Why in the world would Scotland declare independence from Britain and then turn around and hitch its wagon to the EU. Scottish citizens are being lured to their destruction.
Because in the EU, small countries like Denmark,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, etc thrive and have far more independence as independent countries in the EU. More than Scotland has as a nation in the English union.
The simple act of having to maintain it’s own infrastructure without money from England would be economically crushing. Social services, state run hospital no longer funded by the NHS, police, even a small military and state security would see taxes through the roof. Tourism would be good for some money but would that sustain an independent Scotland without high taxes. Eventually there would be a brain drain as people and business relocate to England. Ireland is decades ahead of Scotland in becoming a knowledge based economy. Scotland would have to find a way to compete with them. The current oil glut will not end soon unless Biden is elected. So what besides, oil, whiskey and tourism does Scotland offer?
They are going to want a slow roll into independence to keep getting money from England or the Scottish government would collapse as the people became disillusioned. England is Scotlands primary trade partner. If I were England, I would say no more free ride! You can keep dual citizenship, but if you live and work in Scotland you do not rate English social services. All military equipment belonging to England be moved back to England including troops, unless Scotland builds and maintains bases and pays 50% of the cost to keep personnel there. That would be a huge savings to England as they could justifiably reduce their military. Require a Passport to enter England proper and they have to create a USMCA type trade agreement or Scottish goods cannot be imported to England without being taxed. At this late stage Independence would not be what it is cracked up to be. Scotland would become economically a third world country in very short order without England. Yet, somehow, England is the bad guy in all this.
If I was Britain I would kick them out.
The independence movement assumes that Scotland would then be able to join the EU as a new member, but Spain might veto that—not wanting to set a precedent for Catalonia to try to break away from Spain.
“Why would Scots hitch to the EU?”
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The writer and perhaps our fine FRiend SeekAndFind are making the mistake of the dirt. That is to equate the movement of historic Scottish Independence with the current occupants of the dirt on which it happened. The spirit of independence left that place and moved here to this dirt.
I invite contradiction and correction.