There has been one comment by one minister saying Spain will not veto a Scottish EU application versus many times previous when Spain, Belgium and Italy have said they would, yet people quite happily go with the one slice of video. Spain is playing politics (how unusual).  This combined with budget deficit rules and the much hated (in Scotland) common fisheries pact is what is now forcing Sturgeon to look at alternatives to full EU member status.
I see many people talking about an alternative to hard Brexit. With the people of the UK voting for border controls and the EU saying any single market deal is tied to the freedom of movement of people could one of them please explain to me what the alternative is?