Thread: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
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Old 21-08-2020, 19:30   #3167
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Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Make corporation tax 2p cheaper than England - capital flights and all those threats against tax rises in the UK? Or do you finally accept these threats are a red herring?

Ironically the economic argument isn’t the elephant in the room that you portray it. And the roughly 50% of the Scottish population who favour independence and have considered that despite these threats of doom they’re willing to take responsibility for their own affairs.
Another amusing Pythonesque response from you, jfman. Have you actually passed that tax reduction idea by the Sturgeon? I don't think you'll find she's into tax reductions!

Not that your answer comes close to resolving the economic issue.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Not up to me to explain it.

At the moment, the nationalists' argument for independence seem to have won a consistent majority in polls across Scotland. As JFMan and Michael Gove have both concluded, the UK Government needs a non-financial narrative to sell the United Kingdom to an increasingly sceptical Scottish nation.
As long as you're not promoting it, Andrew, in which case we deserve an explanation from you.

If there is a belief that the Scots are not interested in the financial arguments, this seems to be a pretty poor opinion of the Scots.

The SNP really doesn't want to discuss the economic implications, which is why the British government need to hammer it home, as well as the other arguments for unity and against the stifling EU.
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