They simply can't afford to lose us. On a basic level that's all it comes down to. No loyalty, no desire to unite this sceptic island in any positive way, no willingness to acknowledge Scotland as a vital partner. Just greed and economic subjugation. Without our resources they would sink. This fag-end 'empire' is on its last legs. It's wheezing like a consumptive Victorian street urchin. Perfidious Albion indeed. The 'superior' attitude of Westminster masks a quaking fear of their own future.