borders, currency, EU opt-outs – or not – for Scotland, and so forth could be determined in a consistent and coherent way. Ireland would, of course, be a major player in the EU talks, and it would quite likely also have a separate, fourth set of talks – Ireland-rUK – on managing the border, common travel area and other issues, also in parallel. Scotland may well be able to strike some of its deals with rUK following on from whatever Ireland agrees on borders, right of Irish citizens to live and work in rUK and so forth.
EU opt EU opt EU opt EU opt--outs: outs: outs: outs: Scotland would face a significant set of talks with the EU on its membership as a new state. While voting rights, numbers of MEPs, and similar issues would all be straightforward, as set out in the Lisbon Treaty, the most difficult issues would be where the UK currently has optouts