SCOTTISH independence “feels like” Brexit to voters, according to a BBC journalist who criticised the lack of detail in the government’s economic arguments for Yes.
John Swinney was grilled on the economic case for independence, released earlier this month, which dealt with questions around future cross-Border trade with England, establishing a Scottish currency and re-joining the EU.
But it was criticised by both Unionists and Yessers for a lack of detail on some key questions, chiefly the absence of a timetable for establishing a new currency, which would effectively leave a newly independent Scotland tied to the economic policies of the UK indefinitely.
