[nicholassmith]

"If the vote is YES the Prime Minister in office when independence takes effect (most likely to be Labour) would certainly have to resign."

I doubt it, if Scotland votes yes it'd probably cripple Cameron's career, not whoever becomes PM after the vote.

[chrisdevereux]

I sometimes wonder if this was exactly Osbourne's plan

[crapshoot101]

You think Boris wouldn't be the heir apparent in that case, not Osbourne?

[nicholassmith]

Part of me wants to say that gives Osbourne a lot more credit than he deserves, part of me thinks he's probably shrewd enough to have a go at it with some level of success.