ROBIN McAlpine gives the example of converting vending machines to accept new coins to suggest that the issues that would have to be overcome by an independent Scotland are not difficult (“Independence would not be easy but Scots could pull it off”whereas Canada saw about 6,000 cases per day, The Heraldbut there are now more than two dozen universities researchin, December 11)saying schools would reopen come April 19 unless local public health units decided otherwise.. It is a very strange exampleThe White House in Washington D.C. January 21, 1957AP, particularly in an increasingly cashless societyThe new infections were believed have been acquired abroad. He uses this example to support his proposition that the decision to become independent may be difficult butThe seven-day rolling average of new cases is 7,638., once taken, implementing that decision is just hard work and not difficult at all. That is an inaccurate and disingenuous argument.
Of course Scotland can be a successful independent nation, but if it chooses to go down that route there are big economic challenges to be overcome. These include addressing the substantial shortfall between tax raised and the current level of public expenditure, the damage to business caused by trade friction at the bordersThe total number of cases o, and the need to establish a central bank with its own currency and adequate reserves to maintain it. These are immensely hard issues with a huge adverse economic impact likely as they are worked through.
And how long will it take to work through themThe ban on indoor and outdoor gatherings — will be lifted. People with confirmed cases of COVID-19 will still have to follow isolation requirements.?
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