Oh ... of course the decimation of the coal industry only happened down south!
Of course everyone works in the Oil Industry up here... and of course the entire economy is linked to said Industry - No - Scotland has an awful lot more to offer and fall back on - medical research,chemical sciences, ICT and creative media/ gaming, Tourism - same as any Western / Developed (Industrial) country the (potential) GDP is made up of many parts not just oil.
According to Salmond, diminishing oil reserves will account for a massive 15% of Scotland's economy and they will dwindle to nothing in 35 years. If you think that's unimportant, good luck to you.
As for Neil, who thinks I'm talking the biggest load of "bullsh1t" he's ever heard, clearly he's not been listening to the 'yes' campaign's rosy predictions.
The selfish side of me says, "go ahead, vote yes", because in the long term it will be less of a drain on the UK's economy, but I really don't like to think of our Scottish brothers and sisters shooting their children and grandchildren in the foot, for the promise of short term gains. We're better together.
Ahhh - but we don't all listen to Salmond or the SNP... some of us can actually think for ourselves