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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Just wait and see. If Sturgeon gets success in any referendum I'd bet that the big row will be on state pensions and what England would have to pay. Shades of Brexit.
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It's Brexit on steroids. I have no idea how people who argued for Remain on the basis of economics can now support Scottish Independence.
Leaving the EU trading bloc was disruptive but at least in that case we had some existing friction there with a physical border and a different currency. If Scotland leaves there is a wide-open border that would presumably have to be closed at some point (especially if they want to join the EU) and there would now be different currencies. A business in Edinburgh that could sell in London just as easily as they could sell in Glasgow would now find a customs border and a currency exchange added to transactions to over 90% of their current domestic market.
It's insane.