Well....if the SNP win a majority in the Scottish parliament in May and Scotland's electorate vote to stay in the EU in June (with a reasonably decisive majorit

Well....if the SNP win a majority in the Scottish parliament in May and Scotland's electorate vote to stay in the EU in June (with a reasonably decisive majority - say 55%-in) then we're probably going to have another independence referendum within 12-18 months. I think this time Scots will vote to leave the Union (the United Kingdom) so that Scotland can remain in the EU. Polls thus far suggest that more Scots, than not, think the EU, whilst not perfect, is generally a good thing and would like to remain in the EU. I guess what I'm saying is that if the planets align just right then you can all move your clever, canny Irish brains to Scotland instead :) As an aside, I lived in Donegal for three years (in the middle of no-where between Letterkenny and Milford). Despite being a bit far away from all the action in Dublin, Galway and Cork, I quite liked it. Was very fortunate to see "Mr Nice" (Howard Marks) tell his story at the An Grianan in LK in ~2009, amongst other folks. edit: clarifying "Union"