The SNP rely on the general public's ignorance of the economic consequences of Scotland leaving the UK. For example, Scotland’s national deficit is running at £12.6bn or 7% of GDP, including North Sea oil revenues, compared with the UK’s total deficit of £23.5bn or 1.1% of GDP (which includes Scotland’s figure). Therefore, over 50% of the UK's total deficit is due to Scotland's over spending. Compare that to the population. Scotland has a population of around 5.4 million or 8% of the UK's population. Therefore it's blindingly obvious that the rest of the Union is heavily subsidising Scotland. Regards their joining the EU, that's complete fantasy as EU membership rules require member states to have a budget deficit below 3% and to adopt the Euro. Therefore, the EU wouldn't allow Scotland to join as it stands and unless Scotland gives up sterling. The reason Greece needed a bail out was because it ran its finances in a similar way to Scotland, the EU zone can't afford another bail out, it's still paying the economic consequences of the last one with youth unemployment in Greece, Italy and Spain running at between 42% and 49% as those government's can't take the measures they need to stimulate their economies because of the 3% of GDP deficit cap imposed by the EU. Exports to the rest of the UK account for 60% of all Scotland's exports, EU exports account for 18% and non-EU exports 22% (the USA continues to be Scotland's top non-UK export destination at £5.5 billion per annum). Therefore, all the fuss over a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland would pale into insignificance compared to having a border between Scotland and the rest of the UK. I could go on but you'll never hear the SNP telling you these facts because they would lose the argument hands down. Not surprisingly many in the UK would actually support Scotland leaving the UK because the rest of the UK wouldn't have to keep subsidising the over spending by the SNP who are blatantly overspending to "buy" the support of the Scottish electorate with popular policies like no university tuition fees, free prescriptions and social care. All very good things to provide when someone else is paying for it!! Interesting that's why De Gaulle introduced the Common Agricultural Policy in 1962 because that's how he funded his supporter base when he was the President of France, i.e. getting someone else to subsidize (mainly) French farmers because France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to it's funding of farming subsidies. To this day 40% of all EU spending is on the CAP propping up inefficient businesses that own the vast majority of the EU's land mass. It's a mad world!
What utter tosh. The UK's total deficit for the last fiscal year was over 41 billion, not 23.5 billion. Only one region in the UK actually produces a surplus and that is London and the South East. All the rest produce spending deficits, particularly Wales, the North East and Northern Ireland, with deficits of around 32% compared to Scotland's 10%. Scotland's contribution to deficit spending is tiny, compared to all the other regions with a deficit added together. The total deficit figure has all spending within the calculation, including defence, social security, the NHS and everything else. The Scottish deficit contribution to the overall deficit is therefore miniscule. You present the overall UK deficit from a macro economy, involving hundreds of billions of spending, then subtract the Scottish deficit from it as if it were more significant than everything else in the sum. Then you make the absurd claim that Scotland alone is responsible for 50% of it. You could subtract the deficit from many other regions and make the same absurd claim about them. It's nonsense. Finally, you claim the Scottish deficit includes allowance for oil revenues. Government figures do not and never have, included oil revenues when calculating the Scottish spending deficit. The person relying on people's ignorance is YOU!
Have you included the 19 billion trade deficit the UK has with the EU Also it's not just trade it's Scotland giving up its parliamentary position and handing it to Brussels in the soon to be United States of Europe. The military aspect will also be interesting and the boarder controls between the nation's.
Except the Scottish government isn't allowed to overspend. In addition, we get back around half to two thirds of the money we send down. Add to that we are the only part of the UK with a trade SURPLUS.
