Generally I would want to see a well run country before I gave them a shot of independence
so wonder what we are missing here ?
As I mentioned above they can borrow on bond markets .
Re the education : I wonder if that’s why they want to see the back of the private schools as they clearly did a far better job in lockdown ( with a few exceptions )
When I was growing up a good Scottish education was available for everyone so how did it go so badly wrong ?