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Scunner · « **Reply #50 on:** January 14, 2012, 19:59:12 PM »

Partially

Highlander · « **Reply #51 on:** January 14, 2012, 20:11:24 PM »

ssshhhhh...don't tell everyone

farmer · « **Reply #52 on:** January 15, 2012, 21:49:21 PM »

Scottish Independence. Bring it on!

United Kingdom Government Expenditure.
This comprises all expenditure that can be identified as being to the benefit of a particular country. It does not, however, take account of non-identifiable expenditure, such as defence and debt interest, which are deemed to be for the benefit of the entire UK, regardless as to where the money is all actually spent.

In actual monetary figures, this would work out as (per person):
...   England £7,121
...   Scotland £8,623
...   Wales £8,139
...   Northern Ireland £9,385
The population of England is 83% of the population of the UK. Instant abolition of the Barnett Formula, based on the above figures would result on an average UK expenditure of approximately £7,362. This would be a large decrease for each person in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but an increase of less than 4% per person for England.

Scunner · « **Reply #53 on:** January 15, 2012, 21:53:20 PM »

quote:
Originally posted by Highlander

Another example of the Salmond wisdom....

"SCOTLAND'S first minister Alex Salmond's enthusiastic backing of Royal Bank of Scotland's disastrous takeover of ABN Ambro returned to haunt him yesterday."

One thing I do wonder - had Scotland become independent prior to the disaster of RBS, could the Scottish tax payer have bailed it out? I think most probably not...

Highlander · « **Reply #54 on:** January 15, 2012, 22:10:11 PM »

quote:
Originally posted by farmer

In actual monetary figures, this would work out as (per person):
...   England £7,121
...   Scotland £8,623
...   Wales £8,139
...   Northern Ireland £9,385

And the figure for London is ?

Highlander · « **Reply #55 on:** January 15, 2012, 22:22:20 PM »

It's £ 8,404 from the same source (I think).

farmer · « **Reply #56 on:** January 16, 2012, 19:08:33 PM »

And for Glasgow £9384

Ovacikpeedoff · « **Reply #57 on:** January 16, 2012, 21:21:15 PM »

If Scotland was independent RBS would have probably been saved by loans from the IMF or Europe. This in turn would have put 2 generations of Scots into poverty like what is being experienced in Ireland and Greece.What a great start that would have been to independence.

amca · « **Reply #58 on:** January 16, 2012, 21:41:53 PM »

I think the discussion around what would have happened if ...... RBS collapse had happened in an independent Scotland.
I may be wrong but it seems that this particular "what if' is being presented as an argument against independence.
For the sake of balance:
What if the oil boom had happened in an independent Scotland?

sannyrut · « **Reply #59 on:** January 19, 2012, 16:08:51 PM »

Stay.If Salmond says he wants out,put him on a slow boat to China with Euros in his pocket to bail him out.

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