From Teribus "To Jim McLean if you are going to raise hypothetical argument......" then he proceeds to fill his post with hypothetical statements/questions!!
By the way, Alex Salmond has promised in his pre election manifesto, and repeated many times since, that a referendum will be called during the second half of his term in office. If he doesn't then I will be the first to aplogise to Teribus and when Salmond does, I hope he, Teribus, will be courteous enough to do the same. Salmond's previous attempt at setting up a referendum was blown sky high by the opposition parties who said they would vote against it and, having a minority government, Salmond had no choice but to abandon it.