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"Scotland is very centralised economically and politically. Smaller towns can fall down the back of the couch," he explained.

It comes amid lower revenues from tariffs and other financial challenges, likely leaving officials "shaking every couch cushion loose for change", said Ms Surkes.

In July, the two squeezed next to each other on Baca’s couch at the lawyer’s Long Beach home, hands interlocked.

More than once, Piña has been caught sitting on his couch in his underwear, writing scripts on his laptop, as Hollywood tour buses stop at the traffic light outside.

It struck me during one more endless silent night alone on the couch that there was no good reason for me to live in this big old house by myself.