Lol erm I don't think so! My main point is I think we're stronger together and need to help each other fend off the EU and then maybe we go our separate ways.
There is one major reason why the current Westminster government does not want an independent Scotland and that is the prospect of a Scotland, a nation it shares the same land mass with, with full fiscal policy autonomy. Such an eventuality would have the Commons, HM Exchequer and every enterprise agency within England quaking in their boots. Watch the corporation tax in Scotland plummet, then watch foreign investment jump ship double quick from England to Scotland. However Scotland would need to be a member of the EU, and within the EU tax barrier, to make this work. Expect Westminster to torpedo any attempt by an independent Scotland to join the EU in order to preserve the cushy southerner standard of living
Oh dear, the EU boogeyman again. Remind me again what it is from them that you need to "fend off" exactly. Could it be the lower food prices through farming subsidies, could it be the enterprise opportunities afforded through minimal tax barriers in accessing a population of over 300 million? but they wouldn't let us deport Hamza
The jocks will be fine if they vote yes. Sir bob geldof will have a massive fund raiser every now an then to help feed them. Children in need will be no more. It will be scots in need and instead of pudsey it will be Rab c Nesbit. We will see them reet. When they vote yes can we ship all the Roma gypsies and asylum seekers north of the border then rebuild harridans wall to keep them in?
The fact you think that's even a problem for this country's economy is ****ing pathetic. please log in to view this image
I'd accept moving them to the flat below your bedsit. Any others be supplied tents to live in your road
Oh yeah? Well where the ****'s my share of that? Anecdotal evidence I know, but when I visit friends and family in the north of England, they all seem to drive better cars, have more holidays, and more disposable incomes than all but the minority in the south. Due largely to the crippling cost of housing down here.
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/oct/31/public-arts-spending-london-15-times-greater That's pretty much how it works for everything else in this country.
No it isn't. Spending on the arts is skewed by the high number of galleries and theatres in London. Do the same calculations for Scotland and you'd find a heavy bias towards Edinburgh.
No, no you wouldn't. And whose money funded all those galleries and theatres in London? Who subsidises London-based opera to the tune of tens of millions every year?
My own anecdotal evidence is all British-ish jobs on a similar level to my own are located in London, the Channel Islands, IOM or the Republic of Ireland - I can't go home because there are no jobs at home. Ebay just opened their European headquarters in Dundalk just over the ROI side of the Irish border http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0425/385517-ebay-dundalk/ - they opened there as they have access to cheap commuting Northern Irish staff who are paid much lower wages than their equivalents in Dublin. The UK as it is simply doesn't work for the regions - London as the capital of the country is draining all the talent and there are few incentives to base businesses in the regions, bar logistics and cheap staff. If you are on benefits or sentimental about your British identity I can see why you might vote to keep the status quo, but I can't imagine how anyone else thinks that Scotland, NI and Wales living off redistributed English wealth is a system which should be maintained in the long term.
