"consider the Union to be central to UK strength as a nation"
Really? Scotland is a small and relatively unimportant part of the UK. What possible direct impact could our gaining independence have on the rUK apart from damaged pride in that whoever is PM at the time would get made fun of at the next G8 summit for losing part of his/her country?
It's unimportant like your eyes are unimportant because they're small. Or like only one of your family dying is unimportant because there are several family members.
I'm British and have lived part of my life in Scotland, I don't consider it another country, it's part of our country and my relatives who live there are the same nationality as me.
It's a visceral, and probably illogical, thing to a certain extent - like feeling attached more to family members than to other people.
Also Scotland ain't that small, it's population is that of Yorkshire, it's geographic size is pretty big as a proportion of the UK (~1/3 I think).
"consider the Union to be central to UK strength as a nation"
Really? Scotland is a small and relatively unimportant part of the UK. What possible direct impact could our gaining independence have on the rUK apart from damaged pride in that whoever is PM at the time would get made fun of at the next G8 summit for losing part of his/her country?