Scottish Government moving the goalposts

[The AuldYin]

Like i say, Scotland is the only sovereign country in the world that sends its revenues to a different country and gets a fraction of it back as pocket money. The UK treasury never releases the true revenues for Scotland, stopped doing it 100 years ago.

Every other country manages to collect taxes, spend them on services, borrow when they have to, just normal country stuff.

There is also no prospect of being saddled with UK debt, it just isn't that transferrable and most of it doesn't exist outside of spreadsheets anyway. Scotland's so-called deficit reflects what UK governments do, not what happens in Scotland.

But I don't see the SNP convincing enough people when it comes to the crunch so no bookmarking required

And who the **** is gonna loan money to a country that's just reneged on it's debt? The SNP threatened this in 2014 and although they very quickly withdrew the threat it was too late the damage was done. The UK believe it or not has the luxury of borrowing money relatively cheaply, a newly formed Scotland wouldn't, especially as we seem to hand over freebies like sweeties.

[Taintedice]

And who the **** is gonna loan money to a country that's just reneged on it's debt? The SNP threatened this in 2014 and although they very quickly withdrew the threat it was too late the damage was done. The UK believe it or not has the luxury of borrowing money relatively cheaply, a newly formed Scotland wouldn't, especially as we seem to hand over freebies like sweeties.

Scotland doesn't have any debt, it all belongs to the UK. If England wanted to retain the rights as a successor state, then it keeps the so-called debt. Otherwise England can also get its independence from the UK and we can split everything evenly. And the UK doesn't borrow money, it creates it. By the way, Faroe Islands managed to borrow a fair chunk just recently, wonder how they managed that. Maybe the Bank of England will give us a loan since a Scot created it.

[The AuldYin]

Scotland doesn't have any debt, it all belongs to the UK. If England wanted to retain the rights as a successor state, then it keeps the so-called debt. Otherwise England can also get its independence from the UK and we can split everything evenly. And the UK doesn't borrow money, it creates it. By the way, Faroe Islands managed to borrow a fair chunk just recently, wonder how they managed that. Maybe the Bank of England will give us a loan since a Scot created it.

So if me and the wife get a huge mortgage then get divorced we don't have to pay it? That's genius, we're going to try it. Can I tell the mortgage company you said it was OK?

[Taintedice]

So if me and the wife get a huge mortgage then get divorced we don't have to pay it? That's genius, we're going to try it. Can I tell the mortgage company you said it was OK?

Who's the 3rd party who owns the loans/debts when it comes to the UK? Oh that's right, it's the UK. Scotland is part of the UK, it doesn't owe anything to it.