Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it? | John Swinney
R.The Pantomime season may end, but when it comes to demanding the government that is frequently repeated that it follows economic growth above all, the “IT You You” cry appears louder than ever. This classic Panto joke works when everyone can see something clearly, but the character on the stage pretends to be not. This is with Boris Johnson Britain’s exit from the European Union Rachel Reeves’s attempts to kick the economy. Reeves and Keir Starmer ignores what is blindly clear to everyone: Brexit is a major traction on British growth prospects. They know that this is true, but they refuse to recognize it, and most importantly, do anything about it.
However, there is nothing comic about this situation. Brexit, the steel negotiated by Johnson, took out the UK from the European Union, the Unified Market, and the Wahid Customs Union. As a result, people pay the price through Top food billsLow growth and thus low tax revenues that can be spent on NHS.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the United Kingdom, which officially left this great project – as the two countries meet on the basis of the agreed values - to exchange and enhance sovereignty for the public good. For Starmer, Nigel Farage appears to be more than impact on decision -making of his interests ScotlandWhere the freedom of the European movement in particular has affected our country in many ways, culturally and economically.
To be clear, I do not see freedom of movement just a preference to secure business access to the huge unified market. They are complementary benefits, and help business, societies and universities with global level. Enabling people to live, love, work and study across the European Union is one of the great achievements of the European Union. Of course, Britain from the European Union was driven ScotlandBesides Northern IrelandDecally to stay in the European Union. This same calls to question the idea of the UK as a voluntary union for equal partners.
The European Union is not perfect, but its foundational values - human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights – are valuable basics in our society that I want to protect and care for. However, these values are challenged internally and externally. Therefore, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lin, explained, Davos speech Last week, this is the reason why countries that believe in cooperation to continue working together are in a joint endeavor to link these values.
For many people, although these values will feel severely, the economic cost is the most important. The Scottish government presented this week after More evidence One of the continuous damage to trade and gross domestic product is due to fixed proxite. It is not possible to simply claim that growth is the first priority while engaging in the Westminster plot to silence Britain’s exit from the European Union. The work seems to be wandering in a state of greater panic on ideas to enhance growth, while ignoring all the evidence of the damage caused by the British exit from the European Union that it inherited but refuses to seek change in any meaningful way.
I think it is time to respond to this consensus in Brexit Westminster. In the short term, the government needs to clarify what it actually it wants from “reset” European relations. The Scottish government is clear about our priorities: for example, we need an ambition Veterinary agreement To help our food and drink; We need more reliable cooperation in energy to help enhance investment and address climate emergency. We strongly need a youth movement to open more educational opportunities for our youth again.
The most daring and necessary step is to join the unified market and the customs union and refueling with our trade Europe. The Scottish government will be a partner ready with the UK government and the European Union to seek to achieve these goals, which will have a real impact on people’s lives. So I urge the government to think again about its red lines that defeat itself and seek a truly closest relationship with our European colleagues.
For Scotland, the real prize, of course, is to become a member state of our right for the first time. It is amazing that the European Union countries are very similar to Scotland with high productivity and greater equality from the United Kingdom. For Ireland, it was convincingly said that flexibility in politics came with independence, along with the membership of the European Union, which enabled economic takeoff.
For the rest of the United Kingdom, it seems imperative for the journey to start a member state of the European Union at some point. It is definitely better to start this trip instead of continuing to endure such continuous economic damage.
