[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jfman

A major international competitor that sees such great returns on investment and every pound of public expenditure that it can, allegedly, make billions in transfers to the other nations and regions shouldn't be too difficult to emulate.

The purpose of these transfers, other than propping up a neurotic and fragile English nationalism, is to prevent competition and keep those nations in check.

You accuse OB of speculation, but your quoted post is not only highly speculative (in both senses) but but full of wild assertions of English nationalism. Btw, English nationalism isn't necessary unless we want to secede from the UK.