Ameya S, EU fishing vessels won’t be aloud to fish in English waters so it’s highly likely they’ll fish in Scottish waters, that oil won’t last forever
4:52 *Ross McEwan Scottish sounding name but sounds like an Aussie to me, hold on looked him up and he's a KIWI, gets an OBE and then on 12 months notice being kicked out, (Resigned) you couldn't make it up, ludicrous.*
If they did manage to stay in the eu they would have to use the euro as that is what the eu now says any new member cant opt out of the euro so they wont be independant as they will be ruled by the eu why do you think we voted leave so we have a say
Scotland can't STAY in the EU - along with the rest of the U.K. it's leaving the EU in 31 days' time. An independent Scotland might APPLY for EU membership and it might be accepted, but a condition would be adoption of the Euro as Scotland's currency.
Being ruled by the English led by crazy lying Boris Johnson will be much worse than joining the EU where Scotland can trigger article 50 anytime they want and leave unilaterally..
The Bank of England was yet another Scottish invention , by Mr. Patterson , the first MP for Dumfries . Ireland , Australia and NZ all used the pound for decades after independence .
rik langham They not British Pound. Ireland and Scotland could be spent in England and Wales only. England and Wales British Pound could not be spent in Ireland and Scotland.
1:55 *Just taken a screenshot and set my printer on **_fine with Photo Quality_** off to Tesco's tomorrow and get new 4K TV a Months Groceries and pocket the change Ha Ha. Tip Set Screen (Settings) to 720 p - piece of cake.*
The people who want independence have to realise that it would mean a hard border between Scotland and England,border checks and tarrifs imposed it would be seen as a separate country and treated as one also no more bail outs from Westminster and they will also lose there currency i dont sturgeon and her lunatic mates realise this take it from me we are stronger together.
You seriously think the FM & the Scottish gov don't know what their doing🤨The legislation was passed today for Scotlands own national investment bank we will have our own currency.Educate yourself.
@Boomer Galactica What are you talking about of course we can have our own currency.We are well aware of the process of independence the SNP Scots gov have been campaigning for independence it's their reason for their existence & unlike the brexiteers they have a plan.
The Irish got rid of their Pounds and joined the Euros. Why can't the Scots? They may find themselves forced to adopt the Euros as EU pressurise all new members to adopt Euros. No ifs. No buts.
*Trust the Scot's Quote **_"Royal Bank of Scotland's Chairman (Sir Howard Davies) has admitted it is "unlikely" the (UK ie England) Government will get back all the £45.5bn pumped in to the bank."_** unquote - be lucky to get back a bag of carrots, lost a further £130 BILLION Since it was Rescued !*
The union has long been broken Scotland wants out, N Ireland wants reunification with Ireland Wales wants out if you believe Plaid Cymru so the English nationalists will get what they want.
*I took a HD screenshot, printed it out and very subtly altered the Million with a crayon to £200 Trillion. Note the reverse is easy as blank, but 'tip' use **_fine_** mode on Printer.*
The pound belongs to the UK and not up for grabs by krankie....you want to leave good....do so on your own merits keep us out of your crappy decisions.
You English currently are the best sellers of "crappy decisions" lately....if Scottish economy goes down, English economy will go down with it...that's why there will be a long transition period like 5 yrs or so until the currencies will fully decouple...and English still won't dare try mess up with Scottish economy because EU will be behind Scotland..
Typical post from an English knob.You accuse that other poster of being thick , then you go and post one of the biggest piles of xenophobic illiterate shite I have seen posted for years.
RBS is not a Scottish bank it's a British bank.
I worked with others to save RBOS when Sunak's short selling tried to destroy it.
The SNP rely on the general public's ignorance of the economic consequences of Scotland leaving the UK. For example, Scotland’s national deficit is running at £12.6bn or 7% of GDP, including North Sea oil revenues, compared with the UK’s total deficit of £23.5bn or 1.1% of GDP (which includes Scotland’s figure). Therefore, over 50% of the UK's total deficit is due to Scotland's over spending.
Compare that to the population. Scotland has a population of around 5.4 million or 8% of the UK's population. Therefore it's blindingly obvious that the rest of the Union is heavily subsidising Scotland.
