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UK U-turn means Scots must continue to subsidise London’s energy

Scots are being swindled by UK energy policy. A fairer system that would have made electricity cheaper in Scotland - zonal pricing - could have fixed that. And it could have boosted Scotland’s economy - where businesses are constrained by having to pay the highest energy bills in the world. But the UK government has just ruled it out

The UK energy secretary Ed Milliband eventually decided it was too politically difficult to make energy cheaper in Scotland, where more than a quarter of all the UK’s renewable energy is produced, than in London and the south of England. 

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Scotland is an Economic Powerhouse 3 - Innovation

In the past, Unionist parties and their media mouthpieces have managed to convince many Scots that Scotland was too wee and too poor to be a successful independent country such as Norway, Denmark, Ireland etc. But Scots are beginning to see through the propaganda and realise that The Union is holding Scotland’s growth and wellbeing back. 

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Scotland is an Economic Powerhouse 2: Energy

Scotland has a naturally strong economy, strong enough to even survive the constant undermining by the failing UK. Scotland will thrive and do even better once it has the powers of an independent nation and can make the most of its potential and use that to boost Scotland’s social and economic wellbeing. 

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Scotland is a powerhouse 1: Food and Drink

Scotland has a naturally strong economy even when held back by the failing UK. Scotland will thrive and do even better when it can make the most of its potential and use that to benefit Scotland’s people. 

In the past, Unionist parties and their media mouthpieces have managed to convince many Scots that Scotland was too wee and too poor to be a successful independent country like Norway, Denmark, Ireland etc. But Scots are beginning to see through the propaganda.

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Scotland can’t afford the UK government’s ideological immigration policy

The UK government under Keir Starmer has announced sweeping changes to immigration rules that will damage Scotland. 

There is a level of immigration that is functional, supportive and necessary for any country. Whereas it is true that not all immigration is positive, it is also equally true that not all immigration is negative. Scotland has specific skilled and unskilled migrant worker needs, so should be able to set its own rules in line with the nation's wellbeing.

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Risky trade deals with US and India no substitute for EU membership

Two trade deals this week with India and the US carry risks for Scotland - but the Scottish government has had no say and was not even informed or consulted on the US deal. It had some involvement in the India deal but ultimately no say over the agreement. That picture would be very different for an independent Scotland in the EU where it would have a seat at the top table, the Council of Ministers.

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Brexit leaves the UK grovelling to Trump as trade war worsens

The UK media has been amplifying the ridiculous claims that the UK’s 10% tariff on trade with the USA is somehow a Brexit bonus because it is lower than the EU’s 20% tariff. A moment’s thought undermines that - the UK is being hit with 10% tariffs not because we have a special relationship or because we are not in the EU its because the UK doesn't have a trade surplus with the USA - in other words the UK as a whole is not that good at exporting and so doesn't have as big a target on its back for Trump’s bullying.

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Westminster’s tax on jobs will hurt Scotland's economy

The Westminster government talks about growth - yet Westminster's tax on jobs will damage Scotland’s economic growth. It is also being put through in such a way as to hurt Scotland unfairly.

If Scotland was an independent country controlling its own taxes it would not put through a damaging last minute tax that seems calculated to wreck previous financial planning.

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