Will Brexit cause Scottish independence?
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SCOTLAND’s economy has benefited from a range of advantages that few other countries of similar size can match. Our natural wealth is a key foundation stone for a prosperous future as an independent country and it is simply unreasonable to believe that a country as naturally wealthy as Scotland would not thrive if it were to gain the power to manage these resources for Scotland’s benefit.
Full answer here: Only independence can fix damage of Brexit
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The position of Scotland in the UK has been made obvious by the process of negotiating Brexit. Scotland's vote was ignored. Scotland was not consulted in any of the negotiations, the "repatriation" of powers to Westminster that had been in Scotland's power before and during EU membership.
Full answer here: Brexit mismanagement
Rival economic nationalisms: Brexit and the Scottish independence movement compared
Author / Creator: X. Hubert Rioux
Date published: 2019
The Scottish government...intention to hold a second referendum on independence in the wake of Brexit...is illustrative of the wider dynamism of regionalism and secessionism.
Brexit and Beyond: the union
Author / Creator: UK in a Changing Europe
Media type: Report
Date published: February 2021
What happens to powers that were formerly exercised at the EU level, but which fall within devolved competence, has been a recurrent source of disagreement between the UK Government and the devolved administrations.
Covid or Brexit?
Author / Creator: Anand Menon
Media type: Report
Date published: October 2021
The short term economic disruption is largely due to Covid and is experienced throughout the world. The UK faces structural adjustments that are down to Brexit and are likely, over the medium to long-term, to make the UK...poorer.
Brexit and Devolution: A New UK Settlement or the Break-Up of Britain?
Author / Creator: David Gow
Media type: Review
Date published: May 2018
An analysis of the constitutional conflict between Westminster and the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast...concludes that the UK faces a stark choice between a new political/constitutional settlement or the break-up of Britain.
Scotland and Europe
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
Brexit has worsened the relations between Scotland and UK. The reduction in powers consequent on the Westminster taking all the powers "returned" from the EU into its own perview with out recognition the effect on devolved powers has yet to be resolved.
Independent wellbeing economy offers hope rather than Brexit chaos
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
Independence offers the only realistic chance of escape from a government seemingly hell bent on damaging our economy
Scotland the Brief
Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Media type: book
Date published: 2020
All you need to know about Scotland's economy, its finances, independence and Brexit.
Only independence can fix damage of Brexit, Open Minds #13
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Scotland's economy benefits from a range of advantages that few other countries of similar size can match. Our natural wealth is a key foundation stone for a prosperous future as an independent country. It is reasonable to believe that a country as naturally wealthy as Scotland would thrive if it were to gain the power to manage for its benefit.
The UK’s Brexit mismanagement, Open Minds on Independence #11
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published: 2021
There were a number of mistakes made in negotiating a Brexit arrangement.
This was imposed on Scotland against its will. It has turned out to be a disaster for key industries.
1. Ignoring the wishes of Scotland and the other devolved nations
2. Sticking so rigidly to “getting Brexit done” that it made an acceptable trade deal impossible. It was immediately apparent there were serious problems.
3. Underestimating just how big a problem taking Northern Ireland out of the EU would be.
Scotland, Brexit and Broken Promise of Democracy
Author / Creator: Klaus Stolz
Date published:
The perception of a democratic deficit began in the Thatcher premiership, long before Brexit. Scottish self government came to be positively linked with European intergation.
Brexit and the Scottish Question
Author / Creator: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
The 2016 Scottish vote for remaining in the EU received no consideration by the UK government for possible special arrangements. The prospect of a new independence referendum gains credibility as the constitutional convention on consultation was considered irrelevant by the UK government.
Scottish independence would be 2-3 times more costly than Brexit, and rejoining the EU won’t make up the difference
Author / Creator: Hanwei Huang
Media type: Blog
Date published:
Scottish independence would be 2-3 times more costly than Brexit over 15 years. Rejoining the EU wwll make up part of the difference in trade value. This made headline news for a time. The methodology for this prediction has been questioned.
Brexit, Scotland, and the Continuing Divergence of Politics.
Author / Creator: M K Thompson
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2019
Differences of politics in Scotland and England leads to claims that the Scottish people are being governed against their will. This creates a constitutional crisis which has manifested in desires for self-government. Brexit contradicts the 2014 referendum assurances that only by rejecting independence could Scotland stay in the EU.
“Aye means always” Scottish independence activism in a Time of Brexit
Author / Creator: Pam Ackermans
Media type: Thesis
Date published:
This thesis looks at independence campaigning in the midst of uncertainty. It looks at how campaigning develops at a time of political uncertainty in the present and for the future.
Brexit and the inevitability of Scottish Independence
Author / Creator: Paul Cairney
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
Only independence can remove the democratic deficit. Scottish independence is the cosmopolitan choice. There will be some economic damage, uncertainty, and a new currency. No has, in some ways, a stronger case in the second referendum but a far lower chance of success: it will lose because there will be no-one out there able to tell the No story.
Brexit has reinvigorated Scottish nationalism
Author / Creator: The Economist
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Scottish independence is a constitutional project, not an economic one. Fixing who governs you takes precedence over an easy life for supermarkets or civil servants. Brexit has shown that a committed government, with the mandate of a referendum and an appetite for dislocation, can go a long way.
Scottish independence trading costs calculated
Author / Creator: Douglas Fraser
Media type: web page
Date published:
There may be significant economic costs resulting from independence. However, there is no reason Scotland cannot prosper as other small nations have. This report looks at the cumulative effect over 15 years.
How Brexit shapes people's views on Scottish independence
Author / Creator: John Curtice
Media type: web page
Date published:
A review of polls at January 2021 shows increasing support for independence, possibly due to Brexit.