Scottish Independence
Watch this postI am fed up with the very mention of this subject. Nicola S________ is a total pest I can't spell nucance. She does not give a toss about government only her one track subject. My wife is English and worries sometimes about our hard-line element, o' to get back to a normal politic life as before.
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“Gabriel , I am going to give Scotland towering mountains and magnificent glens resplendent with purple heather . Red deer will roam the countryside , Golden Eagles will circle in the skies, salmon will leap in the crystal clear rivers and lochs , and the surrounding seas will teem with fish . Agriculture will flourish and there will be a glorious coming together of water with barley which will be known as whisky .Coal, oil and gas – all will be there . The Scots will be intelligent , industrious , innovative and – “
Wait a minute interrupted Gabriel – are you not being just a wee bit too generous to these Scots ?”
The Almighty replied “ Not really – I haven’t told you yet who their neighbours are going to be!“
The Scottish subsidy myth — Digital Spy
https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2066643/the-scottish-subsidy-myth
No you are stating the often quoted half story which is tax spending per head which Scotland does get higher per head . You are missing the other component which is often left off deliberately the revenues generated per head. Its net spending per head, taking in tax and revenue which is the relevant figure
YES: 55%
NO: 45%
The surge in YES support flips the result of the 2014 referendum. It's the 5th poll in a row since June showing a rise
KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK Duvat ! Your driving them in the right direction !
This was BEFORE the Act off Union when we ( SCOTLAND ) supported France in the Entente Cordiale I presume we will NOT be asked to pay the £ 2.5 Billion those chancers require ?
"It also put the First Minister’s net approval rating at +50 while the Prime Minister lagged behind at -50. Since last year, it marked a boost of 45 points for Sturgeon and a decrease of 16 for the Tory leader."
SNP membership has overtaken the Conservatives for the first time, pushing the party of government into third place.
Data from the House of Commons Library shows the SNP has just under 125,500 registered members, compared to 124,000 for the Tories.
By the way I couldn’t vote for independence as our GDP is minus 10% with our income at Services 75%.
The usual small band of what the Wee Ginger Dug would describe as “fleg-waving British nationalists” had brought their sound system along. It was loudly playing Rule Britannia for all to hear. This contrasted with the marchers who had, in addition to thousands of Saltires, flags from England, Wales, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, USA, Sri Lanka, India, Catalonia, Malaysia and many more. What a vivid comparison between what Yannis Varoufakis calls “cuddly Scottish nationalism” and the Brit Nat exceptionalism.
politician who single handedly gained independence for Scotland and she will then resign- so to hell with Scotland and their self inflicted austerity.
The vote has been made it should not be done again
Couple of points - the UK is the 6th largest economy in the world not the 4th and has every likelihood of slipping further. The British Empire may well have been the largest in history, but it was resisted everywhere it existed with much of the wealth and power gained through genocide, exploitation of indigenous races and seizing resources. It's interesting to note that in India, "the jewel in the crown" during the nearly 190 years of "Empire" there was no recorded increase in Indian per capita income.
It's a shame that you feel the need to resort to petty name calling of the First Minister.
"As far as name calling is concerned it was a Scots journo who coined the term in the Scots press!"
But your need to repeat it says an awful lot about you.
In your bombastic rhetoric you make assumptions about lots of things, including it would appear the gender of other users.