EU membership
Labour’s ambitions for growth can’t happen unless we get closer to Europe
Author / Creator: Bylines Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published:
Labour’s longest-serving former Member of the EU Parliament says ambitions for economic growth can only be achieved by closer alignment
Light-touch border between Ireland/NI and the UK could be a model for independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
"Northern Ireland has what Scotland wanted and voted for – access to the EU single market. [It] streamlines the light-touch border between Ireland/Northern Ireland and the UK – that could be a model for an independent Scotland. "
How might Scottish independence affect the costs of international trade?
Author / Creator: Thomas Sampson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
"There is considerable uncertainty over how substantial the economic effects of introducing a border with the rest of the UK would be."
Scottish independence, Brexit all over again?
Author / Creator: John Crabb
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021