Ditch the pound to properly take back control

I can’t see that Scotland could possibly use the pound. You simply aren’t independent if you use another country’s currency. ScotlandS would have to take the riskris of moving to another currency.

ThereT may be some currencycu shocks while the world works out howho much the Scottish currencycu is worth but I’m suresu they wouldn’t be moremo than we’ve already sufferedsu in the last year fromfro Brexit.

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That is still true of Scotland with regard to insurance and I think it could attract serious new funding.

Scotland could generate its own clear industrial strategy, for example with regard to energy.

Energy is under-exploited in Scotland and I doubt it is being given the full credit for the potential to generate green energy. I do see it is possible for Scotland to stand as an independent state.

I don’t pretend it would be without difficulty but, bluntly, I don’t see any country in Europe that won’t be facing difficulties soon.