Espy (RE: 24% want their state to secede): Of the 4 parts of the United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the most populous by far is England. Guess the only part not to have its own self-government. That means the Scots, Welsh and Irish have a say in what goes on in England, yet the English have little or no say what happens elsewhere. If one country needs independence, it's England. Not Scotland. Karma would see a referendum in England that threw the Scots out of the UK.