i haven't yet seen him explain how he thinks scotland is going to pay for things
if it becomes independent from its bank account. maybe i missed that one.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:25, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

north sea oil could probably bankroll scotland and then some for the next decade or so
but i doubt England will let them have all of that
(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:28, Reply)

but what will they do if all the mars bar factories stay on the wrong side of hadrian's wall?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:31, Reply)

i dunno, import their own cocoa and invent the macmars bar?

(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:33, Reply)

that sounds a bit like caramac
i love caramacs
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:38, Reply)

i haven't had a caramac since the great ribena shortage of '87

(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:40, Reply)

i haven't had one for years
i want one now. damn you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:43, Reply)

i hope it melts in your pocket
and you look like you've spunked your knickers
(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:46, Reply)

^daily mail reader, right here

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:29, Reply)

i am trying to stir something
will you just jump in the pot please?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:30, Reply)

It's OK
we'll just sell water to England. Seeing as how it a few years you won't have any.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:31, Reply)

au contraire
half the country will be underneath it if the weather stays like this
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:32, Reply)

no it won't.
You'll still be in drought next year, and the year after, and after that, until people understand that the population density of the south-east of England is unsustainable.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:37, Reply)

those of us who live here do understand that
you only have to get on a tube/walk down the street/look out of your window to see that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:38, Reply)

yes. but you're doing cock all about it.

Edit - to clarify, I don't particularly mean you personally.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:39, Reply)

i only flush for brownsies now

(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:42, Reply)

i did my best to run over 2 gay men and their buggy on sunday morning
that would have helped, but the bastards dodged me
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:44, Reply)

I'm sorry swipey, you're far too beakering to have a view on this stuff.
it doesn't involve London, shoes, bags or people shitting on you.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:33, Reply)

since when has being too anything stopped anyone from having a view on anything?
that is not how ill-formed internet opinions work.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:35, Reply)

okay, if scotland fucks off there will be less shoes for you.
does that help?
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:37, Reply)

it depends
does that include boots? it's winter now, you know.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:37, Reply)

no heels, no flats, no knee highs, no pumps, no kitten heels, no strapy ones.
umm, that's quite strange tbh.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:39, Reply)

you know a lot about shoes
for a straight man. what did quentin do to you?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:42, Reply)

the thing is..... I could have gone on :(

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:44, Reply)

well, i was enjoying it
don't let society make you feel bad
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:45, Reply)

;)
@_@
(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:45, Reply)

he sounds like a bit of a strapist

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:49, Reply)

Go to a different chemist.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:39, Reply)

i get this!

(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:40, Reply)

you mean you went to boots because you got it

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:42, Reply)

i got it off jeff, he got it off a schnauser

(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:49, Reply)

I read the Mail.
Voice of sanity.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:32, Reply)

The idea that Scotland is bankrolled by the UK somehow
is rather a myth. Financially, it'll be fine, better off in fact, except that a smaller economy is far more at risk. Oh, and it's a stupid idea.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:30, Reply)

there was something in the paper about 90% of scottish families taking more out in benefits than they paid in
but i was reading it upside down over someone's shoulder on the tube, so i could have misread it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:32, Reply)

That was the idiot head of the Scottish Tories.
And it's massaged figures. But pretty much 70-80% of everyone in the UK takes out more than they put in. It's kind of inevitable. Unless your country turns a profit. It's a meaningless statistic.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:35, Reply)

i don't know whether to agree with you or to whinge about being in the 20% to wind you up
which would you prefer?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:37, Reply)

I suspect you're the only person on here that is a net contributor
and even then, I bet you would be fucking shocked about how close you are to not being one.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:38, Reply)

she doesn't contribute nets
she gets caught in them when she goes swimming
(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:41, Reply)

tax sucks when you don't get to tell them how to spend it
less beds for hospitals, moar pink paint for the houses of parliament
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:42, Reply)

how would that work swipey?

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:43, Reply)

i just thought it would look good painted pink

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:44, Reply)

but big ben would look like a cock.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:45, Reply)

that was EXACTLY my thinking

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:45, Reply)

so, so hard up

(quintsy, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:46, Reply)

oh swipey :(
stop pretending you're not a fat lesbian.
none of us believe this act.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:46, Reply)

:(

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 15:03, Reply)

the problem isn't taxation levels for scotchland.
it's borrowing. we instantly have no credit rating therefore won't be able to borrow any money.
this isn't talked about because the vast majority of our population think that means we can't borrow money from the local credit union to buy a large flat screen tv and some trainers.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 14:36, Reply)

Not that I care wither way about Scottish independence, but I don't think you're correct here.
New countries have come into existence before and had access to the financial markets. It may be slightly more expensive than you'd think fair at first, but it's not completely blocked.
( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 15:01, Reply)