If Scotland illegally declares independence, should we invade?

If Salmond declared independence then it would be illegal because there's no evidence that the majority even want independence. It would be a complete disregard for democracy and the British state would, of course, be sent in to protect the rights of British citizens.

Invade with what? Half the Army are jocks.

If Alex Salmond and the SNP decided that they would just declare independence without a referrendum (because they thought they'd lose) by passing a law in the Scottish Parliament with their majority.

Surely then Her Majesty's Government would be forced to declare a state of emergency and use the British military? Otherwise they could just completely ignore the rest of the UK and the Scottish people and expect nothing to be done about it.

I imagine Scotland would last days not even weeks then Salmond would be arrested. An air, sea and land blockade could be put in place immediately. We'd have total air and sea dominance. Do you think the Ministry of Defence has already drawn up contingency plans and key targets if this happens?

It's reckless to even wait for them to declare independence before we act. We ought to assassinate Salmond, perhaps with a deep-fried Mars Bar laced with cyanide, before he forms a Scottish Republican Army and launches attacks south of the border.



Tell me that doesn't look like a man with a dirty bomb brewing.

a 30 year old troll? You're 30 and have nothing better to do with your life yet? I feel sorry for you...

But... you're 16 and you have nothing better to do than make thousands of angry posts on a forum. Shouldn't you be... out playing with friends?

i've made 1573, thats only 1000, not thousands... The majority aren't angry...

i've heard some f'd up s in my time, but this..... wow

That's not 1000, that's 1573. Get a life, bro.

Surely if Scotland became independent though, the money generated from the North Sea Oil would help to continue subsidise the Scottish students?

from the 30 year old trolling a students forum, i'll keep your advice in mind...

Please stop spamming this thread with off-topic posts or I'll report you to the moderators, Moleman1996. Thank you.

With a strongly worded letter telling salmond how perturbed we are with him.

I thought BP owned the oil though. It's not nationalised.

Is this thread for real

What exactly would Salmond do.

It doesn't matter if the Scottish goverment announced it everyone would ignore it it wouldn't mean anything and he would be arrested without any fighting no one would protect him. He wouldn't control the Military bases in Scotland or the Police forces how exactly could he declare independence.