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Old 11th Jul 2013, 06:59
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Interesting ...

Ministry of Defence officials are exploring the idea of retaining a Scottish naval base as sovereign UK territory if there is a yes vote in next year's independence referendum.

An MoD spokesman said it was confident Scotland would remain part of the UK and that the scale and cost of relocating the base in the event of a yes vote would be "enormous".


More here ...

BBC News

How about extending the sovereign UK territory argument to our Air Bases or do we then encounter problems with Airspace considerations ?
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