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IndyRef2 : This time it's war!

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  • GB9
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    If Nicola was to put Devo max on the table Scotland would be off like a shot.
    Why doesn't she then?

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  • scooterscot
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    If Nicola was to put Devo max on the table Scotland would be off like a shot.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    So in short, your view is that anything bad that happens in Scotland is down to the nasty Tories in Westminster, and anything good that happens is as a direct result of the visionary fiscal policies of the SNP in Edinburgh?
    You really have brought your A-game to the stupidity table, haven't you?

    Can the Scottish government cut corporation tax like other small countries such as Ireland? No

    Can the Scottish government cut VAT? No.

    Can the Scottish government change the amount of duty collect on the fuel? No.

    The only thing they can do is raise tax on income and land-tax. And on that I should remind you on that one power the SNP have excelled. There's little appetite to purchase silly expensive houses given the stamp duty. In 2015 16,000 new houses were built in Scotland compared to 140,000 in England. That's 0.32% in Scotland versus 0.22% in England.

    Clearly where the Scottish government has authority it is using it better.

    Me and my A-game

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    The Scottish parliament has far greater tax raising powers than the London Mayor, yet seems unable to find intelligent ways of utilising these unlike the London Mayors.
    Lol - Why should a Mayor have more powers than a parliament?

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Looks like dem Tories are doing the damage, Scotland has no fiscal control like Westminster.
    The Scottish parliament has far greater tax raising powers than the London Mayor, yet seems unable to find intelligent ways of utilising these unlike the London Mayors.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Looks like dem Tories are doing the damage, Scotland has no fiscal control like Westminster.
    So in short, your view is that anything bad that happens in Scotland is down to the nasty Tories in Westminster, and anything good that happens is as a direct result of the visionary fiscal policies of the SNP in Edinburgh?
    You really have brought your A-game to the stupidity table, haven't you?

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    It's never going to happen, this is just a PR exercise to keep the gurning idiots happy.

    Scotland is leaving the EU with the UK and it will be hellish to get back in, our finances are fooked, we have to join the euro and Spain won't let it happen.

    The only thing this national socialist movement is doing is damaging the economy ( see what happened in 2014 )...



    ...and sustaining the nationalists crywanking to run rig albums

    Looks like dem Tories are doing the damage, Scotland has no fiscal control like Westminster.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    It's never going to happen, this is just a PR exercise to keep the gurning idiots happy.
    That's what they said about our EU referendum.

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    The only thing this national socialist movement is doing is damaging the economy
    Agree, but Q1 2015 will be oil prices, as that's when the plunge beginning in Q4 2014 started to propagate through...

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  • minestrone
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    It's never going to happen, this is just a PR exercise to keep the gurning idiots happy.

    Scotland is leaving the EU with the UK and it will be hellish to get back in, our finances are fooked, we have to join the euro and Spain won't let it happen.

    The only thing this national socialist movement is doing is damaging the economy ( see what happened in 2014 )...



    ...and sustaining the nationalists crywanking to run rig albums

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