Causes Quote by Simon Heffer

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.

— Alistair Darling

There are hundreds of thousands of Scots who acknowledge English, Irish or Welsh parts of their very being. Lives and destinies are similarly intertwined…

— Michael Ignatieff

It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who…

— Irvine Welsh

If you look at the steps being taken towards Scottish independence, they're being dealt with politically in very dull and boring ways. So if…

— Momus

Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.

— Sean Connery

It will be increasingly difficult to keep Scotland as a part of the U.K. I hope that doesn't happen, but everyone knows David Cameron…

— Keir Starmer

If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link…

— Mohamed El-Erian

If global warming meant temperatures rose by one or two degrees, France would become a desert, which would be no bad thing. The Scots…

— Michael O'Leary

“Scottish people have grasped the choice that they have to make directly  – unmediated by the political class - as an opportunity to imagine…

— Adam Ramsay

An independent Scotland could be far more internationalist and would benefit a great deal from links to both Scandinavia and states in other continents.

— Tariq Ali

The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are…

— George Orwell

The English are a nation of consummate cant.

— Friedrich Nietzsche