(30 May 2014, 8:34 pm)AdamY wrote If Border Controls commenced, public sector jobs could potentially be created here in the North East as it would need to administered as well as patrolled. I imagine both Carlisle and Berwick would see potential growth as they become legitimate 'Border Cities/Towns'.

Here are some links to articles discussing how Scottish Independence may affect the North East:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/scot...st-england [Guardian - 26th July 2013]
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d190f96-b5dc-...abdc0.html [Financial Times - 28th March 2014]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-26784943 [BBC - 29th March 2014]

There's also a report entitled 'BORDERLANDS: CAN THE NORTH EAST AND CUMBRIA. BENEFIT FROM GREATER SCOTTISH AUTONOMY?' compiled by Prof. Keith Shaw, Prof. Johnathan Blackie, Prof. Fred Robinson and Graeme Henderson.

http://www.northeastcouncils.gov.uk/curo...asp?id=589

Will pick my way through that later on 😀

Here's a question, remember the Referendum held about 10 years ago for a North East Regional Assembly, it was a resounding No if I remember, if we had of said Yes, would the area now have had similar powers to what Holyrood and Cardiff Bay have today and in the event of Scottish Independence would a North East Assembly have been in a better position to do trade deals with the Scottish...

I should really do my research before I start a topic ;-) but if you don't ya learn nowt