Every day it seems, another No voter makes the case for why an independent Scotland is right, now. The disillusionment with the Brexit Britain they find themselves in is turning even some of the most ardent Unionists into Independistas.<\/p>\n
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From either ends of the political spectrum – Paul Mason on the Corbynite left to Allan Massie on the right – there is a sense that the case for Scotland ploughing its own furrow as a modern European democracy is gathering pace.<\/p>\n
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Whilst there is a growing groupthink that Scotland in Europe is a much more viable position, equally there is a recognition that there are still issues from the first Independence Referendum which need resolved, primarily: a Scottish currency; a stronger economic case; reassurance about pensions; and protection of workers\u2019 rights from the ravages of a Tory Kipper party that thinks it can ride roughshod over anyone and everyone.<\/p>\n
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Some of the solutions to the first IndyRef are permeating through in considerable and significant contributions to the constitutional debate. From Robin McAlpine\u2019s polemic \u2018Determination: how Scotland can be independent by 2021<\/a>\u2019 to Gordon Guthrie\u2019s \u2018Winning the Second Independence Referendum: Manifesto for Scotland in the European Union after Brexit\u2019<\/a>, the zeitgeist within the Scottish polity is clearly with independence more than the pitiful squeak from former Remainers Mundell and Davidson with their \u2018let\u2019s make the most of Brexit\u2019 pitch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most that anyone in Scotland can make from Brexit is that Britain is heading for an economic disaster which won\u2019t just be a jittery market when Article 50 is eventually triggered in less than 6 months time but for the next decade or so, as the UK is at the end of the queue for poorer trade deals with the world. If you are in any doubt, just listen to Professor Ngaire Woods explain trade deals, Brexit and why we must remain part of the European Single Market in less than two minutes:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n