[quote=Dervish]
Whatever happens, don't be a Quebec, Scotland. Halo's points about Scotland wanting all the perks of the UK without any of the responsibility is very, very familiar to every time Quebec bleats about wanting independence.
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The perks we're speaking of are entirely ours by international law. If england was to refuse assets of the UK, they would equally have to let us off with the responsibility of those assets we're happy to take hold of, such as national debt. The argument that we're somehow "eating our cake and having it", isn't just simplified, it's wrong. For them to deny us this joint economy, would be as damaging to them as it would be to us. These threats, again, are political moves to keep us in the UK.