Who most wants independence for Scotland? The English…

[Goatfell]

the remaining public sector jobs would disappear as they would be repatriated to England/Wales.

FFS

Just why would the public sector jobs of sweeping the streets of Dunfermline or teaching in a school in Kirkwall be repatriated to England/Wales?

There would be a number of posts transferred from England/Wales north of the border; DVLA, NHS, DWP, HMRC (well possibly they can stay ), NATS etc.

In recent history the breakup of Czeckoslovakia provides an example of the division of joint institutions; foreign embassies and consolates, national transport and infrastruture bodies, basically think of any organisation that begins with the words "National" or "British".

[KimberleyChris]

It must be crap to be a Scots Nat now.

The SNP etc have been groaning on for decades about an independance referendum, on the assumption that the rest of the British will be saying "Please don't go...we love you"

Now it seems that the Scots will be voting on whether to stay in the union against the will of the rest of the British.

[escapeUK]

Now it seems that the Scots will be voting on whether to stay in the union against the will of the rest of the British.

Of course, as with most leeches they want to carry on sucking and the host wants rid.

[KimberleyChris]

I know that oop in 'tNorth, where I live, there has long been resentment against the flow of money to Scotland which passes straight through here from Westminster without stopping.

Maybe some of it might just stop at Carlisle and Berwick when we get rid of Scotland.

[Old Greg]

Reading this thread I'm starting to suspect they the English and Scottish deserve each other.

[KimberleyChris]

Reading this thread I'm starting to suspect they the English and Scottish deserve each other.

Like somebody said on another thread earlier:

"You don't really know somebody until you divorce them".

[DodgyAgent]

FFS

Just why would the public sector jobs of sweeping the streets of Dunfermline or teaching in a school in Kirkwall be repatriated to England/Wales?

There would be a number of posts transferred from England/Wales north of the border; DVLA, NHS, DWP, HMRC (well possibly they can stay ), NATS etc.

In recent history the breakup of Czeckoslovakia provides an example of the division of joint institutions; foreign embassies and consolates, national transport and infrastruture bodies, basically think of any organisation that begins with the words "National" or "British".

I did not mean Scottish public sector jobs I meant UK public sector jobs. So for example if the Scottish independence party are going to throw out the UK submarines then the shipyard support work will go to Portsmouth for example. So call centres, and any public sector service (if you can call it that) that are run for the UK will be split and the UK services brought back into the UK and the Scottish bits kept in Scotland.

[scooterscot]

I did not mean Scottish public sector jobs I meant UK public sector jobs. So for example if the Scottish independence party are going to throw out the UK submarines then the shipyard support work will go to Portsmouth for example.

Why does a country not totalling more than 5 million and whose people generally enjoy good relations with nearly every country in the world need a nuclear deterrent let alone maintain one?

A perfect example of an utterly failed argument.

So call centres, and any public sector service (if you can call it that) that are run for the UK will be split and the UK services brought back into the UK and the Scottish bits kept in Scotland.

Tosh. The reason call centres are oop north is because nobody in England can speak English properly.

Utter tosh continues when you consider we have call centres in India but you're going to move them back down the road 300 miles to England? Why is that? Because their cheaper to operate perhaps?!

We await for more verbal diarrhoea I only wish I could get my hands on some Pepto-Bismol before your next post arrives...

[scooterscot]

Like somebody said on another thread earlier:

"You don't really know somebody until you divorce them".

Tell me about it.

[Freamon]

Utter tosh continues when you consider we have call centres in India but you're going to move them back down the road 300 miles to England? Why is that? Because their cheaper to operate perhaps?!

More likely that they would move them from Scotland to India, since they were only set up in Scotland as a vote-buying exercise in the first place.