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This from the Chair of the Wetherspoon pub chain:

“I think there’s been a massive amount of nonsense talked, especially by businessmen, about Scottish independence.

“There’s no reason why Scotland shouldn’t thrive as an independent economy if that’s what the Scots want.

“New Zealand has the same population, Switzerland does very well and Singapore with half the population is an economic miracle. There’s no reason a small country can’t thrive.”