Nicola Sturgeon has said that the UK faces a “lost decade” of economic and social misery after leaving the European Union — and suggested that independence could be the only way to protect Scotland from it. The first minister painted the dire scenario to MSPs yesterday. She said that, while the expected time for the UK to leave the EU after Article 50 had been triggered was two years, that did not cover the establishment of new working relationships between the former member state and the bloc, which would take far longer. “I do think there is a real risk…

Source: The Times September 14, 2016 23:04 UTC