mistermack wrote:There's nothing wrong with any of that.
What he DOESN'T say is that Scotland would automatically become a member.
Well, he is saying we - the people in Scotland - already ARE EU citizens, and that would not be taken away, no matter how much politicians opposed to independence claimed it would. Your very favourite Scot Alex Salmond has been heard to say a number of times that of course there would be negotiations ... but from within. Exactly what this opinion suggests. It is just one opinion mind, one of a number submitted to the foreign affairs committee. But it seems it holds some weight, potentially more than Hague, who has reportedly been passing UK legal advice to Spain to help with their little local difficulties even though it's against the UK ministerial code to reveal it to us

, or Lord Jim Wallace: "No! No, no no. No". I'm paraphrasing.
Interesting there has been a softening on EU membership by Labour and Lib Dem politicians in recent days, saying "of course!" Scotland would be in EU. LOL. Now they have moved to scaremonger over the terms.