Originally Posted by
wendun
Grist, you always have an interesting slant on things. Here you have rather lost me on two counts. Not at all sure what "remainers protecting their money" means. And does the North really pay? I find economics difficult but in terms of contribution to UK GDP London far outstrips elsewhere, all the regions with above average contributions are in the South (with the exception of Cheshire and NE Scotland - oil, perhaps for this last one?) and every region in the North contributes much less than the average. The South East could probably follow Italy's lead and go for a Northern League type party and push for independence.