The New Fat Scotland 'Thanks for all the Fish' Thread.

mayonnaise

Tromking wrote: »

You’re right to flag up that the only constituent nation in our Union in fiscal surplus is England though.

London and the South East actually.



You'll notice your region is a drain on London and the SE also. That doesn't make me hate you though.
You're still very welcome to my handouts.

Tromking

mayonnaise wrote: »

London and the South East actually.



You'll notice your region is a drain on London and the SE also. That doesn't make me hate you though.
You're still very welcome to my handouts.

Cheers, I’m very grateful, although unlike some Scots I’m not trying to propagate the myth that I’m not being subsidised.
BTW how much do I get in per capita public spending though?
Is it at NI, Wales and Scotland levels?
I’m just asking for a friend.

elantan

that's some fighting talk from Bojo today

Triple_Zero

mayonnaise wrote: »

What anti-Sturgeon feeling?

See post # 14252 since you seem to appreciate their posts.

mayonnaise wrote: »

Wales and N.I. also get way above UK average.
You mean there's an anti-Wales and anti-N.I. feeling in the SE also?

There's certainly some anti-NI feeling when the DUP start their games or have you missed that?
It's been prevalent in some threads IIRC with more than a few wanting to hand NI to Eire.
Don't tell me you've missed all that?

baldelectrician

Tromking wrote: »

Cheers, I’m very grateful, although unlike some Scots I’m not trying to propagate the myth that I’m not being subsidised.
BTW how much do I get in per capita public spending though?
Is it at NI, Wales and Scotland levels?
I’m just asking for a friend.

I don't believe the stats

The tories won't subsidise a spare room yet we are to believe they are gleefully subsidising Scotland

Arklight

Bojo has crushed Nat hopes of another referendum. There will be no Indy ref North of the Tweed if England votes in a Con gov down south.

zagubov

Arklight wrote: »

Bojo has crushed Nat hopes of another referendum. There will be no Indy ref North of the Tweed if England votes in a Con gov down south.

And, as I said before, it exposes the Union as, well, not exactly a union.

"If an organisation has to forbid you from ever leaving, it's not a club, it's a protection racket."

baldelectrician

Arklight wrote: »

Bojo has crushed Nat hopes of another referendum. There will be no Indy ref North of the Tweed if England votes in a Con gov down south.

As I have said before- the UK is like the Hotel California, you can check out any time you want but can never leave

That's British (Westminster) democracy....

Tromking

zagubov wrote: »

And, as I said before, it exposes the Union as, well, not exactly a union.

"If an organisation has to forbid you from ever leaving, it's not a club, it's a protection racket."

I think your average Catalunian would scoff at that particular narrative on Scotland's place in the Union.
I'm guessing the issue for Westminister is whether a single party polling less than 50% in an election is mandate enough for another referendum so soon after the last one.
To a Nat, the threshold only has to be the SNP winning an election, to a UK politician the wishes of the majority of Scots is probably paramount.

LHW99

Arklight wrote: »

Bojo has crushed Nat hopes of another referendum. There will be no Indy ref North of the Tweed if England votes in a Con gov down south.

Doesn't seem Jeremy is too keen on the idea either