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Originally Posted by MTVN

Scotland would be very reliant on their oil if they did get become independent, and that's such an unstable market that it doesn't really offer that much economic security, the richest reserves of the oil have already been used

What happens with the likes of HBOS and RBS as well, who needed the British government to bail them out when they racked up such massive debts? Plus Britain is trusted as an important and secure economic power, an independent Scotland would miss out on that and find it harder

Scotland being independent would only harm them economically imo, and most of the arguments for independence seem to mainly be based on emotional nationalism and resentment of the power and importance of London in the UK. I especially can't stand Salmond, seems to just have a big chip on his shoulder

oil is an unstable market?? lol, no, actually having a resources based economy is very stable. the only reason Canada and Australia did so well compared to the rest of the world from the 2008 financial crisis is because they both have resources based economies. Scotland would have actually been better off not being so deeply connected to the London financial system.