Or Yorkshire, or Surrey, or Northumberland, or Lincolnshire....

Sorry Allan, you are the one generalising here. We are all European and that means collective decision making. Not for arbitrary reasons, but for good sound sense. I still fail to see how a small player at the table is any better than a large player at the table.

So the needs of Sutherland and the needs of inner city Glasgow are the same but the needs of Glasgow and the needs of Manchester are somewhat different?

Glad to see how wonderful every Scottish person is regarding not taking heed of race, place of birth or religion. I must visit Scotland some time. Tell me, where is this Scotland? Can I get to it via sectarian Glasgow?