Originally posted by The_Equalizer
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Evidence the Scots Would Have Been Just Fine on Thier Own
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostIt might start finding out who the beneficiaries of public services are. I'm fairly certain it extends beyond Scotland. In fact I know as much from those amongst my fraternity.
Cutting taxes is no way to go. No one wants a race to the bottom.
The same way as England is doing right now, most likely. Has it occurred to you we borrow everyday from international lenders? We're bankrupt.
Access to the UK working market or the EU working market. Mmmmm tough one.
I'm sorry to say but I recognise myself more so with my european counterparts than those in the South of the UK whom seem obsessed with house prices and keeping up with the jones. That's just not living a full life.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostPerhaps that's something to do with the fact that over the past 40+ years Scotland gets a government it din't vote for. And suffers and suffers.
Scotland is politically different from the rUK. End of.
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostCertainly not more so than Northern Ireland and every region has distinct voting patterns.
And you have got the government you voted for. So how does the SNP (now it has pretty much total control of Scotland's budget) resolve its overspending?
Cutting taxes is no way to go. No one wants a race to the bottom.
Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostHow on earth would it have made up the loss of oil revenue if you were on your own?
Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostWhy do you think you'd be better off in the EU than the UK?.
I'm sorry to say but I recognise myself more so with my european counterparts than those in the South of the UK whom seem obsessed with house prices and keeping up with the jones. That's just not living a full life.
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It's striking how similar the SNP and Sinn Fein's rhetoric is.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostYeah suffered from free prescriptions and free higher education. Did I miss anything?
There are other spots in the UK that get free prescriptions (in my view wrongly for those over a certain income threshold) and don't pay £9K/year fees.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostYeah suffered from free prescriptions and free higher education. Did I miss anything?Leave a comment:
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Yeah suffered from free prescriptions and free higher education. Did I miss anything?Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostAh......what's that sound, its my fecking heart breakingLeave a comment:
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostThat said, if you do become like Portugal then perhaps SASGuru might move up your way.
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He's just annoyed that the Scot's bottled their chance of independence but the English didn't.Leave a comment:
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