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Judith Duffy

Tories' Brexit mistakes 'need not be repeated with independence', study says

The Union Jack, Saltire and European Union flags at the Scottish PArliament Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald 18/4/16

THE chaos of the lengthy Brexit process would not need to be repeated if Scotland left the UK, according to a new academic study.

Dr Benjamin Martill, lecturer in politics and international relations at Edinburgh University, has outlined a series of “lessons” from how the UK left the EU, which he said both sides of the independence debate can heed.Opponents of independence have often pointed to Brexit as an example of the disruption caused by leaving a union.

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