Is Scotland really going to secede from the UK?

I heard this mentioned a couple of times last year, but from reading the following opinion article I was reminded that it will come to a vote.  Now, they should be reminded that it worked out fairly well for Canada for Quebec to stay with them rather than become an independent country, despite the separatist sentiment that generated some fervor a few years back.

The interesting thing I got from this op-ed by Lord George Robertson, which hadn't been spelled out before, was how a Scottish secesssion might tempt other ethnic enclavesl (he mentions Basque regions in Spain and the Flemish region of Belgium) to make their own break with the mother state.  So the article is clearly not in favor of this, as they suggest it might destabilize all of Europe.  I don't know if that is a bit too Cassandrish, but it is something to think about.  I'm pretty sure that kind of thing would have economic repercussions, and not in a good direction.

Scotland secession could lead to re-Balkanization of Europe

 Robertson writes in conclusion:

     I doubt that my fellow Scots will take the drastic blind step that secession would require. Support in the polls refuses to rise above 30 percent. But this is no romantic “Braveheart” moment. The separatists are deadly serious, well-organized and well-funded.
      Britain’s friends around the world need to pay attention. A dangerous historic event might soon be upon us — with few people outside the U.K. even noticing.

 Well, I've noticed now.  OK, I'll stop telling the joke that tennis player Andy Murray is British when he wins and Scottish when he loses in a Grand Slam tournament.