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https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1384438658707640320It's because the norm since the start of the modern democratic era, post WW2, is that if you're part of a society characterised by liberty & democratic representation then there's a reasonable expectation you should tolerate the diversity and inclusivity that comes with that. 2/
https://twitter.com/instituteforgov/status/1331533066125406208Leaving aside how morally repugnant it would be to leave that debt solely as the responsibility of the people of the remaining UK just after a pandemic in which the UK has borrowed so heavily to save lives & jobs in Scotland, it's also revealing of SNP strategy in another way. 2/
https://twitter.com/tomfrench85/status/1280827810630774786Sub-sovereign bonds are debt instruments 'issued' - sold - by sub-national governments & are not uncommon, especially in federations. The Free State of Bavaria for example issued €3 billion of bonds in March to help finance lockdown. 2/
https://twitter.com/JohnFerry18/status/1271063847906967558First, no one is saying a country of 5 million people with an advanced economy can't issue debt, have a central bank controlling its money supply etc. The argument is one of transition - going from being an integrated part of a single monetary & fiscal entity, the UK, and 2/