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The SNP must be ‘brilliant’ at running Scotland from Holyrood to persuade people that independence will benefit the country, an academic study has found

They have had years to try running Scotland well and have failed, I don’t see that changing in the forseeable future – Spooked It takes an academic study to discover the blindingly obvious? Why would you vote for independence when no one has demonstrated that it would be other than a bad deal for Scotland. – Tested ‘Brilliant at running the country’? 10 years and counting with no evidence so far. Quite the contrary if issues such as education, health, and policing to name but three, matter to you. – durn550 I’m very proud to be Scottish and British! It’s sad people with a big chip on their shoulder that I feel sorry for! – Proud Scot The Scottish gov’t must be given the economic levers to promote growth and prosperity in our own country, as we distance ourselves from the wrongheaded policies of the English government. –RJS