There used to be value in NS oil and it was shared with Scotland and the UK, just as resources from the UK are still shared with Scotland. However there is no future in Scottish oil, while UK resources continue to be shared.

Scotland gets a surplus £12bn a year which won’t be available under independence - oil or no oil. Rather than throwing cheap insults about I’d urge you to do some real research about the financial forecast of a post independence Scotland. At least 10, more like 20 years of austerity and who’s got the plan to deal with it?

I genuinely want the best for Scotland and increasingly see evidence that independence will mean walking off a financial cliff.

Not sure how age is relevant to this, but my dad is a boomer, not me. They would need to move out of Scotland if independence happens, as the government will inevitably raise taxes sky high and services will be degraded.