http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/72861.html
Iain Macwhirter
"[..]Now, the Scottish Executive has, for some time, been trying to secure a Scottish "opt-out" from UK policy, allowing higher points for immigrants wanting to come to Scotland. There have been some minor concessions. Yesterday, the Home Office agreed that asylum applications should be processed in Scotland.But so far the Home Office has drawn the line at allowing any significant departure from UK immigration policy for fear that immigrants would enter the UK by Scotland and immediately move south. Well, that's what Scots do.[..]"
