Quote Originally Posted by Taintedice View Post
There is no system of collecting income tax within the Scottish government, it doesn't mean there aren't any people in Scotland paying income tax. As for Barnett, it would be completely redundant if Scotgov could keep all taxes raised in Scotland and could borrow (from BoE) and pay back at low interest rates, as was promised in 2014 via a federal system. However, that wouldn't suit the narrative that Scotland can only survive with handouts from England, the core unionist myth.
We were never promised a federal system in Scotland in 2014.
Alex Salmond wanted a third question on the 2014 independence referendum ballot paper namely Devo Max which would have meant that Salmond would have taken all the credit when things went well but blamed Westminster when things went wrong.
David Cameron refused and people were given the choice ‘ Do you want Scotland to become an independent country. Yes or No.
An independent Scotland which was permitted to join the EU could no longer borrow from the Bank of England because EU member states cannot use the currency of a non EU member state.
A least a year before the September 2014 independence referendum the SNP controlled Scottish Government brought out a White Paper headed Scotland’s Future.
White papers normally state in it what law a Government intends to bring in if it is passed by a vote in Parliament.
My MSP Michael Russell even admitted to me in an email in 2015 that not everything the Scotland’s Future white paper would haves taken place if the Scottish electorate had voted in favour of Scotland becoming an independent country.
It was basically a’wish list’ and a bribe to try to persuade the Scottish electorate that everything would be wonderful in an independent Scotland.
This is the real world and not the SNP version of Brigadoon.