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Post by ARENA on Jun 19, 2019 7:48:08 GMT
Did any of you watch the scrabble for the crown?
I don't like the choice but I'll go for the outsider , Rory Stewart.
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Post by starlilolill on Jun 19, 2019 8:08:20 GMT
I watched as much as I could stand! When they don't answer the question, when they spin a question into something else etc etc then I just lose total respect for them all. At one point Gove brought Jeremy Corbyn into an answer - why? This was about the Tory leadership for goodness sake!
I despair, but when Boris is annointed I believe independence for Scotland is guaranteed. Every cloud has a silver lining!
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Post by ARENA on Jun 23, 2019 8:10:21 GMT
Boris Johnson could be the midwife of Scottish independence, according to an exclusive Sunday Times poll that suggests a majority of Scots would vote to leave the UK if he becomes prime minister.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 8:52:36 GMT
Don't think the revelations about his "domestic" will do him any good. the Sunday paper headlines are horrific. Her former boyfriend has spilt some dirt as well
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Post by starlilolill on Jun 23, 2019 12:26:44 GMT
Am I the only one who can't understand how this man could ever be considered as a PM. This incident is the last of a long line of errors (that's putting it mildly) he has made and yet he was cheered on at the hustings yesterday by conservative voters. What is going on in the minds of some people I cannot imagine!
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Post by starlilolill on Jun 23, 2019 13:02:56 GMT
I am hoping for independence - it isn't unthinkable Arena - it isn't a union of equals, never was!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 14:22:28 GMT
I am hoping for independence - it isn't unthinkable Arena - it isn't a union of equals, never was! You want to leave the UK but stay in the EU As far as I can see we gain nothing from the Union with Scotland and N Ireland except a drain on England's recourses
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Post by ARENA on Jun 23, 2019 15:00:52 GMT
Please check your facts Jimmy.
Wikipedia:
Scotland had an estimated nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of up to £152 billion in 2015. In 2014, Scotland's per capita GDP was one of the highest in the EU
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 16:48:26 GMT
Please check your facts Jimmy. Wikipedia: Scotland had an estimated nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of up to £152 billion in 2015. In 2014, Scotland's per capita GDP was one of the highest in the EU I did
The International Monetary Fund has measured the GDP of all countries in the world. As of 2018, the top 10 countries by GDP are:
1. United States: $20.5 trillion
2. China: $13.4 trillion
3. Japan: $4.9 trillion
4. Germany: $4.0 trillion
5. United Kingdom: $2.8 trillion
Scotland's £152 billion is a small part of $2.8 trillion
www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/nicola-sturgeon-denies-scotland-is-subsidised-by-uk-as-gulf-in-spending-widens-mv0x7kn0w?CMP=Sprkr-_-Editorial-_-TheTimesandTheSundayTimes-_-Unspecified-_-FBPAGE
Nicola Sturgeon denied that Scotland was being subsidised by Westminster after figures showed that public spending north of the border is more than £1,500 per person higher than the figure for the whole of the UK.
Scotland’s notional fiscal deficit — the gap between what it raises and what it spends — was £13.4 billion in the 2017-18 financial year, down £1 billion compared with the previous year. However, this represents 7.9 per cent of GDP, compared with the 1.9 per cent recorded for the UK as a whole, and more than double the limit allowed by the European Union for independent member states.
The spending gap is most pronounced in the amount of money spent on public services. In Scotland this was £13,530 per…
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Post by althea on Jun 23, 2019 19:24:44 GMT
Am I the only one who can't understand how this man could ever be considered as a PM. This incident is the last of a long line of errors (that's putting it mildly) he has made and yet he was cheered on at the hustings yesterday by conservative voters. What is going on in the minds of some people I cannot imagine! No,you are not the only one who doesn't want an inarticulate buffoon to represent the UK. |
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Post by starlilolill on Jun 23, 2019 19:29:22 GMT
Even Hammond has admitted that the UK would be in serious financial difficulties without Scotland.
I only wish someone with a bit of nouce would have explained it properly many years ago. Oil fund, what oil fund? Maggie used the oil money to fund benefits - check that one out. Norway's oil fund is where the comparison should be made - they have an enormous fund, Scotland - zero.
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Post by ARENA on Jun 24, 2019 6:55:44 GMT
Think it through ...the Conservatives get little or no votes in Scotland, OK. Why then are they against Scottish independence?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 9:48:45 GMT
Even Hammond has admitted that the UK would be in serious financial difficulties without Scotland. I only wish someone with a bit of nouce would have explained it properly many years ago. Oil fund, what oil fund? Maggie used the oil money to fund benefits - check that one out. Norway's oil fund is where the comparison should be made - they have an enormous fund, Scotland - zero. Of course Scotland is part of the UK and seemingly according to the latest results and polls the majority wish to remain so. Oil revenue therefore came to the UK But if the environmentalists hold sway oil and petrol will soon be a dirty word, and worthless
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Post by starlilolill on Jun 24, 2019 11:59:05 GMT
Well Jimmy, I didn't have you down as being naive. I try to do as much research as I can before committing myself to posting and over the years it has proved 'useful'. I post on one other site and believe me Scotland is more than capable of standing on its own two feet even without the oil revenue. If you look at the tax take alone and what comes back to Scotland via the Barnet formula you will see quite clearly that Scotland puts more in than it gets out. Fair? I don't believe it is.
The information is out there for all to see, I wish more people would look for it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 12:10:21 GMT
Well Jimmy, I didn't have you down as being naive. I try to do as much research as I can before committing myself to posting and over the years it has proved 'useful'. I post on one other site and believe me Scotland is more than capable of standing on its own two feet even without the oil revenue. If you look at the tax take alone and what comes back to Scotland via the Barnet formula you will see quite clearly that Scotland puts more in than it gets out. Fair? I don't believe it is. The information is out there for all to see, I wish more people would look for it! Surely you know that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics People believe the statistics they want to believe to suit their own agendas In Scotland the total number employed is around 2,500,000 of a population of 5,250,000 In England the total number employed is over 32,500,000 of a population of nearly 67,000,000 These figures prove my point. I too like to do research but in an impartial way
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