If the Nats had had their wished for independence it would be Darien II - although if he asked nicely, the English would probably allow Salmond to keep his Regalities.

Jamie Isbister, Edinburgh,

I fail to see why the death of Scottish nationalism as a credible ideology can be viewed as a good thing. Like most voters South of the border, I look forward to Scotland taking responsibility for itself and meeting its own inflated public expenditure commitments.

andrew, bristol, uk

You seem to asume that Scotland would have to borrow from England ,no one seems to be asking wouldnt England be borrowing from Scotland. But when Scotland and England become independent Scotland will be part of the Euro zone what England and the rest of the UK do is anyones guess as they would be to small to manage without Scotland.

conway, Edinburgh, Scotland

You seem to asume that Scotland would have to borrow from England ,no one seems to be asking wouldnt England be borrowing from Scotland. But when Scotland and England become independent Scotland will be part of the Euro zone what England and the rest of the UK do is anyones guess as they would be to small to manage without Scotland.

conway, Edinburgh, Scotland

Forgive my scepticism but Hjul deciding that independence is over is like Gok Wan deciding you look good in the buff. The difference between Iceland and an independent Scotland is that the latter would be supported by the European Central Bank inside the Euro.
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Jeff, Edinburgh,

I do find this triumphalism very odd. And illogical. Essentially the argument seems to be that a country has to be of a certain size in order to be ‘safe’. Yet Scotland is bigger in terms of population than about 15 of Europe’s 50 or so nations, and bigger in terms of economy than about 25 of those 50 nations. Only one of those small countries is in more trouble than the UK – namely Iceland whose downfall was due to its complete failure to regulate its banks. In fact, most of those small European countries are in a substantially better position than the UK.

Chris, edinburgh, scotland

Little do you know. Independence is now a nap!
Ronnie, Aberdeen

ronmacdee, Aberdeen, Scotland

Judging by the comments here and the tone of the Nats in general, they are all in denial. Still, none of them ever present a cogent argument as to how an independent scotland would come up with the billions need to bail out these 2 british banks that just happen to be based in a North British city.

Mike, Edinburgh,

Not sure this is a convincing arguement but it is however very political.

Gordon, Glasgow,

If Scotland was already independent, then Salmond as Scottish PM would have been able to play a much greater role than he is able to do now re the banks.

I think you know that you are talking nonsense-otherwise you would declare Glenrothes a Labour hold :-)

Tom Robinson, Edinburgh,

Independence = dead issue. Most of us Scots weren't that keen on it in the first place, and no the collapse of Iceland and Ireland show the dangers that small countries face when the global economy goes south - it's not going to convert anyone to the benefits of independence....

Alexander, Edinburgh,

oh jenny your surely not saying scotland is too wee or too poor.

really ive never heard that before...

independence is now the only solution for scotland

because people are now going to see it as an exit from taxes imposed by westminster
your comments shows you dont know scots at all

karin, glasgow,

We'll just see about that.

Shirley McNott, Brigadoon,