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Originally Posted by St. Pats
This is an easy one for me. Both parents are Scottish as are most of my relatives. It's pretty clear where they stand and it's not having the English look down their noses at them. Independence all the way!!!
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So, correct me if I'm wrong, it's a purely emotional decision for them from afar (I assume)?
Or, do they feel that Scotland needs to be an independent country for them to have some form of national identity? Because for me, whenever I meet a Scotsperson I think of them as Scottish first and to be honest rarely entertain the concept of them being British. i.e. If a lot of voting is being done on the basis of national identity I think it won't make much of a difference. The national identity is already there.
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Standard Life, the pensions and insurance giant, has said it is planning to shift large parts of its business to England in the event of a "Yes" vote in next week's Scottish referendum. The Edinburgh-based FTSE 100 company said that "if there was a need to do so", it would make drastic changes to its business structure to cope with Scotland seceding.
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The statement is the biggest confirmation yet that major Scottish companies are preparing for a shift south if Scotland votes to secede. Standard Life was the first FTSE 100 company based north of the border to warn of the risks of independence back in February. The company, founded in Edinburgh in 1829, has over 1m shareholders around the world, and 6m customers, managing over £250bn worth of assets, around £100bn of that wrapped up in pensions.
"Standard Life has a long history in Scotland – a heritage of which we are very proud – and we hope that this continues but our responsibility is to protect the interests of our customers, our shareholders, our people and other stakeholders in our business," David Nish, the company's chief executive said.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ependence.html
Apparently they employ about 6000 people in Edinburgh.