Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
There is no scratch re pensions. There is no Pension Fund. It comes out the central "pot".

Defence. They have paid a % of defence budgets for centuries. Shouldn't they get that % of the hardware? What about the Scots regiments, would they all have to move south?
Of course they will. But the future of defence is then solely theirs. Development/training/manufacturing/purchasing. It aint cheap and certainly costing a lot more than they pay out now. There is very little in the way of infrastructure there.
You also need to factor in the nuclear programme. The SNP want it gone. That means bases/personel/jobs/future contracts vanish.
Scotland has 10 000 personel. Exactly though how that will man an army /Navy/Airforce escapes me.

Do not underestimate the moving south, for many.