Rant about David Cameron telling Scotland what to do

[baldelectrician]

Just watched the Andrew Marr show on BBC1 and heard David Cameron go against his own word say he will bring the referendum date forward and force a date on the Scottish people

I nearly did an old man thing and shout at the telly :rolleyes4:

Although, after the election he said that would be a matter for the Scottish Parilament to decide the date of the referendum

Whether you agree or disagree with Scotland going seperate this move is for the detriment of the UK.

I can see it now-
"they are now forcing the referndum date on us...... a vote for independence is the only way to stop us being forced into things again"........

David Cameron 0 - SNP 1

Discuss

 

[alarm man]

Just watched the Andrew Marr show on BBC1 and heard David Cameron go against his own word say he will bring the referendum date forward and force a date on the Scottish people

I nearly did an old man thing and shout at the telly :rolleyes4:

Although, after the election he said that would be a matter for the Scottish Parilament to decide the date of the referendum

Whether you agree or disagree with Scotland going seperate this move is for the detriment of the UK.

I can see it now-
"they are now forcing the referndum date on us...... a vote for independence is the only way to stop us being forced into things again"........

David Cameron 0 - SNP 1

Discuss

never really looked into it tbh,but living in ne england id gladly be part of scotland,just move that wall a few mile south wont take long..:smartass: but will scotland be totally independent ie living off what comes in ie oil gas etc or will it have to rely on handouts/subsides from the uk(london) aka stab city,if so thats not real independence and will still rely on london to give money to survive,as london is the centre of the universe apparently..tho i prefer to go shopping on boxing day and come home alive.:nonod:..give me scotland anyday

 

[Octopus]

All I want is for England to adopt the zero cost of perscriptions, zero cost of university fees and zero cost of care for the elderly...

but that won't happen will it


More like Scotland will introduce these charges.......

 

[Des 56]

If Scotland waves goodbye.I dont care much for the chances of whats left of the United kingdom

It may have to be called Northern Wengland or even Englewalnorth or Wangleiresland

 

[baldelectrician]

This (Cameron) really ****es me off- there are more pandas in Scotland than tory MP's- yet he seems to think he can dictate things to the Scots after saying it was a Scottish matter and he would not interfere

A word of warning- as well as oil Scotland has a lot of resources, there is a lot of renewable energy, over 51% of europes carbon capture and storage capacity
There is also just as much oil on the West of Scotland that has not been touched, not forgetting the £300bn still avilable in the North Sea

Things can be run better up here (if you exclude the Labour run things like the Scottish Parliament construction, and the Tram fiasco that the SNP were against). Almost all of their projects (since 2007) have came in under budget, and ahead of time.

The M74 extension came in £50m-£60m under budget and 6 months ahead of schedule

 

[Octopus]

Yes but give me £1500 per head extra across England and I can make a few improvements too!

 

[baldelectrician]

Scotland contributes more % GDP than it gets in- see HERE

"Scotland generated 9.4% of UK tax with 8.4% of the population - the equivalent of £1,000 extra for every man, woman and child in Scotland.

This sponging Scots gets my goat

 

[Octopus]

Mind you who bailed out RBS??

 

[Des 56]

At the end of the day,the economic argument is irrelevant

Any country should have the right to say what its status is to be
That right is irrespective of their economic prospects

The people who site a poor economy as an argument against independance have lost the plot
It can be used to sway the decision but the right to make that decision should not be interfered with

 

[baldelectrician]

Mind you who bailed out RBS??

The people who benefited from the years of tax revenue
Remember all the crap about Iceland- not a peep now as they DIDN'T bail out the banks, I would have let them go and secured individuals and small businesses upto £150k. They are now doing well

As a share of the UK, Scotland would have to bear 10% of the costs of the bail out (as the population mix goes), but Scotland would have 10% of the UK assets outwith it's territioial waters. This means 10% of all the embassies, even 10% of the territories and 10% of the liabilities as well.

I'm not for full seperation, my preferred option is FFA (Full Fiscal Autonomy) where the monies raised in Scotland stay there and we pay a share of the defence budget (with the exception of the nuclear deterent that the Scots don't want)
This includes a geographical share of the oil (>85%) in the north sea

We can then make decisions that benefit our country (like invest the money in developing Carbon Capture and Storage, which could be a real moneyspinner)
They did this with wind technology in the 1980's, the rights went to Germany and Denmark- which is where we are now buying our wind technology from