Our 'fear' down here is that we in South/West Cornwall get to pick the bits up of Faslane. Now on this score, how much does the Scottish economy benefit from the base - and I mean the economy not the slush funds in her 'marriage partner's' jurisdiction.
There has been talk that Falmouth would become the base and that the area between Restronguet and South Truro would become the silo centre - however, this is taking on Ben Ainsley country, Feock aka Millionaires' Row and the rest, a two bedroom cottage near my sister recently going for £900k. It would cost the government billions of squidgees to fund this. However, perhaps split the base between Falmouth and Plymouth and the silos on an outer Scillies island or one of the Welsh ones off Pembrokeshire, and there's an argument as to protecting the Western Reaches....but then what are Scotland to do as to the defence of marauding Russian subs up their west coast and islands - build the SS Sturgedone or allow Putin to build an enormous embassy in Glasgie or Edinburgh for lots of (English funded) Clydesdale squidgies?