It was interesting to hear comments from some people who voted SNP but didn't want Independence (Election to the Scottish parliament, 2011). Many answers were in the line of "we're too poor" and "we couldn't have coped with the bank crash" but it has to be pointed out that Scotland does not have full fiscal control. Norway escaped the full force of the the global economic collapse by having control of its North Sea oil revenue and handling it wisely. The Westminster government squandered the money and once the Scottish people realise we have a rich country (sending more to the UK coffers in tax than we receive back in a block grant) then Independence is on the cards. Salmond is right to wait a couple of years before a referendum, hoping to raise the confidence level of the Scotish people.
Another cry one hears from English Labour is that without the Scottish Labour MPs, England could have a permament Tory majority. This is called democracy and it's up to the English people to decide who governs them, not rely on Scottish Labour voters.