Yup, English taxpayers' money
Scotland gets more money per head from Westminster than the rest of the UK. The SNP conveniently neglect this in their arguments for independence, and when it is brought up they say we can make it up from revenue from 'our' oil resources.

That'll be the British, finite, oil resources then?

As for the education system though, I meant that it is a broader system than the English one. Where an English student may do 3 A levels over 2 years, a Scottish one will study for 5 Highers in a single year, and can do more the following year if (s)he chooses, or do sixth year studies, or whatever the modern equivalent is, instead.

So a Scottish student can have a higher level of education in a wider range of subjects, rather than specialising by doing a two year course in a smaller number.

Maybe it's better, maybe it's not. I think it is.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 8:56, Reply)