Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced an independence referendum bill as the centrepiece of the SNP's plans for the coming year.(2010)

He probably wont try it now, but if he did and won, by 1%, Scotland would be independent.

That makes nonsense of your statement, "and the nonsensical idea that Britain would tolerate the ownership of one square foot of their territory, especially on their mainland, is just that - nonsense"

You previously said, "asking a gerrrymandered population to decide the future is going to solve nothing."
I took that to mean that they should not decide.
You can see why.
Glad you have been in agreement with me all along.