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John Swinney, the deputy first minister in Scotland, was met with frustrated Scottish voters last night on BBC Question Time. Mr Swinney, a strong ally of Nicola Sturgeon, watched on as a number of audience members in the East Lothian city of Musselburgh took aim at the SNP plans. Several ‘undecided’ voters in the audience picked apart claims about an independent Scotland and voiced concerns about the economic impact of breaking up the UK.
One woman told Mr Swinney: “I am undecided at the moment because I think the timing is wrong.
“We have a war in Ukraine, we also have a cost of living crisis that affects the whole of the UK.
“I’m still unsure about the economic cost of independence.”
Another woman voiced her concern: “My partner works for a UK company so for us it’s the uncertainty that if Scotland were to become independent, what would happen to his job?
“Would it remain in Scotland?”
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A man raised concerns about the economic viability of an independent Scotland.
He said: “Oil prices completely dropped right after the last independence referendum.
“We would have been bankrupt as a country, so where would the revenue have come from?”
Mr Swinney, who struggled to counter the number of criticisms, sought to defend the SNP’s independence plans after Ms Sturgeon set the date for a referendum on 19 October 2023.
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