Scotland to secede?

detailbear will appreciate the ramifications of this:

Scottish Voters to Whitehall: ‘Let My People Go!’
“Scottish nationalists committed to independence from Britain became the biggest party in the Scottish parliament on Friday in elections which left a political headache for Prime Minister Tony Blair’s successor.”

After watching the U.S.S.R. collapse and the independence movement in Québec come within a hair's breadth of breaking up Canada, I began to realize that most large countries weren't as solid as I had been raised to believe. I've long argued that the Civil War didn't end the question of secession in the United States, just postponed it a few generations. (For instance, I believe the secession movement in Hawai'i will probably succeed if the economic conditions are right.)

And now, the Scottish are threatening the unity of the U.K.

Fascinating times we live in indeed.