SCOTLAND must act urgently on independence or risk squandering a “historic opportunity” to transform its economy by remaining part of the UK, a pro-Yes think tank has warned.
A new paper by Bottom Line, a think tank which makes the economic case for independence, said that the current high price of oil and Scotland’s “great natural advantages” in renewables could prove transformative for the country’s economy – but not within the Union.
Expert economist Graeme Blackett, who advised the Sustainable Growth Commission and authored the think tank’s report, said: “The opportunity is now. It’s a transition that’ll take a few years but we need to make a start now.
