Scotch Independence - the countdown

"the £2.5 billion in lottery funding that Scottish charities and good causes have received since 1994"

In the last 5 years alone Sport England has received £950m from ONE fund.

 

Too much. That's why I don't buy Lotto tix, stopped buying them about 18 years ago.

 

She is spouting lies though.

The majority of people in England would be quite glad to get rid of Scotland. They don't like that we can vote on things relating to England but they can't do the same on certain Scottish matters.

She is not dumb and knows fine well that she is spouting lies. It is pure fear propaganda to convince people to vote for the status quo. Well the status quo isn't working anymore. It is time for a change and dinosaurs like her can get lost with their negativity.

Billy Connolly is right their is too many dour faced bastards in this country. "You shall not? We ****ing shall, we come from a country where the thistles are knee high and the men wear skirts."

 

And that is based on...?

 

Deborah Orr wrote a good article in yesterday's Guardian,Imo she up a good argument for a YES vote,just saying

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...h-independence-change-england-more-jk-rowling

 

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...-Scottish-independence-statement-in-full.html

Seems a reasonable opinion.

Can't see scaremongering lies...it's her opinion.

People are allowed to want the status quo...

 

Brilliant!

 

Didn't say they can't but at least base it on facts and not propaganda.

 

I actually disagree with some of it. Especially the patriotism argument.

There is *****s on both sides of the debate, on both sides of every debate. Basing your vote on that, even partially, is ****ing stupid if you ask me.

I have my reasons for voting yes but given the amount of money JK Rowling has at her disposal I wouldn't even ****ing live in the UK, be it united or separated.

 

How dare you question the mighty Eric. He knows the exact opinion of every individual in England on every matter you can think of from Sctottish independence to how we will do in the World Cup. Some would call him an ignorant **** who picks up on the extreme view of one idiot and interprets it as meaning that's what 46 million others think but I'm not impolite enough to do that.

 

And every Yes opinion is based on facts...

Sure it is...no wish lists, fanciful facts or opinions...

 

100 percent fact I suppose...

 

Who the **** cares? The people of Scotland are intelligent enough to see through their bullshit. The more they spout their scare stories and smears the more the Yes vote goes up.

Obama's, Clinton's and Jakie Rowling's intervention has made **** all difference. Better Together have no positive case for the Union so resort to repeating the same old lies and bullshit.

 

Patronize much...

 

That doesn't have anything to do with how much of a spacker eric is.

**** off.

ps. I don't know what one of you ****s introduced him to GC either but you can **** off as well.

 

* Patronise. You're welcome.

 

Here is the breakdown of all lottery grants by region for Dev or anyone else who is interested:
http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/PreDefinedAreaSummary.aspx?ID=PDACR

I've added totals and percentage spend by region:

