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Privately, Swinney recognises the potential dangers for the SNP in devolution: that the new parliament might become a cul-de-sac which blocks theroadtoindependence.
So I think we ought to take a hard look at -- and we've got an estimated 500 year supply of natural gas, so I just say to my colleagues I think we ought to start looking at energy independence so we don't have to deal with these problems down theroad.
It does, however, leave the door open to Scotland opting for its own currency quite a long way further down theroad, giving Holyrood much more genuine independence.