Scottish independence could be delivered within five years, Scotland's new first minister has told Sky News.
Scottish independence could be delivered within five years, Scotland's new first minister has told Sky News. John Swinney, who became first minister this week, said he believes the country could split from the rest of the UK in five years thanks to Brexit and the cost of living crisis. He told Sky News: 'I think independence can be delivered in that timescale because the arguments for it are compelling.
'Both of those are major strategic factors that are doing severe economic and social damage to Scotland because of bad decisions taken in Westminster. 'And independence is the answer to that.' He said Scotland was 'forced out of the European Union against our will' as a majority in the country voted to remain. 'If we'd been an independent country, we will be able to take part in Europe and not have all the damaging disruption that we faced,' he added.
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