The possible financial costs and risks, or savings and opportunities, of implementing a new constitutional framework are, naturally, not considered in GERS. Similarly, it does not report on the effects of faster or slower economic growth in an independent Scotland.

The large debts shown by the 2020/1 GERS are temporary and not structural.  They do not indicate that Scotland cannot afford to be inedpendent.

The UK Government has diverted Scotland’s wealth to the UK Treasury to pay off its debts.  Thus it creates 100% of Scotland’s supposed debts and 100% of its phoney deficit. This is the impact of Westminster’s debt loading alone, and upon that accounting trick, rests the entire economic case for the Union.  Would an independent Scotland have to pay the rUK a population share of the UK’s historical debt?  No – there is in fact a very strong case for Scotland to be compensated for having already paid more than it’s “fair share” of the UK’s debt

― Taking a look at UK debt over the long-term shows that it is historically at a very low level. It is also incorrect to claim that we cannot afford the interest on debt.

― The reality is that there has rarely been a more favourable time for the UK Government to borrow in order to invest in renewing its infrastructure and fostering new industries.