Alternative forms of governance

Question 1

Unionist point 1- Scotland would be worse of economically if independent due to fiscal deficit.

Answer 1

In 2019-20 Scotland’s fiscal deficit was £15 billion.

Question 2

Nationalist point 1- Scotland may become better off economically if independent,

Answer 2

Ireland was poorer than England per capital before it became independent- but now has since grown richer per capita.

Question 3

Unionist point 2- Scotland is democratic currently within the UK.

Answer 3

Johnson’s UK Gov only won 6/59 seats in Scotland but promised to prioritise protecting scotlands fishing industry in the UK-EU trade negotiations.

Question 4

Nationalist point 2- Scotland has a democratic deficit.

Answer 4

A majority of all constituencies in Scotland voted to remain in the EU yet still had to leave as the majority of the UK had voted to leave.

Question 5

Unionist point 3- Scotland benefits from sharing defence capabilities with rest of the UK.

Answer 5

The SNP plane for defence call for a single quadron of fast jets but the UK already has 4x that amount- most recently used in 2020.

Question 6

Nationalist point 3- Scotland doesn’t need to be in the UK to be well defended.

Answer 6

Fast jets from several NATO countries are deployed to Estonia and Iceland to defend their airspace from Russia.