I'm honestly sat oan the fence. I can see the arguments for and against and both are quite persuasive. I don't understand the government saying that Scotland couldn't retain the pound sterling though. Jersey and the Channel islands retain the pound sterling as their currency, yet are not part of the United Kingdom, so there's already a precedent set for places that aren't part of the union to have the pound. Westminster is well known for distorting the truth (and telling downright lies)