Thread: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
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Old 16-02-2021, 19:46   #3658
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Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Then how do those other countries manage?

Isn’t it possible Scotland could emulate them?
But that isn’t the argument, Hugh. The argument is that there is a huge hole in the budget with the absence of the Barnett formula and all the other reasons set out above, and the SNP appear to have no idea how to fill it.

No-one is doubting that the Scots could survive on their own, but they will be much poorer as a result. The Scottish electorate need to know that before they enter their crosses.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
You’re assuming Scotland would want to spend billions on Trident, a privatised track and trace system that doesn’t work, a high speed rail network in another country... etc.
They probably wouldn’t, but they will have to pay a lot of extra dole money with all those people they’d throw out of work. And you seem to forget, Scotland will have to fund its own defence, albeit a non-nuclear defence.
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