If Scotland leaves the UK......

zaax

If Scotland goes independant, it won't get in to the ec as Spain won't let it in, it will be full bore passport and Customs controls at the border - there are only a dozen crossing so it won't be that difficult to close the border to vehicles and the A1 already has the area set aside for the border post.

The EC does not import sugar or products with sugar in them therefore no Dundee cake from Dundee or Scotish shortbread from Scotland, whisky will double in price because of Irish will protect their production of Jameson's.

zagfles

zaax wrote: »

If Scotland goes independant, it won't get in to the ec as Spain won't let it in, it will be full bore passport and Customs controls at the border.

Rubbish. Border controls have nothing to do with whether countries are in the EU or not. There are border controls between the UK and France, both in the EU. There are no border controls between Sweden and Norway, Sweden is in the EU, Norway isn't. So Scotland's EU membership will have nothing whatsoever to do with border controls.

andrewf75

Zaax is talking utter rubbish! There won't be a border as others have said, EU or no EU.

There will be very little difference for anyone going there on holiday.

converted

Banning Scotland from the EU would be a great selling point for independence, no European courts telling us what we can and cant do with prisoners, immigrants etc., what we can and cant do with things which affect the people of the county.

daveyjp

converted wrote: »

Banning Scotland from the EU would be a great selling point for independence, no European courts telling us what we can and cant do with prisoners, immigrants etc., what we can and cant do with things which affect the people of the county.

Sorry to inform you of this, but the European Court of Human Rights is nothing to do with the EU. Travelling across Europe from Iceland to Azerbaijan the only country not a member is Belarus.

Doshwaster

Even if Scotland votes for independence (which it won't) then they are sure to remain in the Common Travel Area between the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Travel_Area)

SailorSam

If Scotland does become independant, what will happen to the Union Flag ?

leveller2911

SailorSam wrote: »

If Scotland does become independant, what will happen to the Union Flag ?

Hopefully replace the Blue with the Green of Wales.....:D

I kinda like red,white and green...

Doshwaster

SailorSam wrote: »

If Scotland does become independant, what will happen to the Union Flag ?

It stays exactly the same.

SailorSam

leveller2911 wrote: »

Hopefully replace the Blue with the Green of Wales.....:D

Blue & Green with a Dragon in the middle, that would look good.
Or we may have someone from Plaid Cymru come along and say if Wales has a Parliament they don't want to be on the Union Jack.