Except, you know, none of this is true.
1) Oil prices have been rising, and the Scottish economy isn't dependent upon it. This is obvious when you remember that the Scottish economy, as the oil revenues crashed, catastrophically, disastrously, and horribly collapsed by... 1%. Oil prices going down are bad for that sector, but good for other parts of the economy; it balances out.
2) Scotland would NOT have to apply for EU membership from scratch. This has been thoroughly debunked so many times, it's remarkable that people still cough it up. There's just no excuse, at all, for not knowing that this is utter nonsense.
As @
Tommo mentioned, this should be a thread where the democratic pros and cons are discussed; not the usual spreading of utter rubbish masquerading as serious considerations.
Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom, but it also (by higher percentage and majority) voted to stay in the European Union. There is only one way out of this constitutional contradiction; giving the people of Scotland another vote when they know what Brexit is going to look like.
That's
exactly what the First Minister announced today.
This time... I suspect the result will be different. And I, for one, can't wait.