Mr Salmond and other Commonwealth Club Applicants This Way Please...

Not only would an independent Scotland apparently have to "reapply" to join the European Union, the Commonwealth would require them also to complete an application form and join prospective members Algeria, Israel, Rwanda, Sudan and Yemen in the queue.

Don McKinnon, its secretary-general, said an independent Scotland "could apply" to be a part of the body.

Although I can’t see Scotland struggling too much with these requirements:

1. Do you believe in Commonwealth values?
2. Do you accept Commonwealth values?
3. Do you accept English as the language and do you accept the Queen as the head of the Commonwealth?

....still, as Don McKinnion points out:

"It is not quite an automatic process if a member splits off from another state, but there is a process."

But hey, he’s only the secretary-general of the darn thing...the SNP as per usual, know better....

A spokesman for Alex Salmond, the First Minister, said previous Commonwealth declarations meant dependent territories of member countries automatically qualified for membership if they achieved independence.
"As a successor state, Scotland would remain part of the Commonwealth as an independent member," he said.