First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. Flickr/First Minister of Scotland. Some rights reserved.
On July 8, former Permanent UK Treasury Secretary Sir Nicholas Macpherson wrote an article in the Financial Times titled “The case for Scottish independence looks stronger post-Brexit.” The ex- civil servant, who advised Scots to vote ‘No’ in 2014, joins growing numbers of Scottish voters whose support for independence appears to be growing in the aftermath of the EU referendum.
“The United Kingdom is on its last legs”, says LSE’s Keith Hart. “Scotland will surely go it alone even if the EU is reluctant to accept a new separatist member.” Although it is not certain that Scotland will “go it alone”, a second independence referendum is probably inevitable. In this event, a “Yes” vote will be a “Yes” to EU membership.
