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A key economic adviser to Nicola Sturgeon has called for the “softest of all” forms of independence in order to win a Yes vote. Andrew Wilson, who penned the recently revised economic blueprint for an independent Scotland said this was the way to “win big.”

@scott_eff commented: “A “softest possible independence” is an independence that only nationalists will vote for. And we’ll lose again.”

@Johnferry18 observed: “I don’t think I’ve seen any scenario analysis of Scotland’s tax base and fiscal position post the inevitable corporate, people and capital flight - which would seem inevitable no matter how much planning goes into managing the disruption.”

@Mattyball93 offered: “My concern with @thesnp line right now is that we do not have a credible answer to the question of how we move to indy when economically 60% of exports go RUK. Need to have analysis of effect of additional barriers & plan to increase proportion of EU/ intl trade.”

@Marcrich14 said: “Currency. Currency. Currency. Really can’t focus enough on that.”

#CHURCHILL

Labour shadow chancellor John Mcdonnell provoked a sharp reaction after he called Sir Winston Churchill a “villain” over his role in dealing with striking miners in 1910. Asked at a Politico website event, for a oneword answer on whether Churchill was a hero or villain, he paused and replied: “Tonypandy - villain”.

@mrjamesob said: “We’ve completely lost the ability to have public conversations about anything remotely nuanced. Churchill was, obviously, a hero who did things that can be easily construed as villainous. But you have to pick one or the other & start chanting. The footballification of everything.”

@J_bloodworth commented: “Perfectly happy to hear what a b ***** d Churchill was just not from people who spend their spare time praising people like Mao and Maduro”

@joncstone offered: “Lionisation of Churchill today is pretty amazing when you consider he never once won an election with the popular vote: Was appointed in 1940 without election, lost by a landslide in 1945, and won in 1951 on seats despite Labour winning more votes.”