{"id":121321,"date":"2023-11-20T20:49:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121321"},"modified":"2023-11-20T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:49:55","slug":"humza-yousaf-told-rejoining-eu-will-make-scotland-a-basket-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/humza-yousaf-told-rejoining-eu-will-make-scotland-a-basket-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Humza Yousaf told rejoining EU will make Scotland ‘a basket case’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Humza Yousaf\u2019s SNP risks turning Scotland into an \u201cutter basket case of a failed state\u201d with his party\u2019s plan to take an independent Scotland back into the European Union, Reform UK deputy leader Ben Habib has warned.<\/p>\n

Mr Habib was commenting after the publication of the SNP\u2019s seventh paper on independence, entitled: \u201cAn independent Scotland in the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 78-page document says the process of re-joining the bloc would be “closely aligned” with the process of establishing a Scottish pound, something discussed in a previous paper.<\/p>\n

The document also described plans for checks on goods which are traded across the border between an independent Scotland and England, envisaging what it calls a “single trade window” online.<\/p>\n

However, former Brexit Party MEP Mr Habib was far from convinced.<\/p>\n

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He told Express.co.uk: \u201cThe fact is, Scotland would not be independent if it joins the EU.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have given up its ancient successful union with the rest of Great Britain to join a failing one with the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was obvious that there could be no route for Scotland rejoining without \u201cstanding on its own two legs\u201d for at a number of years, Mr Habib pointed out.<\/p>\n

He explained: \u201cThe EU will insist on being able to assess Scotland as a genuinely independent country, test its economic capability and indeed its general ability to govern itself.<\/p>\n

Humza Yousaf says independent Scotland will rejoin the EU<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe notion that it could hop and skip its way into the EU is absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was this intermediate period of genuine independence which exposed Mr Humza\u2019s ambitions as unworkable, Mr Habib said.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cRight now, it is English generosity that props up Scotland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will he do when that ends? Launch a new currency? Print his own monopoly money with no meaningful economy to back it up?<\/p>\n