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Blow to Unionists as 51% of Scots back independence in new poll
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostScotland doesn't build walls...Comment
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Second, an independent Scotland would face hard choices. The deficit per head in Scotland was £2,824 last year, according to the ONS data. To reduce that figure as a standalone nation, taxes would have to rise or spending would have to fall, other factors being equal. That makes the currency question – one of the central debates in the 2014 referendum – critical.
Back then, the Scottish National party said a post-independence Scotland would continue to use the pound sterling. The economic logic looked weak at the time, and remains so: Scotland would be embracing a currency union that could damage its own competitiveness at the moment of separation and make balancing the budget harder, especially if the oil price was low.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...h-independenceThe Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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That's been done to death. The country is too big in the public sector. Small country it is small it should be."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThat's been done to death. The country is too big in the public sector. Small country it is small it should be.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostYou can redeploy surplus staff as customs officers.Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThat's been done to death. The country is too big in the public sector. Small country it is small it should be.Taking a break from contractingComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostScotland doesn't build walls...
If the UK leaves the EU, and Scotland leaves the UK. That's OK so far.
But as soon as Scotland joins the EU, then suddenly Scotland's trade with the UK is per EU rules. (And the FT would have us believe that the EU wont trade with us freely unless we cough up £100bn).
But don't worry, you are in good company here. Donald Trump also struggles with the concept that EU members negotiate trade deals as one, so Scotland wouldn't be free to have a bespoke Scotland to UK trade deal.Taking a break from contractingComment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostWhile I have every sympathy for Scotland wanting to head for the lifeboats, can any pro-independence Scots explain how they will deal with the impact of a hard border with England?
One of the EU's red lines in Brexit orders to the UK, is that there will be no hard border between Eire and Northern Ireland. Scotland/England will follow suit.Comment
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Originally posted by JozefBlofeld View PostThere will be no hard border between Scotland and England.
One of the EU's red lines in Brexit orders to the UK, is that there will be no hard border between Eire and Northern Ireland. Scotland/England will follow suit.Comment
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