Originally Posted by
dervish
Equally, when was the UK, sans Scotland, ever a member? Might Brussels want to renegotiate the treaty with such a different entity?
Scotland punches well above its weight in quite important areas, such as providing 25% of the UK's renewable energy, where it is a world leader. It exports, southwards, 28% of its energy generation, and rising. That fine supply and demand balancing act is out of kilter if Scotland is no longer an internal supplier. Nicola and her predecessors aren't daft, and this goes a long way to offsetting the loss of oil revenue. London goes on about that constantly, but the long term planning and implementation has been there for many years. A relatively minor but important example. What the RUK hear is a very one-sided argument.
yet here in the Highlands we pay the highest prices for electricity despite producing and exporting south large amounts. yet prices are set in London.