Best wishes from England, for the Scot's own future.

Scotland's vote happens tomorrow. A rare moment of genuine democracy in Britain. The vote will not just determine the future of the Scots but effect everybody in Britain.

In Scotland the vote opens the door to a different sort of democracy where the millions mobilised by the independence debate can go onto discuss and argue about what sort of country they want and need. And an enormous favour would have been done for rest of us if the Scots vote yes because at one (peaceful) blow England, Wales and the bit of Ireland still ruled by Westminister will cease to be the puffed up, over stretched, US side kick its rulers have made its identity since the end of Empire. 

Instead a medium sized country will need to deal with the parasitical, overblown City of London and reorganise a properly balanced economy - based in the first instance on the sort of state investment that was made instantly available to the banks in 2008/9. It could cut back on its inflated, embarrasing pretensions, at the UN security council, in the 'chambers of Europe', at the G8 and in NATO's nuclear club. At a stroke the 'terrorist threat' would disappear as the remains of the UK withdrew its sorely used soldiery from countries whose people did not want us there. The rest of the UK would become free from the remnants of empire. And then we could work out, as the Scots would be able to do, how to look after all of our population properly and how to be helpful and friendly neighbours.