If Scotland Votes To Separate From The Uk Will The Next Uk Election Include Scotland

Is Scotland included in the withdrawal from the EU?

Yes.First go back to another referendum, the Scottish Independence referendum, amongst many other issues, Scotland’s EU membership was part of that debate with those on the pro Scottish Independence side highlighting the exact possibility of there being an EU Referendum that would cause the UK and hence Scotland to leave the EU if we voted to remain in the UK.In 2014 2 million Scots voted to remain part of the UK (55%), and have domestic powers over: Some taxes and levies, policing, health, education, local government, housing, some welfare benefits, electoral system, agricultureWe exercised our right to self-determination to choose that some powers remain reserved to the UK Parliament. including: Some taxes and duties, immigration, some welfare benefits, international relations and foreign policyThe EU referendum was a UK wide vote, and the UK voted to leave the EU, hence Scotland is leaving the EU per our 2014 decision. Whilst it is true that 67.2% or 1.6Million voted to remain in the EU, it was a UK wide vote.How would you vote in a Scottish independence referendum if held now? (asked after the EU referendum) | What Scotland ThinksSome other answers have queried how long Scotland will remain part of the UK, however as the polling above shows the “No”/orange line has remained pretty consistently above the “yes”/blue line, so despite the “dragged out” rhetoric, there is little sign of any change appetite for Scotland to leave the UK.

How would Scotland splitting from the UK affect the UK?

Economically, it wouldn't make much difference, the Scots economy being roughly 10% of the UK economy. Ditto with population, the Scots are about 8% of the population of the UK.But politically, it would doom us to having a Conservative government most of the time for the foreseeable future (unless the Tories implode over Brexit, or the long discussed realignment of the centre ground happens, both pretty unlikely IMO). Why? Because Scotland used to vote majority Labour, and more recently votes majority SNP, and after Scottish independence all those anti-Tory votes would leave the UK. More than half of all UK and Welsh constituencies vote Tory every single election. This would give the Tories a built in easier route to government, even without proposed boundary changes that also happen to favour the Tories. For example, New Labour came to power with the help of Scottish Labour seats! Like them or loathe them, they are the only Labour government the UK has known since 1979, so if they only got elected with Scottish support, that's historically significant.Btw, I'm not making this argument because I think “Labour good, Tories bad”, I'm simply pointing out that political variety is good, and a political mono culture would be bad for the UK. As an unabashed centrist, I rather like governments to alternate every 10 years or so, and change tack. Over time, the country zigzags forward, right a bit, left a bit, but basically going ahead in a centrist way.So, please Scotland, don't ever leave - the UK's future political balance needs you, more than you know!

If Scotland won independence from the UK, would England rewrite the territorial waters around the UK (again) and take the offshore oil for themselves?

One word (acronym) - UNCLOS - essentially it would revert to a median line. The new border (since 1999) is almost on the median line. There are some dry arguments about how estuaries are treated that could move it a few miles South after years of International arbitration (International law - UK gov does not decide). It’ll never go back to the earlier (and easily navigated) line running due East from Berwick that some say it should.For a sign that the UK government is pretty much convinced independence will be happening shortly (probably within the next decade - pretty much as soon as there’s another vote). They’re not going to admit it though.Take a look at the 30th Licensing round (2017) - presumably planned before the Brexit vote.https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/me...-Then take a look at the 31st Licensing round (2018). This tells you all you need to know about how long UK Gov expects to retain hold of these assets.OGA launches 31st Offshore Licensing Round opening up high-impact frontier regionsIf you look at historic licensing rounds, you’ll get a better idea of how much of a fire-sale the 31st round is. (I’ll give you a hint - they look a lot more like the 30th round than the 31st round)

Would the UK collapse if Scotland left?

The UK probably wouldn’t have much meaning any more. The position of Northern Ireland would be under serious question; apart from the Nationalist population, which still gets a raw deal from the Union (it’s the time of year when Unionists assert their dominance by insisting on marching through their neighbourhoods banging large drums, and the patronage of the Orange Lodge still counts for a lot in some circles). Many Ulster Unionists look to Scotland as their heritage, speak what they call Ulster Scots and fly the Scottish saltire flag; their attachment to England isn’t nearly as strong.Wales will stick to England. Though there is a nationalist movement in Wales it’s different from the Scottish national movement; Wales is not as culturally and legally different from England as Scotland is (outsiders and many English might be surprised to see just how different Scotland is from England) and Wales is less concerned about independence as about respect for its culture and especially its language.Scotland, as one commenter has already pointed out, has a population of about 5.5 million, about the same as Denmark or Finland, and with a similar GDP and also with oil reserves. An independent Scotland would remain one of the wealthiest countries on earth, and despite what the nay-sayers insist, is more than capable of survival. Scotland has no ambitions to be a superpower and is happy to work with other countries with a similar outlook, particularly in the EU and probably the Nordic Council.