The Economic outlook for Scotland

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

It's interesting how some believe that Scotland is important to the UK economy and others dismiss it.

Well I hope you don't lose your job love - (but then I doubt you have one )

IveSeenTheLight

BACKFRMTHEEDGE wrote: »

Well I hope you don't lose your job love - (but then I doubt you have one )

You can doubt if you wish, I can assure you I do.

I'm fairly confident, working in a global Oil and Gas industry in a fairly unique field of expertise that there are plenty of opportunities out there.

I certainly know how hard it is to recruit people with the correct experience and qualifications.

In my role, I have seen a tightening of the belts from a number of operators but no panic situations are apparent, no plans to relocate the "Oil Capital of Europe", indeed there is still significant investment going on in the area.

Thanks for your concerns though, although it's really not necessary.

wotsthat

I'd boycott Scottish products as much as I was able if I thought negotiations weren't being conducted in good faith.

It's a bottle of Highland Park at Christmas and a couple of hundred quid a year I suppose. Might not sound much but I've been boycotting Argentinian products for decades and I've lost count of how many times they've defaulted as a result.

posh*spice

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

You can doubt if you wish, I can assure you I do.

I'm fairly confident, working in a global Oil and Gas industry in a fairly unique field of expertise that there are plenty of opportunities out there.

I certainly know how hard it is to recruit people with the correct experience and qualifications.

In my role, I have seen a tightening of the belts from a number of operators but no panic situations are apparent, no plans to relocate the "Oil Capital of Europe", indeed there is still significant investment going on in the area.

Thanks for your concerns though, although it's really not necessary.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Yes thats why you spend all day on MSE because you have such a high powered demanding job;)

posh*spice

wotsthat wrote: »

I'd boycott Scottish products as much as I was able if I thought negotiations weren't being conducted in good faith.

It's a bottle of Highland Park at Christmas and a couple of hundred quid a year I suppose. Might not sound much but I've been boycotting Argentinian products for decades and I've lost count of how many times they've defaulted as a result.

Whats to boycot? They dont actually make anything do they?

ruggedtoast

posh*spice wrote: »

Whats to boycot? They dont actually make anything do they?

Oil. Finance. Salmon. Whisky, and oat based products like oats.

Kohoutek

wotsthat wrote: »

I'd boycott Scottish products as much as I was able if I thought negotiations weren't being conducted in good faith.

Here's a preview of the [STRIKE]rabid anti-English party's[/STRIKE] SNP's idea of "good faith" negotiations, from a House of Commons committee session on the consequences of Scottish independent on Energy. This section discusses the £30 billion cost of decommissioning North Sea oil rigs, pipelines etc:

Committee Member: By 2040, £30 billion is going to be required for clean-up. Under the UK, the UK Government has to pay that. If you are in charge of it and you own these oil rigs do you have to pay for it?

Fergus Ewing (SNP Energy Minister): It would seem to us to be reasonable to suggest that having received all the revenue-none of which has accrued to Scotland in comparison with Norway, which has a massive oil fund, having used the funds prudently-the costs that accrue from the revenue, which has accrued entirely to the UK, should in principle be a UK responsibility.

Committee Member: I find that absolutely incredible. Scotland has benefited as much from oil as any other country within the United Kingdom and as part we have our obligations, we are British, and therefore we have got this money. Tell me if I am right, you are saying that as an independent Scotland not only do you want to control whatever oil and gas is out in the oil and gas fields for Scotland alone but you also want to make sure that the UK Government pays for any clean-up that will subsequently happen in 28 years time. Is that what you are saying? How would that hold up in a court of law? You are a lawyer. You should know that.

Fergus Ewing: I think it is fair to say, Mr Chairman, that it is unlikely there is going to be a broad meeting of minds between myself and [the committee member] today on this .... In principle, given that the UK has received substantial revenue from these rigs, it seems correct that the UK has a moral and certainly a legal obligation to be responsible for the decommissioning of these rigs. It has already happened in the past.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmenergy/1912i/120417.htm

sss555s

posh*spice wrote: »

Whats to boycot? They dont actually make anything do they?

No, you make everything spice boy.

Why are you getting so bitter? We Scots don't do or contribute anything. Your better off without us.

You can have a chuckle while watching us sink.

The good old English saying...

They don't like it up em.

Thrugelmir

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

I agree, there are many consequences, which both sides will be aware of at the negotiating table, hence they will want to work positively to come to an agreed solution

Ultimately it's the likes of you or I that have the final say. Nationalism works two ways. Once you head down a certain road it's difficult to reverse before real damage is done.

posh*spice

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Oil. Finance. Salmon. Whisky, and oat based products like oats.

I can live without all of that