On the currency, I know that's what Alex Salmond would like, but I can't see any good reason why a UK government would give it to him, except perhaps as a very short-term measure to maintain stability in the markets. Why would a government that's so reluctant to pool sovereignty in the area of currency in the case of the Euro be willing to do so in the case of Sterling? I assume that Scotland would take pegging its currency as the next-best option.
On the second question, I don't have any definitive information, but I found nwhyte's analysis from inside the Brussels bubble quite persuasive. I don't think Scotland's entry would be automatic, but they could reasonably expect to be fast-tracked.
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Date: 2014-09-08 02:08 pm (UTC)On the second question, I don't have any definitive information, but I found
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