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Scottish trade with UK four times that of trade with eu

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    #11
    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Mates? The same ones that have inflicted Tory government after Tory government upon us? If we're a union of equals why is poverty so rife in Scotland (as reported today)? The Scottish parliament is improving things surely but slowly, it's not something you can turn around in an instant.
    Tory government for 300 hundred years. New to me.

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      #12
      Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
      But you want independence come hell or high water. Any chance of an objective point of view?
      The UK is doing the same thing as a whole to the EU. Scotland needs control of its own taxes, the whole works.

      That can only be gained through independence.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #13
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        The UK is doing the same thing as a whole to the EU. Scotland needs control of its own taxes, the whole works.

        That can only be gained through independence.
        But your country folk thought differently. The ones that actually live there.

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          #14
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          The UK is doing the same thing as a whole to the EU. Scotland needs control of its own taxes, the whole works.

          That can only be gained through independence.
          Maybe your country folk can make Scotland rich & prosperous so it doesn't have to be subsidised and then vote the yoke of the United Kingdom away?

          or you could just whinge about it continually from abroad.
          Last edited by vetran; 26 January 2017, 11:14. Reason: Missed a trick!
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #15
            Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
            But you want independence come hell or high water. Any chance of an objective point of view?
            I'll save you reading his replies - no there isn't.
            The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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              #16
              Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
              I'll save you reading his replies - no there isn't.
              He does go on a bit...


              ... from Germany.

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                #17
                Originally posted by GB9 View Post
                Scottish trade with the EU hasn't grown for 10 years. It has grown massively with the rest of the UK.

                Official figures. Report from that English rag, The Scotsman.

                Sturgeon lovers. Think before you tell us how important the EU is to you.
                How much of that trade is expat Scots (the ones who were smart enough to get the hell out) buying up whisky and haggis by the bucketload to remind themselves they are still Scots?
                His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
                  EU market is 100's of millions of people
                  UK 60 million
                  Scotland will have free trade with the EU if they go independent and UK not guess who will be laughing then
                  Shame they will still have nothing to sell to them...
                  His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
                    He does go on a bit...


                    ... from Germany.
                    Indeed; he's not exactly a cultural fit with their reputation for efficiency!
                    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
                      Indeed; he's not exactly a cultural fit with their reputation for efficiency!
                      Head for head more Scots live throughout the world than those from England.

                      Why do so many folks in England live with their parents anyhoe? It's a little unhealthy if you ask me.
                      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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