A fair assessment of the SNP?

[ingemann]

The idea that Scotland would not be a viable state are not only ridiculous, it show a complete lack of understanding of what make a state viable. Let's look at the other side of the North Sea, where Sweden and Denmark are the only Nordic countries with higher population than Scotland (and Denmark only barely). Some of the most well funtioning eastern European countries are Slovenia and Estonia, both which have less than half the population of Scotland.  

[ingemann]

There's nothing wrong with pushing a continued union because of some kind of common British identity (what we usual call nationalism) or because it's to the benefit of both England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to stay in a union. But to suggest that Scotland should stay in the union to save the English from the evil Tories they keep electing, well that's like suggesting a wife should stay in a abusive relationship to keep her drunkard husband from drinking himself to death.