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John Swinney: Scottish independence referendum will happen soon
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Could it be possible for Scotland to gain independence while maintaining good trade relations with England?
Of course, but that requires both sides to actually want that. The rest of UK will not want this to work for the same reason that the EU didn't want Brexit to work, it gives other nations ideas about leaving. Even the SNP doesn't really want it to go perfectly because they'll lose their scapegoat that has given them power for over 15 years.
Sorry, but this just isn't true.
You can absolutely be in the whole integrated EU market and not be a member. Other countries do it, but the ONLY way to do it is to follow the exact same rules for every single product.
And that's the one thing the UK absolutely refused to do. You can't be part of an internal market if you refuse to follow the rules, and since an EU Scotland would, and a Brexit England wouldn't, it can't work, ever.