Quote Originally Posted by grantzer View Post
Or...

We stop subsidising ferries for people who choose to live on islands,and use the money for something better.

That money could be used to build windfalls,especially on the islands which would clearly be good for the environment,and would help with energy production. Or we could use it to fix the potholes on the roads on the mainland.

We could even use it to help a third world country survive,I would spend it in that Scotland place, to help the poorest people put food on the table,or heat their houses in the winter.

Surely that's money better spent than subsidising people who want to use the luxury ferries taking them to the houses they knew were on an island when they bought them?
What kind of windfalls do you suggest are built especially on the Scottish islands.
You would have to kiss goodbye to Scotch whisky produced on the islands of Mull, Jura and particularly the island of Islay which has nine whisky distilleries all working full time plus the Maltings in Port Ellen which is burning Islay peat 24/7 to smoke the barley that makes the peated Islay whisky.
That would certainly knock a hole in the U.K. Government’s balance of payments figures plus the greatly reduced taxation when the scotch whisky comes out of the bonded warehouses would result in taxes having to be raised elsewhere to compensate for this loss of income.
Be very careful what you wish for!