I think we need (or the best case would be ) for us to go through a period of nation building before embarking on independence. It's going to be difficult. I'd prefer there to be a consistent large majority for independence (rather than just against leaving the EU). Instead we might have to flee at pace when we agree about we have to do but not about what it means.
It's going to be economically challenging. We have to deal with a whole bunch of uncertainty. At the same time our largest and most intertwined trading partner will be in the process of receiving significant economic shocks. They also literally do not have enough public servants to run their own country. Mistakes will be made.
There is a slim but I think real chance that England ends up as a proto-fascist country. Also a slim but real chance that Northern Ireland falls back in to civil war. Altogether not an ideal neighbourhood.
So a difficult time to be implementing the results of what might be a snap decision. Scotland's economy will be less good and our polity less secure than if the EU referendum had not taken place.
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Date: 2016-07-08 06:01 am (UTC)I think we need (or the best case would be ) for us to go through a period of nation building before embarking on independence. It's going to be difficult. I'd prefer there to be a consistent large majority for independence (rather than just against leaving the EU). Instead we might have to flee at pace when we agree about we have to do but not about what it means.
It's going to be economically challenging. We have to deal with a whole bunch of uncertainty. At the same time our largest and most intertwined trading partner will be in the process of receiving significant economic shocks. They also literally do not have enough public servants to run their own country. Mistakes will be made.
There is a slim but I think real chance that England ends up as a proto-fascist country. Also a slim but real chance that Northern Ireland falls back in to civil war. Altogether not an ideal neighbourhood.
So a difficult time to be implementing the results of what might be a snap decision. Scotland's economy will be less good and our polity less secure than if the EU referendum had not taken place.