The Scottish Government’s analysis of economic data suggests that Brexit could hit Scotland’s economy by between £1.7bn and £11.2bn a year – depending on how the United Kingdom exits the EU.
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The latest poll will come as a blow to the first leader of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, who has been pushing for Scottish independence with her Scottish National Party for years. Yesterday she pointedly described herself as “Scottish Conservative and Unionist” leader as she dismissed an “utterly unjustified” second referendum.
“There are many reasons why women don’t have children”. “Brexit has now morphed into background noise. The UK government can not say that in Ireland but then get away with saying the opposite here in Scotland”.
While 52% of Britons voted to leave the European Union at the 23 June referendum, 62% of Scottish voters voted in favour of remaining in Europe.
“This summer we witnessed seismic changes which will have a deep impact on our ambition for this country”, Sturgeon said.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose childlessness has been a matter of media speculation over the years, has revealed she suffered a miscarriage in 2011. “It will be a new debate, it will not be a re-run of 2014”, she said.
“The debate now is whether we should go forward, protecting our place as a European nation or go backwards, under a Tory government with very different priorities”.
“Ahead of the Scottish Parliament returning this week Kezia Dugdale outlined plans to use the new powers of the Scottish Parliament to invest in education, stop the cuts to our NHS, create more jobs and ban fracking whilst the other party leaders are still banging on about independence”.
“But what hasn’t changed, and never will change, is our determination to deliver on our promises and our desire to make improvements that benefit everyone in Scotland”.
Party sources confirmed that Sturgeon’s view was that remaining within the single market was essential for both Scotland and the rest of the UK.
The Scottish First Minister has now spoken publicly about her agony after she lost the baby in the early stages of her pregnancy in 2011.
Then there are the recurring issues of whether Scotland should keep the pound and the hole in its budget. The collapse in worldwide oil prices has caused a dramatic slow-down in the Scottish oil and gas industry, with a resulting fall in oil revenues that translated into a notional Scottish deficit of £15bn in last month’s annual GERS (Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland) figures.
At a news conference in Edinburgh before publication of the figures, Sturgeon said there would be no surprises.
The FM has previously faced media questions over why she does not have children.
“But here’s the hard bit – that facts only takes us so far”.
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“We need to move our debate on childcare away from what fits on an election leaflet to what fits around the lives of working families”.