Regards their joining the EU, that's complete fantasy as EU membership rules require member states to have a budget deficit below 3% and to adopt the Euro. Therefore, the EU wouldn't allow Scotland to join as it stands and unless Scotland gives up sterling. The reason Greece needed a bail out was because it ran its finances in a similar way to Scotland, the EU zone can't afford another bail out, it's still paying the economic consequences of the last one with youth unemployment in Greece, Italy and Spain running at between 42% and 49% as those government's can't take the measures they need to stimulate their economies because of the 3% of GDP deficit cap imposed by the EU.
Exports to the rest of the UK account for 60% of all Scotland's exports, EU exports account for 18% and non-EU exports 22% (the USA continues to be Scotland's top non-UK export destination at £5.5 billion per annum). Therefore, all the fuss over a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland would pale into insignificance compared to having a border between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
I could go on but you'll never hear the SNP telling you these facts because they would lose the argument hands down. Not surprisingly many in the UK would actually support Scotland leaving the UK because the rest of the UK wouldn't have to keep subsidising the over spending by the SNP who are blatantly overspending to "buy" the support of the Scottish electorate with popular policies like no university tuition fees, free prescriptions and social care. All very good things to provide when someone else is paying for it!! Interesting that's why De Gaulle introduced the Common Agricultural Policy in 1962 because that's how he funded his supporter base when he was the President of France, i.e. getting someone else to subsidize (mainly) French farmers because France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to it's funding of farming subsidies. To this day 40% of all EU spending is on the CAP propping up inefficient businesses that own the vast majority of the EU's land mass.
It's a mad world!
What utter tosh. The UK's total deficit for the last fiscal year was over 41 billion, not 23.5 billion. Only one region in the UK actually produces a surplus and that is London and the South East. All the rest produce spending deficits, particularly Wales, the North East and Northern Ireland, with deficits of around 32% compared to Scotland's 10%. Scotland's contribution to deficit spending is tiny, compared to all the other regions with a deficit added together. The total deficit figure has all spending within the calculation, including defence, social security, the NHS and everything else. The Scottish deficit contribution to the overall deficit is therefore miniscule. You present the overall UK deficit from a macro economy, involving hundreds of billions of spending, then subtract the Scottish deficit from it as if it were more significant than everything else in the sum. Then you make the absurd claim that Scotland alone is responsible for 50% of it. You could subtract the deficit from many other regions and make the same absurd claim about them. It's nonsense. Finally, you claim the Scottish deficit includes allowance for oil revenues. Government figures do not and never have, included oil revenues when calculating the Scottish spending deficit. The person relying on people's ignorance is YOU!
Have you included the 19 billion trade deficit the UK has with the EU
Also it's not just trade it's Scotland giving up its parliamentary position and handing it to Brussels in the soon to be United States of Europe.
The military aspect will also be interesting and the boarder controls between the nation's.
Except the Scottish government isn't allowed to overspend. In addition, we get back around half to two thirds of the money we send down. Add to that we are the only part of the UK with a trade SURPLUS.
YES👍️ SCOTLAND INDEPENDENCE🏴🏴🏴
No pound if the SNP want to be in the EUROPEAN union .
The European monetary fund can foot the subsidies not the rest of the UK
No Scottish oil for the English either and stay out of our fishing areas..
@@ameyas7726 You won't have "a fishing area" it belongs to Brussels and your oil is a diminishing asset so get real kungfu girl.
Ameya S, EU fishing vessels won’t be aloud to fish in English waters so it’s highly likely they’ll fish in Scottish waters, that oil won’t last forever
4:52 *Ross McEwan Scottish sounding name but sounds like an Aussie to me, hold on looked him up and he's a KIWI, gets an OBE and then on 12 months notice being kicked out, (Resigned) you couldn't make it up, ludicrous.*
If they did manage to stay in the eu they would have to use the euro as that is what the eu now says any new member cant opt out of the euro so they wont be independant as they will be ruled by the eu why do you think we voted leave so we have a say
Scotland can't STAY in the EU - along with the rest of the U.K. it's leaving the EU in 31 days' time. An independent Scotland might APPLY for EU membership and it might be accepted, but a condition would be adoption of the Euro as Scotland's currency.
