On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:55:45 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:



"J.B.Treadstone" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:45:53 +0100, Dennis@home wrote:

On 17/09/2014 23:02, mcp wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:09:11 +0100, "J.B.Treadstone"
wrote:

1] At the moment GB has 191 embassies & high commissions across the
world. It would costs millions for an independent Scotland to try &
establish even a tenth of this representation. As they would no
longer be part of the UK, any Scot getting into trouble in a foreign
land would have to seek help from their own embassy or HC.

The 191 embassies & high commissions of the UK are part its assets and
Scotland is entitled to its share however if there isn't a Scottish
embassy in a country any EU embassy will do.

For EU citizens maybe, but Scotland won't be for years.

Exactly. It won't be an EU member until it has negotiated an entry,

That would just be a rubber stamp exercise that wouldn’t take years.

Tell that to the EU President, who quoted EU law on the subject.

thus would not have any embassies etc.

But would be free to use British ones, just like other commonwealth
countrys do.

Are you /really/ that ignorant?
Other Commonwealth countries have their *own* embassies & high commissions
throughout the world.

And in a similar vein, it may have to apply to join the UN if it so
wishes.
It would also need to apply to join NATO, according to the
secretary-general.

And that would just be another rubber stamp exercise too.

Better tell that the UN & NATO secretary-generals.