Number of Scots who want to exit UK grows, not aided by Johnson’s Covid-19 bumbling
Although the economic logic pulls against Scottish independence, the emotional tug towards it may be more powerful, just as it was with Brexit
28 August 2020 - 12:35
Britain, it is said, has had the worst of both worlds when it comes to the coronavirus. It has the highest excess death rate in Europe and the deepest drop in growth among the Group of Seven (G7) countries.
And yet the virus’s most enduring effect may be to the country’s constitutional settlement: the pandemic has driven a bigger wedge between independent-minded Scots and the rest of the country...
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