Scottish independence

[highlandsflyer]

Re:

The simple, and fair, answer is that Scotland would bail out the percentage they were responsible for.

As far as Scotland not being able to cope with issues like currency and such..

We originated many of these institutions and customs within the union. We have always been a nation of movers and shakers, there is absolutely no reason to believe we don't have the weight of knowledge and intellect to work out how to deal with the challenges that might face us were we to be breaking away from an uncooperative union.

Truth is, once the dust settled we would face no such lack of cooperation, as the rest of the union are our friends in war and peace. This is a political break up, not a social incompatibility.

And for the oil, well very little of the revenue comes from the actual thing itself.

Most of the taxes would belong to Scotland. There is where the money comes from.

Anyhoo, it is very unlikely we need to worry about all this is it not?

 

[technodup]

We have always been a nation of movers and shakers, there is absolutely no reason to believe we don't have the weight of knowledge and intellect to work out how to deal with the challenges that might face us were we to be breaking away from an uncooperative union.

Two recent challenges we (or rather the politicians) couldn't cope with.
Edinburgh Trams
Est. cost- £375m, actual cost estimated at £1bn
3 years delay

Scottish Parliament
Est. cost- £50m, actual cost £420m
3 years delay

Two of the biggest projects Scotland has undertaken since devolution, both royally fucked up. Not to mention the colossal waste of money we're spunking on the white elephant that is the shittiest world games out there. I don't want that shower spending a penny more, far less have the resources to do what they like. That said this type of crap isn't unique to Scotland- the UK is just as bad, between the NHS IT, Millennium Dome etc., and god only knows how much HS2 will cost to save a few minutes. Governments should do and spend AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. They're really bad at it.

I met Colin Fox and a couple of his cronies in Stirling yesterday offering me a leaflet about an socialistic independent Scotland. As I pulled a face of disgust and told him to keep his leaflet a crony asked me to outline why I thought we would be better off in the UK. He didn't seem to understand it was up to him as the instigator of change to persuade me. All anti Tory bollocks as per, he mentioned libraries closing and staff losing their jobs. Why do these clowns think it's governments role to keep people in jobs? Particularly the type of jobs that due to technology will be literally redundant in the not too distant?

UKIP this week. NO in September. Conservative & Unionist next year.

They are certainly against disbanding the Scottish Government though. Ever.

It would be difficult given Scotland doesn't have a government. It's the Scottish Executive and no amount of poxy window dressing by the fat charlatan changes that. See the Scotland Act.

Glad I got that off my chest.