but local journalist david jameson thinks that's unrealistic. the idea or independent scottish membership of the european union or nobody knows what nobody knows what basis and it's a totally untested proposition before the scottish cup we know that 62 percent voted for the for the u.k. the membership of the european union in store but that would be wildly different for all scotland's membership let's remind ourselves as well that the european union is a very different organization for its major states its largest states lay france germany and formally u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller states and i think it is in debate on a future independent scotland's membership of the european union then those issues will come sharply into focus and we should expect it. will be more critical of the idea than they were in the 2016 referendum when of course they were voting for a much larger state to stay in the european union and many more dangers facing scotland joining the european union as a new small state. british medics have sl