end up in the supreme court. there is also a significant political issue for scotland seems to be 50 50 on the question of independence. polls suggest last year, earlier this year, they were giving a small majority in favour of independence. that seems to have dropped recently to nicola sturgeon and the snp have to nicola sturgeon and the snp have to make a brand new case for independence. a lot has changed since the last vote, we have had brexit and a pandemic, and the economic argument would be very different. in 2014, with the last vote, there were buoyant receipts from north sea oil. now it s clear an independent scotland conveys its economy on fossil fuels and nicola sturgeon has said she doesn t favour licensing a new oil field sturgeon has said she doesn t favour licensing a new oilfield near shetland. scotland could do well in renewable energy but that will take years. there is a lot of work to do to come up with a detailed proposition if they want to persuade voters in scotlan