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A man raised concerns about the economic viability of an independent Scotland.<\/p>\n
He said: “Oil prices completely dropped right after the last independence referendum.<\/p>\n
“We would have been bankrupt as a country, so where would the revenue have come from?”<\/p>\n
Mr Swinney, who struggled to counter the number of criticisms, sought to defend the SNP’s independence plans after Ms Sturgeon set the date for a referendum on 19 October 2023.<\/p>\n
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He said: “We had a larger share of the vote, more MSPs than we had in the previous parliamentary term, and there is a parliamentary majority in favour of legislating for a referendum on independence.”<\/p>\n
However, it was not just in the audience that Mr Swinney faced a backlash as The Spectator’s Isabel Hardman questioned the party’s currency strategy.<\/p>\n
She said: “Essentially your proposal in terms of independence is to create more turmoil.<\/p>\n
“Is it better because it’s SNP turmoil rather than Tory turmoil?”<\/p>\n
DON’T MISS:<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC audience confronts Sturgeon’s deputy in furious outburst [VIDEO] Earlier in the programme, Question Time’s host Fiona Bruce was left stunned when she asked who among the audience is in favour of Scottish independence.<\/p>\n She said she was expecting “plenty of pro-independence voices” but was astounded to find that only one audience member nodded their head.<\/p>\n Recent damning polls from YouGov, Survation and Comres all showed that support for independence was flagging.<\/p>\n YouGov found that while ‘yes’ support had grown to 43 percent, ‘no’ remained in the lead at 45 percent.<\/p>\n Survation found only 35 percent of voters wanted a referendum next year, with 53 percent opposed.<\/p>\n
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