I'm still team Yes.

I'll pay more attention to the spending plans this time round as the Oil Price has reduced significantly, but as long as there is a strong set of nation building policies in there i'm happy to take on some debts in the early years. I also don't think the oil price will remain this low forever, the Arab states will at some point crack and reign in production to protect their finances (although if this issue brings down their cartel that'd be champion).

I've never been overly attached to currency, and actually wouldn't mind being obligated to adopt the Euro (Sweden are and just refuse to join the ERM which is the prerequisite for Euro adoption giving a de facto opt-out). The important thing for me is protecting my status as an EU citizen. I'm a huge fan of the 4 freedoms upon which the EU is founded, I think it makes life better for every European. Having that freedom of movement is important and I will do whatever I can to keep it.

The scaremongering about Spain vetoing our application is now a complete lie. The Spanish themselves have stopped making angry noises and are now sympathetic to our cause. Mainly because it's a very different set of circumstances to the succession of Catalonia as rUK is leaving the EU. The Germans support us because they want to show the EU is still strong and desirable. It also sends a shot across the bow of Eurosceptic nationalists that leaving the EU will break apart your country and cause irreparable damage.

Post EU-ref has really highlighted the differences between our nations. We have a plan, rUK don't. Hate crime has skyrocketed in rUK, no change in Scotland. (which is a minor f***ing miracle) The most startling thing about this is that the indy whitepaper was like 650 pages long and covered literally everything, and people tore it to bits. Not even 0.0000000000000000000000001% of the same level of scrutiny was aimed at the shitshow that was the Leave campaigns. EURef was a complete and utter farce from start to finish. Little England deserves the economic disaster that is coming it's way.

I looked at Edinburgh prices as soon as the EU referendum result was known. They are a bit on the high side compared with other Scottish cities

Yes, it really is a massive balls-up when you align yourself with the majority of public opinion ! 62 versus 38.

But a decent chunk of that 38% were former Scottish independence voters.

I think the SNP may have made a rare misstep by tying themselves so much to being pro-EU these last few months. According to the latest polls, although some 'No' voters from 2014 have switched over to a 'Yes' vote after the EU referendum, it's been cancelled out by a roughly equal number of 'Yes' voters going in the opposite direction. Rightly or wrongly, the perception that "Brussels" controls so much of what EU countries can do might well be undercutting one of the main arguments for Scottish independence (Scottish people making their own decisions about what to do with their country). Polls usually show SNP voters are surprisingly anti-immigration, too.