Poll - 70% would trust Scottish Government with powers to run economy
70% of Scots have more confidence in the Scottish Government to manage the economy compared with Westminster, according to a recent poll.
Smaller independent countries’ COVID-19 economic recovery packages better than Scotland’s as part of the UK
Throughout this global health crisis, it has become clear that small independent countries have been able to offer very supportive economic recovery packages. For example, Norway and Denmark, two of our closest neighbours which have similar population sizes to Scotland, have been able to source large sums of funding to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and restarting their economies.
The UK would have to strike a trade agreement with an independent Scotland
Scotland is the UK’s second-largest national export market. With the dual economic crises of the pandemic and Brexit weakening the UK in the coming decade, London would need a free trade agreement with an independent Scotland.
Why Boris Johnson came to Scotland in panic mode
The UK PM decided to drop everything and head to Scotland to save the union. Most Scottish independence supporters were quite happy about that as they see Johnson as toxic and think such a staged managed visit - as always he avoided meeting real people, just a few hand-picked Scotiaphobes and soldiers who had been ordered to meet him - could even boost support for Scottish independence.
Has being a part of the UK damaged Scotland’s COVID-19 response?
The UK Prime Minister came to Scotland this week in an attempt to protect the rapidly shrinking support for the Union. One of his key points was that being a part of the larger UK will have aided Scotland in dealing with the crisis.
The lies that Scotland was told - Westminster prepares to sell off the NHS
Two of the most effective scare stories deployed in the 2014 referendum by the No campaign were "Vote No to keep Scotland in the EU" - we all know what happened there - and also "Vote No to protect Scotland's NHS".
Who wants to END the UK?
The UK is falling apart at the seams. Unprecedented levels of support for ending the UK have been recorded in each of the UK nations.
49% of English Voters Support ENGLISH Independence
The poll was carried out on behalf of Business for Scotland by Panelbase and surveyed 1,015 English residents between June 29th and July 3rd and asked if people agreed or disagreed with the statement: England should be an independent country and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be allowed to stand on their own two feet.
UK citizens are dying for Brexit - literally
It’s quite extreme to claim the UK Government is deliberately following a policy that will kill potentially tens of thousands of its people, however, all the evidence points that way and it has to be called out.
Small businesses and sole traders left high and dry by UK coronavirus package
Breaking 20/03/2020 - UK economy has collapsed completely - UK Gov to pay people's wages ow.ly/YYAY50yRiBL
UK Government has acted along the lines we suggested in this article and you can read our initial analysis of tonight's announcement via the link above.