But what of the Whisky!!! Oh, the humanity!
Scotland wants to be "independent" so they can give all their sovereignty to Brussels? Hokay. I have to admit I kind of want to see the Brits cut them loose, so they can go to Brussels and have the EU (Germany and France) say, "What's this? Another small financially unviable country that wants Germany/France to pay for all its socialist nittwittery?"
Even odds on whether EU would be stupid enough to take them in or leave them truly "independent" and broke, trying to get Mother Britain to take them back. Especially if Madame Le Pen wins...
Smoke and mirrors really. Most of the older generation wanted to remain in the UK as it's what they had known their entire lives plus the politicians in the better together campaign used fear tactics to manipulate them. The older folk rely on newspapers and TV to get their news and facts. All of the major newspapers are owned by a few groups and all had a vested interest in keeping the union. The politicians repeatedly told everyone that pensioners would be left penniless and homeless under an independent Scotland and the state broadcaster (BBC) made sure to hammer that message home as well as outright lies about the currency saying that Scotland would not keep the £ sterling. That decison isn't theirs to make as the £ sterling is an internationally tradable currency we can choose to use it if we wish. We could have used Yen, USD, AUD or rubles if we wanted to.
The split is generally down an age line but even within the younger generation there is a clear split along religious and political lines with most protestants being unionist/loyalists and most Catholics being Anti-union/Republican due to an ongoing issue with Northern Ireland. People just following the crowd really. It's a centuries old rivalry of bigotry and hatred and knowing these people I wouldn't put it past them to turn on their own country just to spite their enemies.
Scotland is considered a "region" of the UK like Yorkshire or Sussex so in that respect Scotland receives more in welfare than any other region but it needs to be remembered that Scotland is an entire country plus Islands not just a few square miles of lands like other regions.
Scotland has control over about 1% of it's entire generated revenue I think with the rest being controlled by Westminster and when it comes down to the simple figures we give much more to the UK than we receive. We're the only Oil producing nation in the world with over a third of it's population in abject poverty and that's because our finances are controlled by a people who despise us. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar. That's all that's left of the British Empire, they have no intention of letting us go. Surely if Scotland was a drain on them they'd be happy to see us go? Maybe they'd miss all the oil, whisky and tourism money we pump into their economy to keep them afloat,who knows eh?
Smoke, mirrors and lies all peddled to generate fear and uncertainty in politically unaware voters. Before the pro union campaign settled on an official name of "Better Together" they referred to their agenda and activities as "operation fear". Tells you something doesn't it.
Isn't most everything in Kirk's mind?Why is this a slam against INGOtarians?
Why is this a slam against INGOtarians?
I’m glad I went over there to play golf in 2015, even if I didn’t get to play the Old Course at St. Andrews.
Gotta love the reference to “fair” taxation. Fair, according to whom??
...Plus you have 8 weeks of vacation, you are not working that much anymore....
Note that something like this only works in a Welfare State or in the micro-welfare state mandated by a CBA. I've never really wanted a job that had copious amounts of paid vacation as letting your employer know that they can operate just fine when you are gone never seemed like a great idea to me.
...but I digress.