The UK is over

[stek]

..BoT would stay. Borders is pretty much 'No' land....

The Borders are The Debatable Lands though!

Just noticed the referendum is for 'Should Scotland be an independent country' not necessarily that it will be....

[d000hg]

What's with all the talk of the islands breaking away? Are they, like Scotland, a separate entity which is part of a greater union, in which case there is precedent? Or is it people just being dumb?

[Unix]

What's with all the talk of the islands breaking away? Are they, like Scotland, a separate entity which is part of a greater union, in which case there is precedent? Or is it people just being dumb?

It was a scare story.

[CheeseSlice]

What's with all the talk of the islands breaking away? Are they, like Scotland, a separate entity which is part of a greater union, in which case there is precedent? Or is it people just being dumb?

Its called balkanisation. I doubt it could happen in Scotland, but if it did happen it doesn't necessarily involve referendums. Lots of violent lobbing of sharp things at each other and demanding new state lines be drawn can work too.

[Old Greg]

If there is independence, I wonder how long before there is a perjorative term of North Brit (or does that already exist?) equivalent to: West Brit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia