Private Reggie wrote:
Are you implying Trade sanctions if we Vote Yes?
We will though quite happily supply your electricity, at a price though!
I am not implying anything, I am merely stating a fact - the majority of Scottish goods and services are sold south of the border.
I was responding to your response to Sussex - he stated
"But you ain't having our pound." which effectively means as and when Scotland is independent it will have a choice which currency to use.
Now the argument is such that Scotland has three choices - stick with a pound which is determined by the UK government in terms of rates and suchlike - to which the Scots will have very little input - indeed which could actually be contrary to Scottish Government wishes as they have already mooted the idea of lowering corporation tax to Ireland type levels to attract business. This would obviously p*ss off the UK government.
They could start their own currency - which would possibly be a no brainer as it isn't clear if the Scots would need to apply to the EU for membership, if the EU insist they need to re-apply they will insist on the Euro.
Or they could go with the Euro regardless, which would p*ss off a lot of Scots (and English close to the border) and in any case has already been effectively ruled out by the Scots government.