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				Nope - I don't possess his debating stamina.    
			
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			24-08-2021, 21:15
			
			
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				I hadn't noticed! 
			
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			26-08-2021, 19:43
			
			
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			I hope so . Fed up with supporting them ! Get back behind the wall now
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			27-08-2021, 17:36
			
			
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			So Wales supports Scotland financially?
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			27-08-2021, 17:47
			
			
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				So Wales supports Scotland financially? 
			
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 Wales is almost as big a per capita net beneficiary from the UK treasury as Scotland is.
 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gover...yearending2020
Most of England is as well for that matter.  London and the southeast are the net contributors, but then that’s to be expected in a country as heavily centralised as ours.  And in case you were thinking of feeling sorry for all those southerners paying for our stuff, they do get a lot of infrastructure advantages to support all their tax-raising industry.  So don’t.   
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			30-08-2021, 00:42
			
			
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					Originally Posted by  Gary L
					 
				 
				I think you mean what should we do about Scotland. 
  
I think we should assist them in every way possible in the split. 
			
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 Everyone in Scotland does not want to spit,  We are better and Stronger  
together.  We do not all like the SNP,  For me I cannot stand them ,
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			30-08-2021, 21:53
			
			
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				We are better and Stronger  
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			30-08-2021, 23:10
			
			
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				Where have I heard that before?    
			
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				Nicola Sturgeon unveils case for Scottish independence 
 
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon launches a fresh independence campaign and says she "stands ready" to negotiate with PM Boris Johnson to hold a second referendum. 
 
When the country held the first vote in 2014 its go-ahead was possible because the UK government granted the necessary power, called a Section 30 order. 
 
However, in the near eight years that have passed two Conservative prime ministers - Theresa May and Mr Johnson - have refused to give that order a second time. 
 
Ms Sturgeon now says she is confident that Scotland can navigate towards a legal independence vote and the detail of how that could be done would be presented to the Scottish Parliament "very soon".
			
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			The wee yin really is obsessed with this thing. She can't actually focus on trying to run a country.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				The wee yin really is obsessed with this thing. She can't actually focus on trying to run a country. 
			
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 I don't see how any one could think of investing in Scotland with these head cases in charge.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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 Nicola Sturgeon unveils another round of wishful thinking, unanswered questions and special pleading.
 
12 years of Tory government, Boris Johnson in Downing Street and 2 years of Wee Nippy on TV almost daily, 'running' the country via covid policy, and the polling has barely shifted.  Quite what she thinks is going to shift now is beyond me.
 
Of course, she doesn't seriously think it will shift.  This is all about maintaining the unity of the cause by giving the appearance of momentum.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Fed up with Nicola and her Indy 2,  she knows we do not want it but she is trying to hold onto her job by pleasing her followers,   Scotland would be in the gutter with Westminster, We need all nations to stay together,
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			I assume Sturgeon is raising independence now as she knows Johnson is in a defensive position. Not that he will change his mind, but it will distract him from other matters.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Still no sign of what real policies they would want to pursue that would magically increase things like productivity and GDP.  
Too many of their comparator countries have advantages that are unique to them or they got in there first and there is little room for newcomers.
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