Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
Immediately after the result of the Scottish Independence referendum was announced in September 2014 the YES supporters would not accept the result and they were immediately calling for another Scottish independence referendum.
If there had been a vote in favour of Scotland becoming an independent country I would have accepted the result with good grace, sold our house on Islay and moved to live in the North of England.
I would then have watched an independent Scotland face massive public sector cuts as Alex Salmond tried to balance the books thanks to the loss of the lavish funding previously received from the U.K. Treasury under the rules of the Barnett Formula.
Islay, these are the arguments from last time. I agree with you that I don't think the SNP have answered any of them satisfactorily but as with Brexit that was only part of the discussion. Brexit was supposed to allow Britain to act independently and create new prosperity for us all. Covid stopped that and I don't think the very negative comments about Brexit, often, but not exclusively being made by those who voted to Remain, are valid judgements on the merit of Brexit. It's too soon to say. Likewise, those who believe in Scottish independence can argue with some certainty that there is bound to be a major drop in our national wealth.The argument is how great will that decline be and how will we cope.
Defending the status quo seems to me to be a difficult way to defeat the idea of independence. I think we need a bigger idea where the idea of being part of being Scottish and British is more popular and much better for us all.