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If Scotland were to have a referendum, and if they elected to leave the UK, would it be a possibility that, instead of Scotland leaving the UK, and then having to rejoin the EU, it was England, Wales, and Northern Island who left the UK, forming their own independent country, leaving Scotland as the "UK", and a member of the EU, and saving a lot of trouble for everyone?

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Last Scottish referendum, the EU was playing hardball, largely because other countries have restive separative regions. I suspect a region wanting independence because its parent country wants to leave will play out rather differently this time.

I'm not too sure about that. Mariano Rajoy, until very recently, was still against.

The Spanish were always going to be the strongest against though.

I am not sure if all the Spanish. The Partido Popular is against, but I am not too sure about the left.

Technically possible, but that would probably also require referendums in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to leave the UK, and I don't think there's much appetite for that.

Interesting idea all the same, but it's just not going to happen.

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