Being ruled by the English led by crazy lying Boris Johnson will be much worse than joining the EU where Scotland can trigger article 50 anytime they want and leave unilaterally..
What you have posted Peter is not correct[regarding the euro].
The Bank of England was yet another Scottish invention , by Mr. Patterson , the first MP for Dumfries . Ireland , Australia and NZ all used the pound for decades after independence .
rik langham They not British Pound. Ireland and Scotland could be spent in England and Wales only. England and Wales British Pound could not be spent in Ireland and Scotland.
RBS is not a Scottish bank it is a private bank
1:55 *Just taken a screenshot and set my printer on **_fine with Photo Quality_** off to Tesco's tomorrow and get new 4K TV a Months Groceries and pocket the change Ha Ha. Tip Set Screen (Settings) to 720 p - piece of cake.*
The people who want independence have to realise that it would mean a hard border between Scotland and England,border checks and tarrifs imposed it would be seen as a separate country and treated as one also no more bail outs from Westminster and they will also lose there currency i dont sturgeon and her lunatic mates realise this take it from me we are stronger together.
Yep,independence means exactly that
Project Fear much!!!
yes the same in this country the border with the rest of the world no more eu funding here scotland would be fine
You seriously think the FM & the Scottish gov don't know what their doing🤨The legislation was passed today for Scotlands own national investment bank we will have our own currency.Educate yourself.
@Boomer Galactica What are you talking about of course we can have our own currency.We are well aware of the process of independence the SNP Scots gov have been campaigning for independence it's their reason for their existence & unlike the brexiteers they have a plan.
The Irish got rid of their Pounds and joined the Euros. Why can't the Scots? They may find themselves forced to adopt the Euros as EU pressurise all new members to adopt Euros. No ifs. No buts.
Adoption of the Euro requires steps which are VOLUNTARY.
Pretty worthless paper
*Trust the Scot's Quote **_"Royal Bank of Scotland's Chairman (Sir Howard Davies) has admitted it is "unlikely" the (UK ie England) Government will get back all the £45.5bn pumped in to the bank."_** unquote - be lucky to get back a bag of carrots, lost a further £130 BILLION Since it was Rescued !*
The poison dwarf doesn't live in the real world. She wants to join the EU so Scotland would have to adopt the euro.
lol Great Britain will cease to be "Great" once Scotland leaves, yet the delusional arrogance of the English remain..
The union has long been broken Scotland wants out, N Ireland wants reunification with Ireland Wales wants out if you believe Plaid Cymru so the English nationalists will get what they want.
£100 million?
Small change, compared to the $100 Trillion note I've got. 😁
*I took a HD screenshot, printed it out and very subtly altered the Million with a crayon to £200 Trillion. Note the reverse is easy as blank, but 'tip' use **_fine_** mode on Printer.*
@@GrrMeister Except that mine is a *REAL* $100 Trillion note.
@@BedsitBob I have several German Postage Stamp's worth 5 Million.
@@GrrMeister Yes, but my note isn't valued in millions, or even billions, but rather in *TRILLIONS* of dollars.
Only the fool would vote for something that would bring sterlingisation.
The pound belongs to the UK and not up for grabs by krankie....you want to leave good....do so on your own merits keep us out of your crappy decisions.
You English currently are the best sellers of "crappy decisions" lately....if Scottish economy goes down, English economy will go down with it...that's why there will be a long transition period like 5 yrs or so until the currencies will fully decouple...and English still won't dare try mess up with Scottish economy because EU will be behind Scotland..
Typical post from an English knob.You accuse that other poster of being thick , then you go and post one of the biggest piles of xenophobic illiterate shite I have seen posted for years.
Scotland just go !! No more UK funding , no more sterling currency , let’s see how you get in with the EU taking all your fishing waters and the euro
Do you mean the EU giving them access to all other EU waters?