"Well MR T I'm surprised by your response, if we all sit back and wait for a train wreck, Independence will never be realised.
The least your could do in a democratic "yes" victory, would be to accept the will of the majority and try your best to make Independence a success.

Of course there will be difficulties, but united as one nation we can make Scotland a better place to live in for everyone.
People are sick of the Westminster merry go round...sick of politicians in fact."

Unfortunately Ake, should disaster strike and a YES vote prevail on the 19th September 2014, I will be in very in no position whatsoever to make "Independence" a success - the role played by pensioners in any society these days is extremely limited.

Lots of promises have been made by the SNP wrt life in an Independent Scotland, the only problem is they have not done the homework required that would enable them to argue the reality of their promises.

Those on benefits are expecting those benefits to increase from Day One. The civil service and public sector in Scotland currently in some departments cover the whole of the UK. Commonsense would tell anyone that the 350,000 jobs in this sector will not remain when departments are down-sized to cater for a country with a population of only 5.3 million instead of one of 64 million. Swinney's proposal and what he sees as being required is to borrow and borrow heavily for at least the first three years - worked well for Gordon Brown as Chancellor and for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister between 1997 and 2010 didn't it?

Capital flight and movement of jobs will be inevitable as will increased costs with trade between independent Scotland and the UK thrown up because that independent Scotland will find itself outwith the EU. To blithely presuppose that things will simply continue as they did before is naive to say the least.