Should Scotland be an independent country?

Some additional thoughts

1. Yes campaigners should focus on why they failed to persuade a clear majority. Blaming the defeat on a biased media and No campaign 'lies' obscures the fact that the SNP failed to give credible answers on currency and the EU.
   
2. If the focus of many Yes campaigners was to defeat Neo-Liberal policies, focusing energy on 'destroying' Labour is a waste of time. I'm sure the Conservatives will enjoy it though.
   
3. One policy held up as an example of an imposition on Scotland by Westminster is the bedroom tax. It effects approximately 88,000 households in Scotland at a cost of £50MN, a fractional proportion of the Scottish block grant of circa £30BN. Given the SNP have the ability to manage welfare policy, why haven't they reversed it? In addition, why have they never used any of the tax powers available to them, for example, the ability to vary income tax rates by 3 percent? The only significant divergence in spending between the SNP and Westminster comes on public services, not on welfare.
   
4. Another point of rhetoric is food banks. First, it's worth noting that there are more food banks in London than there are in the whole of Scotland. Scotland doesn't have a unique claim on inequality. Second, the Trussell Trust, an organisation headquartered in Salisbury, has done more than any other organisation to tackle short term hunger across the UK. Are there any comparable organisations founded in Scotland?
   
   

Well done to the SNP for rolling all these emotive issues up with the false premise that they could be tackled by independence. I can see why that was persuasive to many who were having an awakening of political conscience. The probable tragedy is that their energies will now be dissipated by divisiveness and recrimination, rather than tackling the real issues in hand.