Selling England by the pound

So, in recent developments, the Scots have proposed to decide their nations' future with a 'bill' deciding whether or not they should claim independence from these great and beautiful isles... England, that is. Let us not forget that we have been divorced from them before, and seemed to manage adequately well - in fact, we seem to pay for them (and their mistakes) as a nation at the moment. Free university would be a welcome amendment to the British education system too; in fact, the Lib Dems themselves propose 'free uni' every time the freshers fair opens its doors to new students. In reality, we cannot afford such a proposal. The fact is, that at the moment, we can't afford much at all as a nation. Perhaps, if Scotland were to break away from us (by its' own decision) we could afford such luxuries as those that exist amongst our Northern friends... Just a thought....