Take Ireland for example: similar population, open borders with the UK, doing ok financially.
That took about 7 decades though. When I first went to Ireland in 1986 it was like going back in time 20 years crossing the border. I absolutely loved it there and still do but it only really started to thrive as a modern economy in the 90s (and probably with a lot of EU assistance).
I think that was one of FA’s points, that being Ireland etc. isn’t necessarily going to happen overnight and that the SNP perhaps aren’t giving an honest assessment of the processes and challenges that going independent will entail. From a distance they seem to be arguing that if Scotland becomes independent everything will stay the same unless they want things to change and they’ll have the power to do that out of Westminster’s clutched which seems very simplistic.
