Look what they've done to my song, ma

The CIF site at The Guardian is a peculiar beast. It attracts some good writers and some weird commenters. But, over the last two days, there has been a surge of interest in Scottish independence. It began yesterday with this article from Simon Jenkins which re-hashes the standard line of "If the Scots want to secede, let them". But it has attracted more than 200 comments. This was followed by a more perceptive (in some ways) article by John Lloyd advocating the maintenance of the union. Although only published this afternoon, this is also attracting a host of comments.

I begin to fear that the genie is out of the bottle. Scottish independence has become a matter of interest to the English. I cannot foresee the consequences but I doubt that they will be beneficial...