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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
The UK government might be a net contributor to Scotland at the moment but it's not always been the case every year. With people no longer needing to be office-based and increasing electricity generation north of the border, and potential Scottish EU entry if independent, things may change.
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Scotland has been a net beneficiary of the Union for practically the whole of its 313 years, with only a minor blip of around 30-40 years, if you assume that all of the proceeds of North Sea oil actually belong to Scotland (which they don’t: there’s no international frontier in the sea between England and Scotland; most of the oil is in international waters anyway; and the share of it assigned to the U.K. is subject to an international treaty to which the U.K., and not any of its constituent nations, is signatory).