Chancellor George Osborne and Independent Scotland

independent Scotland: The opening shot was fired by Chancellor George Osborne in London, who declared that an independent Scotland could not negotiate a currency union with the rest of the United Kingdom. With only one-tenth of Britain's population, Scotland is just too small to demand an equal say in how the pound is run. Besides, why would London want to keep the responsibility for Scotland's huge and rather dodgy banking sector? , according to Hamilton Spectator. It was a cold shower for the Scottish National Party SNP , and the number of people planning to vote "yes" in the referendum dropped to 32 per cent, while the "no" side remained unchanged at 57 per cent. Lots of Scots would like independence if it doesn't cost them anything, but they don't want it badly enough to risk any major changes. Unless something changes quite dramatically, the final vote will be 60-40 or more against independence. The referendum on Scotland's independence is only six months away, and suddenly the cautious sparring between the Conservative-led coalition government in London and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond's pro-independence government in Edinburgh has turned into open war. London won the first battles, and the "No" side will probably win the referendum in September but it is going to be a long war. Next was the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, who warned that it would be "difficult, if not impossible" for an independent Scotland to join the European Union. Other EU members that don't want their own autonomous regions to secede would almost certainly block Scotland's membership Barroso was talking mainly about Spain and the separatists in Catalonia and one veto is enough. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.