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Originally Posted by Pierre
There would very much be a downside. Nothing good would come of breaking up the Union.
Once this pandemic is over, I have high hopes for what the country can achieve economically, if we can focus on that for a few years and not get bogged down with an independence argument, I’m sure the country will benefit as a whole and perhaps independence may drop in importance.
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Such as? England is a lot less dependent on Scotland. It's not as if goods to/from the EU have to pass through Scotland. There would be complications with citizenship and the border, but once done that is it.
Scotland runs a deficit, even in the "good times", therefore there is no economic benefit from Scotland.
Anything Scotland needs from England, they would still need.
It's not mutually exclusive that all Scots that vote for the Union to remain, actually want the Union to remain. They are being pragmatic in that they get so many freebies as a result. Finally be brave enough to take away their unfair freebies, and see their attitudes change.
Spending money is easy, when you don't have to earn it.
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Scottish politicians should focus their attention on the transition to renewable energy if they are to raise the growth rate, a report has said.
A study of low growth in output and productivity has found economic policy lacks focus and can be too complex.
It forecasts Scotland is on course to see a widening gap with countries such as Norway, the scale of which compares to the entire global output of Google.
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The report was commissioned from Oxford Economics by the foundation set up by Sir Tom Hunter, the Ayrshire-based entrepreneur and philanthropist.
He says the current election campaign features good ideas for spending more, but little focus on how to make more money.
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They just want to "earn" money by drilling under the sea, or by "plucking" it from the air.