i hope UK remains united.

Such a beautiful country going to split, that's sad.

 

[888jamie888]

More like become insignificant.
Specially after NI and Wales fallow.

Well Englands GDP would still be around $2 trillion...

Forget the world stage, England would lose significance on the stage of Europe.

In fact what would you call the UK if Scotland left? would it still be the United Kingdom? It certainly wouldn't be the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland... maybe United Kingdom of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?

Is there a realistic chance of the UK allowing its dissolution?

I guess that would be the name of it. Who knows? If the split did go ahead, ties between the countries would obviously be very close.
Well if the Scottish vote yes then they will split. But I don't think the actual vote will be until 2014 or something and then the split itself would take a number of years to implement.

 

[aakash_2410]

Hope they don't choose to split, wouldn't be the same without them.
We'd probably be better off but would lose a bit of significance on the world stage.

I don't think so mate. Yess, We'd get bigger GDP per capita and all. But look at the other aspects. Population density in England would one of the highest in the EU, Ethnic population will increase dramatically, Our rivers flow from Scotland, would have to distribute our highly integrated security forces, England would be liable for the most of the debt.

But then again England could survive on her own just like Scotland could but we're stronger, powerful and more influential together. All Scots know this and I don't think would choose to go their own way. We're gonna have to wait till 2014.

 

[Chinese Century]

look at the the former colonial slaves shamelessly defending one of the most murderous despotic empires in the history of the human race.

i hope the UK disappears off the face of this earth, the sooner the better.
its responsible for the murder of hundreds of millions of people, slavery, extermination of native people, humiliation of entire civilizations.

 

[Holmes]

This will be a big blow to UK.
Is't next commonwealth games to be held on Scotland?

 

[Roll in deep]

Good joke...

 

[Developereo]

It could become like a Canada-USA situation: a sparsely populated, largely apolitical country having good relations with a stronger neighbor southward.

 

[amidamaru]

i read something a fair while ago, about if scotland or even ireland split from the UK, the option for their military to remain one force, so even if the scots claimed independence, which would be pretty much exactly as it is now anyway, their forces still belong to the british armed forces who still serve england, ireland and scotland, they just be under their own banner,

 

[Marwari]

Partition anyone?

 

[fly2012]

Split or not, what difference does it make? It is not like Scottish will go anywhere, it will be the same market anyway, probably military aliance as well (No one will attack the island anyway), so just one more government?

Maybe a separate soccer team? Oh, they got it already.

 

[Tshering22]

Ahh... Karma coming back to them. Although I am not too fussed about partitioning on our western border. My personal regret is separating of Burma as another country during colonial era. That really broke our links to southeast Asia. But I thank the British for separating Pakistan from us after seeing today's reality.

 

[SinoChallenger]

It would be best if Scotland declared independence during the Olympics. China can arm Scotland with advanced weapons to defend itself against England.

 

[Roybot]

It would be best if Scotland declared independence during the Olympics. China can arm Scotland with advanced weapons to defend itself against England.

Yeah couple of nuclear sub down the Thames river will send the Brits a message eh?

 

[skyknight]

It would be best if Scotland declared independence during the Olympics. China can arm Scotland with advanced weapons to defend itself against England.

Sounds like a joke