You think Salmond is leading this without party gain in mind?

What was that tripe about Westminster politicians all being cads and bounders and all those North of the border genuine and trustworthy??

King Alex I of Scotland and The Kingdom of Fife. He'll probably end up deploying troops to the ethnic British enclaves of Ellon and Avimore. UN forces will declare Balmoral a neutral zone.

No matter, plenty of Dutch tourists for my holiday lets and Norwegian students for the Edinburgh tenements, regardless of what happens.