Scotland the Brave........or the Foolhardy?

 
So today is the big day, arguably the most important day in British history since the formalisation of the Union in 1623, will Scotland make that first step into the big wide world or will they remain in the cradle of, what is in effect, their own making when James the 6th of Scotland agreed to become James the 1st of England.  Time will tell but whatever the result, I expect it will be the wrong one.

From my perspective the biggest issue with the "Yes" campaign is that no one seems to know the answers to any of the important questions. Salmond and his crew have neglected to present any form of plan to show what the future will be like and how it will be funded other than repeating the mantra "North Sea Oil". They don't even know what currency they will use: If they want to keep the British pound they will have to apply to Westminster and the Bank of England, if they want the Euro they will have to join the list of applicants including member states like Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - and what will they use in the meantime? Whichever currency they use, short of starting their own, they will immediately be surrendering a huge part of the independence they crave by surrendering control of their currency to a foreign bank/government for which they have no right to vote and as such no right to recompense or even reply. 
Neither do they know if they will be applying for EU membership whilst the EU have made it quite clear that membership will not be automatic, they will certainly not be fast-tracked, bypassing the current applicants Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey (Turkey being contentious on human rights issues). 
Are they planning on funding their own military? Who knows and what will happen to the Scottish battalions in the British army? 
I wonder what the Scottish representatives in Westminster intend doing, after all, who will they represent if Scotland go their own way? 
There are so many questions that have been glossed over by Salmond and the rest of the independence campaigners by waving the banner of Scottish Nationalism whilst seemingly hoping that no one will look close enough to see that the banner is being held up by an old broomstick and is printed on and old bed-sheet.

Why make such a big deal of the "Yes" campaign without mention of the "Better together" gang?  It's quite simple really, it's the independence campaigners that want a change so really they should let us know what changes they want.  I'm not actually opposed to an independent Scotland but before the people vote they should really know what they are voting for and the remaining parts of the Union should have a say in what they will be allowed to take with them in the "divorce settlement".