Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
SNP manifesto, including their policy on a referendum on independence:
https://www.snp.org/manifesto/
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
Sorry about this
Can't tell his A's from his LB .....
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
I still can't decide... was that genuine?
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
"Implications for United Kingdom nuclear deterrence should the Union fail"
https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.o ... Gower-.pdf
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https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.o ... Gower-.pdf
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"Dear heads of state and government of the EU, president of the European council, president and members of the European parliament, president and members of the commission,
"We are Europeans from across the continent and around the world. Naturally, we disagree about many things. But we all agree on this: we want the people of Scotland to know that Europeans everywhere would welcome them back in the European Union if this is their democratic wish... "
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... t-scotland
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"We are Europeans from across the continent and around the world. Naturally, we disagree about many things. But we all agree on this: we want the people of Scotland to know that Europeans everywhere would welcome them back in the European Union if this is their democratic wish... "
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... t-scotland
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Mickey Mouse hasnt signed it? Seriously, if Scots want it they should have it!
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
IFS: "Updated projections of Scotland's fiscal position - and their implications"
https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15418
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https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15418
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
There's been some news and comment about NatWest's (formerly the Royal Bank of Scotland) statement that it would move its headquarters out of an independent Scotland and to London because the Scottish economy was not big enough to be a lender of last resort.
Both the bank and Nicola Sturgeon have stressed that the move of the the registered office does not mean a move of operations or jobs. I understand that but if NatWest got into serious trouble again (and currently 13 years after the 2008 financial crisis it's still 60% owned by the taxpayer) would the English and Welsh taxpayer be pleased to bail it out to help save Scottish jobs? Surely if we bailed it out the quid pro quo would be more jobs transferred to England or Wales anyway?
Both the bank and Nicola Sturgeon have stressed that the move of the the registered office does not mean a move of operations or jobs. I understand that but if NatWest got into serious trouble again (and currently 13 years after the 2008 financial crisis it's still 60% owned by the taxpayer) would the English and Welsh taxpayer be pleased to bail it out to help save Scottish jobs? Surely if we bailed it out the quid pro quo would be more jobs transferred to England or Wales anyway?
Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
People in Scotland pay tax so must have some ownership in it then. I don’t see an Independent Scotland gifting our share to E&W or if ownership actually means liability then I can’t see E&W freeing us of it.Ben@Forest wrote: ↑1 May 2021, 5:10pm currently 13 years after the 2008 financial crisis it's still 60% owned by the taxpayer
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That's true but it doesn't apply to any new investment if, for example, the rUK has to give NatWest £20 billion then they have leverage over an English company - in the last bailout they got £46 billion.Paulatic wrote: ↑1 May 2021, 6:20pmPeople in Scotland pay tax so must have some ownership in it then. I don’t see an Independent Scotland gifting our share to E&W or if ownership actually means liability then I can’t see E&W freeing us of it.Ben@Forest wrote: ↑1 May 2021, 5:10pm currently 13 years after the 2008 financial crisis it's still 60% owned by the taxpayer
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
There are several options: a leased base in Scotland, an exclave, England, another part of the UK, another country, scrap them.Of course the nuclear subs would have to go to England.
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Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
Yes.The difficulty is presenting the Scots with fact based pluses and minuses of leaving.
I hope it doesn't follow the untruths told in the UK referendum, but maybe it'll just wanting to be free that wins the day.
In the previous referendum on independence the quality of the proposal and the details of what what would happen were way ahead of what we saw in *2016.
I'm expecting something at least as detailed if there's another.
But you may well be right on the importance of sentiment.
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* And the UK government has never presented an impact assessment of Leaving the EU to Parliament.
Re: Scotland - do you predict that it will be an independent administrative political entity within 10 years?
Thinking aloud (i.e. not my analysis and not a prediction) but if independence parties get a decent majority and polls show prospects of going independent and Johnson is unable to just keep saying "No", if Westminster will propose some changes to give the Scottish Parliament more powers e.g. power to set/levy income tax, maybe there are other things. Of course this will take time to set-up and would not happen until after a Scottish Remain Result and reality is would never happen, just Westminster doing another "only way you can stay in the EU ..." lies and deceit. But it only takes a few people to be suckered and it'll swing the vote back to "remain".
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