England faces EU problems

THE assumption being widely discussed is that Scotland, by voting for independence, would then have to re-apply to join the EU. Apart from the obvious question of why on earth would any solvent 
country wish to join this ultra “parcel of rogues”, the whole issue could well rebound, and to the delight of UKIP.

EU membership for the area covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is in the name of the UK, not Great Britain, and as everyone in Scotland learns at school, the “Union” was of the two parliaments following the union of crowns the previous century. They became Great Britain. Before that it was two separate entities, Scotland and England.

If the “kingdom” is no longer as described on the can, then England itself, now unable to call itself Great Britain, would have to re-apply. The Channel Isles and the Isle of Man are outwith the UK, and therefore the EU, but seem to function well. IoM even has votes at 16.

Leslie Freitag, Harpenden, Hertfordshire