Somewhere Wallace and the Bruce are smiling

From The Brussels Journal:

A quote from EUobserver.com, 8 January 2007

Scotland would not automatically become a member of the European Union if it became independent, the European Commission has said. [...] “The situation is unprecedented and therefore negotiations would be needed. Things would have to be discussed and negotiated,” [the commission’s representative in Scotland, Neil] Mitchinson said amid a continuing public debate in Scotland on its independence from London. [...] Lorand Bartels, a law lecturer at Edinburgh University, warned that accession talks with Brussels would probably mean that Scotland would have to adopt the euro – a legal obligation for all new EU entrants. [...]

So the Scotts have a way out!

Run Jock, run as fast as you can! Don't look back, just RUN!