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It is positive, progressive steps have been made, and Brexit will be better because of that. It is in everyone’s best interests to have pragmatic and progressive talks to get the best for the UK and Scotland and to seek progress.
As a democrat, I accept that the vote was a UK-wide decision and that it was for the UK to leave the EU. We need to leave on the best possible terms and secure the best outcome for Scotland’s economy and the people of Scotland and the wider UK.
We should focus on the outcome and, if we support it, ask ourselves what the best way of delivering it is. Is the review group’s proposed solution the best way?
From what I understand, the Government is not saying that one is best. The different measures that Mr Mason described do not all seek to perform the same function.