SOCIAL Justice Secretary Shona Robison has hit back at suggestions that an independent Scotland would be “in the mire” and worse off than amid the current economic turmoil created by the UK Government.
The SNP MSP pointed out that the Scottish Government “cannot mitigate everything” the Tory Westminster Government imposes due to their finite budget.
Speaking on the BBC Sunday Show, Robison was asked if she would reconsider pushing for Scottish independence due to the economic outlook of the UK, something she strongly denied, adding that leaving the Union would allow Scotland to “do something different”.
