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Scottish Conservatives are proud to be Scottish.

We believe Scotland is Much better off being part of the most effective Political Union history has ever seen.

The grass isn't always greener in the next field, indeed in the case for Scottish independence, the next field is virtually a wasteland and here is why.

 

Scotland trades more with the rest of the UK than we do with the rest of the world combined.

According to the latest Scottish Government figures, our largest trading partner by far is the rest of the UK. This Home Market makes up 60% of our total trade - a massive £48.9bn. A hard border with England would erect trade barriers with England.

The EU accounts for 18% of our total exports, standing at £14.9bn and our trade with the rest of the world stands at 22%, totalling £17.6bn.

Scotland only Generates 8% of the total UK Tax income, yet we spend 9.3%

That means Scotlands Deficit was £12.6bn, or 7% of GDP, compared to just 1.1% across the rest of the UK.

Putting it into a clearer perspective. That's an annual extra boost, of £1,986.00 for every single person in Scotland, or £7,872, for a family of 4.

The figure is just unsustainable in an independent Scotland.

These figures are from the Scottish Governments own GERS Expendature report, (GERS), which the SNP conveniently "forget" to tell people about.

Another fact the SNP forget to tell people is that this deficit is more than double the level set by the EU for all member states. So there would be no automatic entry to the EU, as Sturgeon is claiming. We would need to sort all this first, and that's no easy task. where is the average family going to find even half of £7,872 per year.

 

Independence would be 8 times as costly for Scotland as the worst-case Brexit. Leaving the UK after 300 years would be far harder than Britain leaving the EU after just 40 years

Whatever your views on Brexit, independence is not the answer. 

Read the report from Scottish Business UK here.

Twelve years of SNP government have led to an obsessive focus on independence – all while Scotland’s public services and its economy have been neglected. So long as the SNP are in power, Scottish schools and hospitals will always take second place to the pursuit of another independence referendum.

We are opposed to a second independence referendum and stand with the majority of people in Scotland, who do not want to return to division and uncertainty. Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP promised that the 2014 referendum would be a ‘once in a generation’ vote and the result was decisive. We believe that outcome should be respected.

 

Only the Scottish Conservatives can block a Sturgeon/Corbyn alliance and stop a second independence referendum, so that we can get Brexit sorted and Scotland can move on from uncertainty and division.

 A post-Brexit deal for Scottish fishing:

As outlined above, we will leave the Common Fisheries Policy, become an independent coastal state, and take back control of our waters in December 2020.

 Alcohol Duty Review:

Scotch whisky is a national export that supports 42,000 jobs across the UK. Yet the tax on each bottle of Scotch sold in this country represents almost three-quarters of its price. That is why over the past two years we have frozen the duty on spirits, cutting the price of a bottle of Scotch by 30p. Now, we want to do more, which is why we will review alcohol duty to ensure that our tax system is supporting British drink producers.

Oil and gas sector deal:

The oil and gas industry employs almost 300,000 people, of whom four in 10 work in Scotland. We believe that the North Sea oil and gas industry has a long future ahead and know the sector has a key role to play as we move to a Net Zero economy.

We will support this transition in the next Parliament with a transformational sector deal. 

 

Download the full 2019 Scottish Conservative Manifesto

 

 

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