[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Its not just scotland they could decline membership to, everyone thinks its a given thing, however its not the UK was accepted in and if scotland became independent they would have to apply for membership same as any other country wanting to enter, but the most important thing to remember is it could also mean that the rest of the UK (England Wales and Northern Ireland) could and should also face the same application. If collectively the UK have upset enough European countries in the past and they decide to hold it against us the whole of the UK could be out.

I can assure you that nobody in the Scottish Office or officials from the Scottish Parliament have this fear regarding Scotland's application. The country of England & Wales is not a concern.........it's their application to make and we don't care. I suspect however, that an EU which dismissed the country of England & Wales would be so strongly frowned upon as to destroy the "Union"