“Hhhhhmmmm. The plan by the SNP is no more than “let’s pray oil goes back up to a decent price or our 2nd referendum is screwed”. There is virtually no chance of an independent Scotland unless oil nears $90 per barrel. If Scotland bottled the chance of independence at $90 a barrel in 2014 then no way it goes independent at $43 per barrel.”
What informs your that Independence hinges on the price of crude oil?
Crude oil was the determining factor in GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland) figures showing that Scotland contributed a higher than average amount per head to the UK Treasury (gross, as the net result still showed a higher than UK average deficit). With the collapse in the price of oil, Scotland’s contribution is also lower per head than the UK average, making the deficit gap even more yawning and undeniable.
The SNP are banking on the same gullible cretins who believed the incredible lies of the SNP on Scotland’s economic position voting the same way, reinforced this time by a sufficient amount of butthurt EUrophile remainers who voted ‘No’ last time. Only problem is, over a third of SNP members apparently voted ‘leave’, and many of them hate the EU more than they hate the UK and have openly stated they will vote ‘no’ next time if leaving the UK means getting back into the EU.