Here is an interesting list of reasons for staying in the uk given - TopicsExpress

Here is an interesting list of reasons for staying in the uk given by someone called Carmela on one of Better Togethers posts. Why could Alistair Darling not have put out something like this?! I particularly like number 30. Thanks Carmela. Hope you dont mind me copying your post. What we are voting for in the union is: 1. Defence by HM Armed Forces here and overseas 2. Defence by the UK’s intelligence services: MI5, MI6 and GCHQ 3. Guaranteed continued membership of NATO 4. Guaranteed continued use of Sterling 5. Bank of England as lender of last resort 6. International representation at the top table of the UN, G8 and G20 7. Access to UK top power structures for Scots 8. Likelihood of future Scottish UK PM 9. Access to top UN power structures for Scots 10. Access to top G20 power structures for Scots 11. Access to 200+ UK embassies worldwide 12. Continued membership of EU on our own terms, not those of eurofederalists 13. No obligation to adopt Schengen 14. No obligation to adopt the euro 15. Integrated science research structure with RCUK 16. Be part of UK’s booming space and satellite industry 17. Continued ability of our universities to attract best researchers from around the world funded by UK govt. 18. Governmental economy of scale 19. Cultural links across UK, 20. Family links across UK 21. Guaranteed continued access to UK bilateral trade treaties 22. Being part of what the OECD now recognise as the fastest growing Western economy 23. Likelihood of restoration of AAA in 2014 with consequent cheaper mortgages etc 24. Avoidance of SNP anti-competitive policy on minimum wage 25. Continuing commitment to build RN warships on Clyde 26. Continuing UK subsidy for Scottish renewables industry 27. Orientation towards wider world rather than focus on wee-bit-hill-and-glen 28. Greater clout when dealing with hyperpowers of 21st century 29. Adequate balance of powers between local, Scottish, UK and EU governments without too much power concentrated in too few hands. 30. End of the divisive nastiness that has riven our nation since the disastrous events of May 2011. etc, etc