Which is greater, Democracy's Crisis or the Economic Crisis?

The Scottish Parliament has voted for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty!!!!!!!!!! Read it here. BUT also Barclays is suing Bear Sterns which seems to me a serious development, read here, and Morgan Stanley has another 9.4 billion write down and a 5 billion Chinese investment, linked here. Britain of course remains without one single competent Cabinet Minister nor any effective opposition. Merry Christmas.