Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
Islay. It isn't all about economics for those who think independence is essential. There are cultural and moral issues which are very important to some supporters. I think that the economic argument is more important but even the numbers that I think are relevant are hotly disputed by independence supporters. Telling people what to think is a mistake IMO. Asking for their reasons for thinking we will be better off financially as an independent country might help us to understand why they have the views that they do.
Last Thursday I was sitting in the waiting room at Glenford in Forfar where my car was undergoing a very minor repair.
Also sitting there was a young lad aged about 20 who was also waiting for his car.
We had a discussion and he admitted that he was not sure about whether Scotland becoming an independent country was a good idea or not.
I explained that an independent Scotland would no longer receive there annual grant from the Westminster Government and all the perks that people throughout Scptland enjoy compared to people in England under the rules of the Barnett Formula could end.
He told me that he had never heard of the Barnett Formula. I told him that an independent Scotland would not be like living in Brigadoon and he replied that he had never heard of Brigadoon.
This is the problem.
People like this person do not have a clue about the perils of Scptland becoming an independent country and they will be the ones who will have to pick up the pieces if it all goes wrong.