The Edinburgh Union hosted its inaugural debate on the motion: This House Believes Scotland Should Be Independent, on Monday evening, which included a panel of senior Scottish politicians. He went on to add: “The question is not whether Britain is a bad place, or whether an independent Scotland would be a utopian place; it’s not that simple. “I don’t think Scotland is that beacon of innovation anymore,” he said. (Image: Edinburgh Union)“Why I want an independent Scotland is not for the money, it’s not for the glory, it’s not for the riches that are set out in the Declaration of Arbroath. The debate was also opened up to a short Q&A with students from the University of Edinburgh, who all, bar one, had questions for the panel arguing for Scottish independence.