Just a few figures for you all to consider. Spending figures are per capita, and are the latest official figures I have seen.
England: £8,588 per person, per annum.
Scotland: £10,212 per person, per annum. (£1,624 more than the English)
Wales: £9,829 per person, per annum. (£1,241 more than the English)
Northern Ireland: £10,706 per person, per annum. (£2,118 more than the English)
The English pay a heavy price for this Union.
Kind Regards,
Stephen.
I totally agree with you on this. The Scots are nothing but a burden on the English, and they should bugger off and leave this great nation to flourish once again.
Some would argue that these per capita spending figures are skewed, because Scotland has so many remote locations that things like infrastructure spending is more costly per person. But not me. Others still would argue that Scotland pays its way with the oil revenue that helps to keep the British Balance of Payments deficit to under 5% of the GDP. They say that without the oil it could be as high as unsustainable 7%, but that sounds like nonsense to me. They wax lyrical about our countries being stronger together, about us sharing the greatest of legacies together, and about a destiny that is both glorious and intertwined. They argue that together we have greater influence and pull, economically, politically and militarily, and that a full blown divorce would be incredibly messy on all fronts. Economically in particular, they say, England would find itself losing oil revenues, and although the banks heading south should balance that out in the long run, for the medium term, confidence would be lost in the English economy. They say this could lead to investor flight, currency and share depreciation, recession, further unemployment and a general lack of trust and confidence in the English economy.
I’m not convinced also by those that say that Scotland is a good progressive influence on the rest of the UK, that without it governments would always lean to the right, that without it there would be even greater inequality and pampering to the guys who have either inherited, or climbed on the shoulders of others, to get to the top, that without it we would become more insular, and possibly outside of the EU within three years. These same people argue that globalisation, integration and trade are responsible for the huge advances that the world has made, and that the western economises in particular have benefitted greatly from this pooling of talents, markets , ideas and resources. They even say that we should have less borders, and not more... But me, I totally agree with you; we need more borders. Everywhere. Starting with the rebuilding of the wall between us, and those crazy savages to the north. For what have they ever done, but pillaged, deep-fried, and been a constant drain on our resources?
Scotland: you can take your Freedom, your Robert the Bruce, your Gordon the Brown, your Andy Murray, your Adam Smith, and even your late, great Bill Shankley, and stay the fuck away. And most importantly of all, you can take your fucking Deacon Blue, and please leave us in peace.
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