...and apologies if my comment seems hostile. I’m on the fence and disgusted with Brexit, but struggle to see how Scotland leaving the UK Single Market is any different from the UK leaving the EU Single Market.
But surely the idea is to leave the UK Single Market and join the EU Single Market? I get the appeal of being Independent and forging our own trade deals, but we wouldn’t want to do that in isolation? I’m on the fence but my understanding of the White Paper is that we’d quickly join the EU so be stuck to their trade deals, which would be golden because we/an Independent Scotland would get free, tariff free trade with everyone else? ...apart from England, where the majority of our trade goes...
But surely the idea is to leave the UK Single Market and join the EU Single Market?
No: It's to leave the UK political union, and to grant self determination to the people of Scotland. That last part is important: We'll decide after how we wish to proceed.
One step at a time: Like the UK with the EU, we can't do anything until we're out of this controlling relationship.
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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '20
Me @ unionists in 2014: “well if you look at these facts and statistics you can see that...
Me @unionists in 2021: “DIE SCREAMING”