"If the bank sector goes kaput under the status quo, everyone is fucked: see 2008-present."
No. What you have not understood is if the banks had gone kaput in an independent Scotland, the country would not have been so much as "fucked" as totally bankrupt. This was clearly not the case in the UK.
" If the sector goes kaput in an independent Scotland, I'd much rather be in Scotland than in England! For example, RBS would have re-domiciled it's holding company to England, and so rUK Govt & ultimately BoE would be holding the cash-strapped baby. "
You seriously think the rUK government would allow this scenario to occur in which Scotland pass a nearly bankrupt bank to the rUK and the rUK government say "Thank you very much, we are more than happy to take on all the debts" of the RBS because they have moved their head office?
"Re implementing 3p tax powers.... Many people have analysed this and found it not quite so bizarre. For example, a University Professor at
https://devolutionmatters.wordpress.com ... able-rate/ comments on both the sums and the politics."
Ah, a university professor. He must be right. Mind such views did not put the SNP off. In the run up to the first Holyrood election in 1999 , the SNP campaigned for the Scottish Parliament to use its powers not to implement the 1p income tax cut brought in by the Labour government at Westminster. The policy did not appeal to the voters so the SNP dropped it, just as they dropped any attempt whatsoever to increase income tax in Scotland.
""The SNP believing in Osborne leading us all to the promised land". I'm not sure the exact point being made, so am not sure if/how to respond."
My point is absolutely clear. You state that given Osborne was due to end the deficit by now, why should the SNP introduce tax rises when Osborne had told them austerity would be at an end by the completion of this parliament. The idea that you believe the SNP would have been convinced by this is quaint.
"but were very active indeed with private sector involvement in NHS England over their 3 terms."
There is a difference between using private sector involvement in certain cases to ensure waiting times are met as opposed to putting up every contract for bidding by private companies.
As a general comment, you appear extremely gullible as far as the SNP are concerned. For example spending on private healthcare nearly tripled in Grampian in 2013, despite the health board assuring the public that it had no problems with waiting lists.
"If you are pro-tuition fees, adverse to substantial min wage rises/living wage, pro WMDs, anti-EMA, pro-Tory level/timescale of austerity cuts etc then I've misunderstood your personal politics, for which I apologise/acknowledge my error. "
In suggesting that all of the above are Labour policies and therefore, the SNP is needed to nudge Labour left, you are talking utter nonsense.
The Labour party voted against the tripling of fees and are discussing reducing them. The SNP charge English students tuition fees. The Labour government in Wales has a completely different approach to student fees. The Labour government introduced an Education Maintenance Allowance. The Labour run Welsh government has an EMA running. Miliband has a completely different approach to reducing the deficit compared to Osborne e.g. the use of capital investment schemes.
"Re tax avoidance: only 3 parties have had the power (over several decades) to tackle it."
This has got absolutely nothing to do with my point which is that all parties say there is a need to reduce tax avoidance but very few do anything meaningful.