> Scotland is assuming the EU would want them Why on earth wouldn't they want an english-speaking nation with great natural resources and a political establish

> Scotland is assuming the EU would want them Why on earth wouldn't they want an english-speaking nation with great natural resources and a political establishment that is generally cooperative and open? Scotland has historically had much greater ties with Europeans than England. > what does Scotland have? Gas, oil (rather handy still), agriculture - forestry, fisheries etc., finance, universities, geopolitical advantages. > Scotland doesn't need independence, it needs a better government for the whole of the UK, but with the SNP in power in Scotland, it makes it hard for the UK to have any other government but the tories. Another way of phrasing this is: Scotland will never get the government it wants unless it leaves the UK.