The consequences for Scotland leaving the UK are an order of magnitude worse, and that is if they were guaranteed admission to the EU on a roughly similar basis

The consequences for Scotland leaving the UK are an order of magnitude worse, and that is if they were guaranteed admission to the EU on a roughly similar basis to to the UK's current status. In reality they would probably have to adopt the Euro and thus have even less control over fiscal policy which would mean dealing with the 9% budget deficit, higher than Greece's which would be political suicide.