alright
I'm Scottish. I'd like to see them independent, but there are too many important issues which the SNP haven't got cleared up. So, heart says 'yes', head says 'no'.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:29, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

This is it,
People keep asking Alex questions, and he's all like "don't worry, it'll be great!"
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:34, Reply)

yeah, I sympathise with him really
But until the currency thing is sorted out then he's fucked. Everything else is pretty much manageable, but if he can't sort out whether it's Sterling, Euro or a new currency then it's a no go.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:37, Reply)

how do you expect it to stay afloat, when so much is funded by english taxes?
financially, not physically
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:35, Reply)

it's not as black and white as that
A fair chunk of oil and gas revenues go straight to England (crown estates et ), so it's disingenuous to state that Scotland operates only under English funding. There's also a very well established banking, fund management and financial services sector which does pretty well.

Every side of the yes/ no divide agree that Scotland can operate independently given current economic factors, it's not really an issue.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:40, Reply)

i'm sure people would LOVE having to pay for their own prescriptions and university fees

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:47, Reply)

He's right about the money.
It would get worse within a generation but is sustainable for now.

Without their own currncy though there is little sovreignity. Esp if they went with Sterling.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:51, Reply)

they did it before

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 10:53, Reply)

and then had to come running to the English for a bail out
when you spent all your money trying to conquer a south American swamp
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 11:05, Reply)

when they realised what they'd voted themselves out of, there'd be an uproar
well, a slow dull muttering, anyway
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 13 Feb 2014, 11:12, Reply)