Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
You've not really offered much in terms of practical solutions there, are deflecting with comments about the ERG (and bizarrely), Guido Fawkes and you seem to imply that all of the UKs problems are tied to Brexit which the evidence j ust doesn't stack up on, which is my entire point. Have you forgotten that Britain post 2008 was not in great shape at all?

There are clearly issues on cross border trade, which need sorting (and they are literally talking about it now) but the vast majority of problems facing the UK are faced by other countries, who also face numerous issues that are less of a concern here (unemployment for example). My entire point is that people need to move away from a binery decision made 7 years ago.

And you didn't answer this question:
If Scotland became independent in Feb 2020 and in March 2020 Covid hit would you say that is a normal environment to make an assessment of the success or otherwise of it? I would be amazed if you thought it was.
It is quite funny to see you get miffed about your use of Guido as source material given the knowing sighs you make whenever a Guardian article appears.

That you don't see forging closer rather than more divergent ties to the EU within the framework of Brexit as impractical says a lot about the strictures and climate that the zealots have created and continue to shout down any attempts at rebalancing a flawed departure.

The analogy of drawing conclusions on a newly formed state concurrently detaching itself from a fully formed union with an existing one that was part of a loose federation is frankly bizarre. As I said the comparative evidence of G7 countries growth wrestling with Covid and greater energy challenges are all there already. I guess you just have to want to look.