two cents about Scotland

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. And that's what the Yes campaign said, especially after the Greek etc. problems started

October 2009:

Divisions within the SNP about joining the Euro have been laid bare at the party's annual conference.

Delegates in Inverness threw out calls to dump the SNP's commitment to a referendum on Euro membership.
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The debate heard views from those who favoured joining without a referendum, to those who wanted to keep the referendum proviso, while some argued that an independent Scotland should not join the Euro at all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8311435.stm

July 2011:

The argument over the currency for an independent Scotland used to be so simple. Back in the pre-crash days, when the euro was solid and Ireland – Scotland’s then-independent model of choice – was doing well, the picture seemed straightforward.
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The pull of sterling has never been stronger. Given the weaknesses of the euro and the problems with the dollar, the pound is gaining supporters internationally on a daily basis.

But the euro still has its backers among Scottish nationalists. Indeed, there are many in the SNP who still believe in Scottish membership of the euro and who maintain – with some foundation – that the euro will not only survive but will come back stronger and more stable when the problems with Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Italy have been resolved.

But they also know that Scottish membership of the euro is a hard sell. Indeed, it is probably true that it has never been harder to sell the idea of Scottish membership of the euro to a sceptical Scottish population.

http://caledonianmercury.com/2011/07/27/euro-pound-or-groat-the-nationalist-dilemma-over-scottish-currency/0022729

April 2013:

SNP Westminster Treasury spokesperson Stewart Hosie MP has said there is “overwhelming support for Scotland to keep the pound” as evidenced by supportive comments from experts in politics, academia and the finance sector.
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“Unlike George Osborne – who is putting the whole resources of the Treasury behind the No campaign’s efforts to stop Scotland voting Yes - a whole host of credible figures are in favour of Scotland keeping the pound post independence.

“Professor Alex Kemp from the University of Aberdeen has said during a House of Lords Evidence Session that Scotland keeping the pound would help the rest of the UK.

http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2013/apr/overwhelming-support-scotland-keep-pound

The OP is wrong about the EU and the euro - the EU would have been happier with Scotland following the normal route for a new member - ie to have control of their own currency, to stabilise it against the euro, and then to join the euro. That would have given Spain and/or Italy less chance to object to Scottish membership - their beef was that a region that had separated from a member shouldn't get any of the special treatment that the member may have been given in negotiation (eg the right to not work towards membership of the euro).