[TABLE="width: 1021"]
[TR]
[TD]Area
[/TD]
[TD]Arts
[/TD]
[TD]Charitable Expenditure
[/TD]
[TD]Health, Education, Environment
[/TD]
[TD]Health, Education, Environment and Charitable Expenditure
[/TD]
[TD]Heritage
[/TD]
[TD]Millennium
[/TD]
[TD]Sport
[/TD]
[TD]Totals
[/TD]
[TD]Percentage
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]East Midlands
[/TD]
[TD]£162,947,824
[/TD]
[TD]£199,437,078
[/TD]
[TD]£208,901,945
[/TD]
[TD]£172,601,710
[/TD]
[TD]£330,898,464
[/TD]
[TD]£72,710,624
[/TD]
[TD]£472,936,119
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,620,433,764
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5.62
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eastern
[/TD]
[TD]£169,993,584
[/TD]
[TD]£206,035,306
[/TD]
[TD]£172,283,671
[/TD]
[TD]£182,221,972
[/TD]
[TD]£404,270,411
[/TD]
[TD]£56,491,067
[/TD]
[TD]£262,186,661
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,453,482,672
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5.04
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]London
[/TD]
[TD]£1,393,489,682
[/TD]
[TD]£628,031,272
[/TD]
[TD]£601,802,314
[/TD]
[TD]£671,520,933
[/TD]
[TD]£1,119,041,804
[/TD]
[TD]£921,584,312
[/TD]
[TD]£795,241,891
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£6,130,712,208
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]21.27
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]North East
[/TD]
[TD]£227,541,962
[/TD]
[TD]£183,611,608
[/TD]
[TD]£155,356,998
[/TD]
[TD]£153,957,761
[/TD]
[TD]£296,355,402
[/TD]
[TD]£70,118,847
[/TD]
[TD]£182,500,160
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,269,442,738
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4.40
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]North West
[/TD]
[TD]£367,729,461
[/TD]
[TD]£388,373,757
[/TD]
[TD]£344,066,054
[/TD]
[TD]£337,044,775
[/TD]
[TD]£637,168,550
[/TD]
[TD]£110,531,992
[/TD]
[TD]£541,528,679
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£2,726,443,268
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9.46
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Northern Ireland
[/TD]
[TD]£126,344,165
[/TD]
[TD]£130,949,152
[/TD]
[TD]£151,028,959
[/TD]
[TD]£230,146,836
[/TD]
[TD]£189,251,874
[/TD]
[TD]£84,059,481
[/TD]
[TD]£128,369,800
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,040,150,267
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3.61
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Scotland
[/TD]
[TD]£349,731,033
[/TD]
[TD]£315,510,236
[/TD]
[TD]£321,124,540
[/TD]
[TD]£499,894,746
[/TD]
[TD]£651,117,182
[/TD]
[TD]£246,576,566
[/TD]
[TD]£188,970,243
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£2,572,924,546
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8.92
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]South East
[/TD]
[TD]£325,830,854
[/TD]
[TD]£277,571,874
[/TD]
[TD]£226,766,601
[/TD]
[TD]£207,843,012
[/TD]
[TD]£631,911,865
[/TD]
[TD]£97,112,407
[/TD]
[TD]£498,750,316
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£2,265,786,929
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7.86
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]South West
[/TD]
[TD]£247,784,664
[/TD]
[TD]£232,841,189
[/TD]
[TD]£185,916,202
[/TD]
[TD]£270,381,708
[/TD]
[TD]£545,131,889
[/TD]
[TD]£143,828,822
[/TD]
[TD]£296,937,685
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,922,822,159
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6.67
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wales
[/TD]
[TD]£212,039,877
[/TD]
[TD]£180,304,762
[/TD]
[TD]£185,562,971
[/TD]
[TD]£264,254,330
[/TD]
[TD]£291,379,660
[/TD]
[TD]£132,803,187
[/TD]
[TD]£182,612,734
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,448,957,521
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5.03
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]West Midlands
[/TD]
[TD]£403,827,268
[/TD]
[TD]£283,226,034
[/TD]
[TD]£251,562,523
[/TD]
[TD]£259,763,488
[/TD]
[TD]£433,728,077
[/TD]
[TD]£117,353,065
[/TD]
[TD]£382,981,428
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£2,132,441,883
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7.40
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yorkshire and Humberside
[/TD]
[TD]£264,406,311
[/TD]
[TD]£270,411,143
[/TD]
[TD]£237,053,239
[/TD]
[TD]£249,183,880
[/TD]
[TD]£438,118,802
[/TD]
[TD]£97,971,024
[/TD]
[TD]£321,898,960
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£1,879,043,359
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6.52
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Not Derived
[/TD]
[TD]£303,526,404
[/TD]
[TD]£191,877,180
[/TD]
[TD]£60,368,638
[/TD]
[TD]£772,825,559
[/TD]
[TD]£37,839,492
[/TD]
[TD]£29,336,275
[/TD]
[TD]£970,726,792
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£2,366,500,340
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8.21
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Totals
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£4,555,193,089
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£3,488,180,591
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£3,101,794,655
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£4,271,640,710
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£6,006,213,472
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£2,180,477,669
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£5,225,641,468
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]£28,829,141,654
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Populations by country from 2011 census, seems Scotland gets slightly more than its fair share:

[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TH]Part
[/TH]
[TH]Population (2011)
[/TH]
[TH="colspan: 2"]Percentage (2011)
[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]England
[/TD]
[TD]53,012,456
[/TD]
[TD]83.9
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]83.9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Scotland
[/TD]
[TD]5,295,000
[/TD]
[TD]8.4
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]8.4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wales
[/TD]
[TD]3,063,456
[/TD]
[TD]4.8
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]4.8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Northern Ireland
[/TD]
[TD]1,810,863
[/TD]
[TD]2.9
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]2.9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]United Kingdom
[/TD]
[TD]63,182,000
[/TD]
[TD]100
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]100
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]