[Larry-AV]

My view on this matter has not changed, this is what I wrote last year :

This debate about whether Scotland should be 'independent' misses the point.
Scotland is an independent country, but one that has :
1} Shared its Sovereigns with England and Wales since the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
2} Shared its Sovereignty with England and Wales since the Acts of Union in 1707.
The Union is a partnership, not a conquest of one by the other(s).
If Scotland was a vassal state of England (or Wales !), rest assured there would be no referendum on 'independence'.
My gripe with the Union is the West Lothian Question, whereby Scots MPs at Westminster can vote on matters affecting England and Wales, but MPs at Westminster cannot vote on devolved matters.
This question can be resolved by extending to England that which Scotland already has - its own Parliament.
What this means is a Federal Britain, where each nation controls most of its affairs, whilst sharing at Westminster only those matters that are best covered in common, e.g., Defence, the Currency and Foreign Affairs.

To which I add this, regarding the currency.

A currency union is the precursor of a political union, which is the purpose behind the Euro.
A currency union is never the hangover from a political division.
Now Scotland could still use sterling should it decide to go it alone, but control of the currency will remain with the Bank of England and that control will (as it should) be run for the benefit of the countries in the United Kingdom, irrespective of any impact this might have on Scotland.