Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
According to Scotland.org Scotland's top export markets are:

USA
Netherlands
France
Germany

They're big seafood exporters, especially salmon and langoustines, and obviously whisky is a massive export for them. Apparently there is more Scottish whisky sold in France each month than Cognac in a year!

And if they leave the U.K. it will be with the aim of remaining in the EU
As a leave supporter in the EU referendum and seeing the full weight of project fear from the British Establishment I am a little more sympathetic to the SNP's economic case than I was in 2014. But isn't there just a teensy weensy flaw in Nicola Sturgeon's argument?

According to her if Britain leaves the single market it will be hugely damaging to the Scottish economy and cost lots of jobs. I would question that but ok I can see why some people would make the argument. But according to the Scottish Government's own figures, Scotland exports 64.4% to the rest of the UK, 20.2% to the rest of the world and only 15.4% to the EU. So how does becoming independent from the UK, joining the EU and thereby not being a member of the UK's single market make sense?