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Old 21-10-2010, 13:36   #53
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Re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015

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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
It's a way to pull out prime forces (and destroy local economies based on their local deployment) from a country that wants independence from Westminster.
Ahem. Don't believe everything you read in the papers. The majority of Scots are quite happy to remain part of the UK.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ecord-low.html

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The YouGov survey shows only 27 per cent of Scots would support independence in a referendum compared to 55 per cent who are opposed.
It does however show that in an independent Scotland we wouldn't be able to sustain any meaningful armed forces. Trident would be binned leaving a couple of large naval bases empty and generally Alex Salmond would have to find even more money in his magic biscuit tin.
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