Originally Posted by
Alan Baker
The SNP have been very clear in stating that HM The Queen would remain head of state of an independent Scotland, as part of their falling over backwards to assure Scots that nothing would really change, as in "you'll still get East Enders and Strictly, Ken Bruce on Radio 2" etc. etc. In their manifesto they even stated that they would not be in any hurry to set up a driver and vehicle licensing agency or a civil aviation authority but would continue to use the DVLA in Swansea and the CAA in London.
That smacks more of economical reasoning than anything else, one assumes they will pay for the services, it also is a heck of an assumption by the SNP that the rest of the U.K. would agree to it and that a hard border would not be erected by us, especially as they wish to rejoin the EU., though services wise it's probably going to be a two way track at first.
As for the bases listed above Lossiemouth, Kinloss, Leuchars, Macrahanish etc, plus all the Army and Naval bases, that's a lot for their burgeoning independent country to take on financially.