Scotland's secession would have reduced the Labour vote in Britain by so much that the UKIP or (heaven forfend) even genuinely nativist parties might have had a

Scotland's secession would have reduced the Labour vote in Britain by so much that the UKIP or (heaven forfend) even genuinely nativist parties might have had a chance at governing the natives. It is no wonder that the BBC and every other ruling elite in England were dead set against it.