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Originally Posted by Livia
I think it's more a case of Scotland getting more in handouts from Westminster per head of capita than the English do.
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Says she who happens to work for a Tory MP and who's local Tory Council was involved in even more scandal and she couldn't even disclose details after the Head of the party had to resign. Pathos.................have a think about banks being bailed-out and by the Labour Govt, and whether that benefitted the London/S.E. housing market a big much from collapsing and how much that cost us all per capita.
If we're being nippy about each other's countries, could I just say quietly "North Sea Oil" which revenues essentially floated your Thatcher/Major governments and was squandered on red braces/porsches/and overpriced houses for S.E. while oop North got pee all. Norway got widely rich by their share of it - the Tories just wasted ours (you could argue it was Scotland's oil but I'm quite happy to say Britain's)
I believe your thesis to be wrong. The apparent 'overspend' to Regions such as Scotland has to be understood in the context of indicators such as poverty/premature morbidity. Do you really wish a society where you are all in red braces and porsches in the S.E. where you live while other parts are eating dirt and shoeless?
I'd happily separate the 2 nations now. Engerland is an obviously right-wing country while Scotland is very obviously socialist. I never thought I'd become nationalist when a younger person, but I want the divorce right now.