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Thread #155459   Message #3658364
Posted By: GUEST,Rahere
08-Sep-14 - 06:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: scottish independence
Subject: RE: BS: scottish independence
The question is still one of the Scottish tail wagging the English dog, it's all of a piece, Scottish arrogance - when in reality, it was Scottish political and economic incompetence which caused the last recession, and to a great extent the one before that, the consistent downside of my entire working life. This is a nation which allows corruption around it's one significant production plant, and wants independence when the costs and terms are undefined, which is quite sufficient proof of its economic incompetence in and of itself. Illegal immigrants will get the vote, it seems, whereas English citizens aren't being allowed a say if we want to keep you or not. It does make our own political masters much more loved either, for that matter.
Belgium is adequate proof that you need a population of about 20 million to be autonomous - it only survives because NATO and the EU put a sizeable cash injection into the economy. London has carried Scotland for far too long, so if you want to stand on your own two feet, good luck to you, we'll be the better off for it. Belgium has 40% more population and is in a far more temperate zone to produce food in, with far better arable land.
So awa' wi' ye and good riddance.