Nigel, Spain made it clear that they would not block Scottish membership of the EU. And they would not necessarily have to adopt the Euro, though in my view that would be the sensible thing to do.

What is it with you lot and the Euro. The Euro is doing fine, it is a strong and stable currency, to coin a phrase. I am trying to move as many of my savings into Euros as possible, except for those I am moving into Australian dollars. Unfortunately its not so easy to move income streams.