sorry to hear that World in bad shape too - like to catch up with you

Laughable to think that Theresa May should be trusted on anything much she says anyway, but even if she was trusted on this I find it very difficult to see how a government determined to oversee the democratic will of the people (re Brexit) could fail to recognise the democratic rights of a constituent part of the UK to make a choice?

If the SNP win a majority (in both Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs) with a manifesto pledge to call a second referendum on independence, there is no way that the government will reject it.

Now I don't personally believe that the Scottish government would win that referendum, so I don't think they will call it. I don't think they'll call it until the polls suggest close to a 60:40 split in their favour. But if they choose to, Theresa May will not reject it.

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

Good points....especially about SNP grabbing "Yes"

If the Scots ever do vote for independence a potentially much less messy solution could be in the offing for the union though:

England and Wales leave the UK, Scotland remains , this way England and Wales are automatically out of the EU, and Scotland gets to remain (with or without NI, not sure what to do with them in the situation), Scotland don't have to reapply. A lot of messy and expensive admin avoided for all parties.