Scottish universities are the best in the UK at converting their research into busine

[eek]

IIRC last time we had this discussion the ONS blue book reckoned that Scotland had the highest GVA per head in the UK after London & the SE.

From Countries of the United Kingdom by GVA per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

in 2010 Scotland ranks above or just below the South East of England depending on whether you include North Sea Oil. London remains top regardless.

[sasguru]

IIRC last time we had this discussion the ONS blue book reckoned that Scotland had the highest GVA per head in the UK after London & the SE.

That is true, I didn't say the North was prosperous either. In fact I've taken to saying ScotNorthland (which includes Wales/NI) as a distinct economic region from the People's Republic of London (which includes the SE)
There is net outflow from the latter to the former.

Furthermore, I reckon the two "economies" are de-coupling i.e. London is moving further ahead of the rest, and I reckon has its own dynamic now.

[eek]

Says the rep whore himself. Talk about hypocrisy and sadness in one needy package.

I'm quite happy on this site. It kills time (and unlike probably everyone else on this site) I've got money off the back of being on it.

[minestrone]

Can this be settled by some kind of CUK It's A Knockout style competition?

[MyUserName]

Can this be settled by some kind of CUK It's A Knockout style competition?

What can't be?!?!?!

[proggy]

The Scots shine bright and burn out. So what if we die 3-5 years before some salad eating dull southerner. We lived like rock stars and had a full exciting life.

HTH

[minestrone]

It takes a lot of community effort to have an average life expectancy of 53.

A lot of people out there taking one for the team.

[proggy]

It takes a lot of community effort to have an average life expectancy of 53.

A lot of people out there taking one for the team.

Injecting liquidised deep fried mar bars and heroin certainly helps.

[sasguru]

The Scots shine bright and burn out. So what if we die 3-5 years before some salad eating dull southerner. We lived like rock stars and had a full exciting life.

HTH

Rock star with a full and exciting life

[scooterscot]

UK's worst crime hotspots in London

Not only uneducated, but the city vagrants also produce the most criminals. I read a number sleep in they're BMW estates,

BBC News - UK's worst crime hotspots in London

Six of the UK's top 10 most crime-ridden postcodes are in London, Home Office figures reveal - with the worst spot of all a stone's throw from the Olympic Park.

Meridian Square in Stratford saw 3,440 crimes in 18 months, nearly 1,000 more than the next-most troubled postcode.

That was Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush, west London, which had 2,524 reported incidents.