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It's gunna be a mess. For starters, only Scots who currently reside in Scotland are allowed to vote. If "yes" wins, expect to see a huge push for a revote including all Scots, not just the group most biased towards independence. The only plan for a currency is "we'll use the pound" which is not a plan at all, since the remaining UK will have to vote on it, and politicians supporting a currency union with a newly independent Scotland will face political suicide with the rise of nationalist parties. The SNP has no plan for a military, other than "we'll have one, and we'll be in NATO." I think the last I heard was a standing army of 3,500. As compared to the UK army of 100K. The UK nuke enterprise is heavily embedded in Scotland. Independence will be the best weapon of the anti-deterrent crowd, since moving nukes to a new place is political suicide. As it stands, Scotland uses a larger portion of public funds than it supplies in taxes. The NHS is already at the breaking point in many areas. The SNP plan appears to be almost entirely supported by the idea Scotland has enough gas and oil to be like Norway, but unlike Norway, Scotland's oil wealth is based on surveys of future reserves and extraction potential. I think they have a decent chance of winning the vote. I also think that if they do, it still won't happen, especially if Whitehall keeps to their promise of denying a currency union. A revote including the many, many Scots who live in Wales, N Ireland and England would also kill the movement.

What about the right of self-determination? Many Scots (roughly half) believe the policies coming from Wesminster are not in Scottish best interest. Additionally, with a seat at both the EU and UN, Scottish global interests (whatever those are) may then be more powerful.

I'm not sure there are any positives to making a medium sized nation into two smaller ones beyond a temporary boost in Scottish self esteem. Soon they'll be right up there with Luxenberg, Lithuania and Estonia amongst the power players.

I say don't change the bag. I don't trust he AF to get it right. Bag wearers will end up with some retarded version sporting the ABU pattern with retarded pockets and a shitty fit Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I see that escalating into something like this:

Why can't they keep the damn multicam? Why spend billions more to replace a uniform that is 96.9% the same pattern as what is already being issued for those down range? And why is the AF keeping the stupid ABU?