Quote Originally Posted by JackSnakes View Post
I think it is a tad more difficult than many believe.
It looks easy when people are throwing this £15bn deficit number around, but the actual fact is that this is absolutely no indication whatsoever of where an independent Scotland would sit financially. This figure is only the difference between what Scotland gave to the treasury, and what Scotland paid out in public spending last year.



As has been pointed out, this is the first year in quite some time that the number is actually negative
I'm pretty certain that simply isn't true at all.


* I'm being pedantic but the way you describe the flow of money there is interesting. Scotland does indeed pay its revenue to the treasury but rather than Scotland then paying out money in public spending it is actually this money the UK government spends on Scotland. Keeping services running in the years that Scotland hasn't made enough to cover it.