Don't flame me for this - just an observation

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I work in conveyancing and I have noticed a huge upsurge in people from England trying to sell up and move to Scotland. I know they will get more for their money up there but someone today and yesterday were total pissed off the Government. I am sure it works both ways and there is an influx to England but has anyone noticed a difference - particularly people from London especially.

This is just offensive nonsense.

I seriously think that the EU will not want to admit another economy needing investment. The gas and oil are appealing, but sensible Scotland will want to ring fence them into a sovereign wealth fund, a la Norway, as much as is allowed. Re electricity, it's bought and sold in the spot market.

Where are you?

Scotland is not a 'breakaway' state. The Spanish constitution (set up by Franco) says that all states have to vote for and that is why the Spanish Govt did not recognise the Catalonian Referendum. It would have no problem in recognising a legal Independance Referendum in Scotland.

Isn't Bangor wales?

Strange stereotype. I get the London comparison, but nothing else.

We'd like to live in Scotland. DH is from Edinburgh. We get far more for our money in the North of England where I'm from and therefore live there, sadly. Every time I've property searched in Scotland (have a vague hankering for the Western Isles) I'm utterly shocked at how damned expensive a detached house with a decent sized garden would be.

My MIL genuinely can't seem to grasp that we can't afford to live in Scotland - or at least would have a far smaller house with a lot less outdoor space in comparison to what we have in England, and I'm not prepared to lower my quality of life like that.

Same! I'd wonder if it was the same couple, but I bet there are a fair few doing the same thing.

The rural places usually have no jobs. Sit in a pretty rural area on the dole? Many of these young people are itching to get to London et al to make some money and then THEY end up raising house prices in cool 'affordable' areas in London pricing out, guess who? The people who grew up there. So no, I'm not sorry about them. It's how the world works. Seeing your other comments I don't think we'll agree on much.

They must be pretty stupid, Scotlands chance of joining the EU - with their new Scottish pound currency, huge debts and unsustainable living standards outside the U.K. means their chances are zero.
So either your friends are dim witted or this is made up,
Most people I know won’t even holiday in Scotland now, such is the anti English sentiment - and we are half Scottish and can’t imagine we will return to see our family. They now come to visit us, and are devastated by the racism directed at their English family. It’s not all of Scotland that feel this way, but all that can be heard is the SNP and it’s poisoning relationships as it was intended to do..

Katie Dolatowski.

But yes, let’s just allow any predatory male claim they have gender dysphoria with no medical diagnosis and get a magical piece of paper telling everyone they’re a woman after 3 months.

Fuck that.

i think it’s hilarious that the terfs like to paint Nicola sturgeon as a danger to women and children, I find it so scary when the snp give out free bus passes for children and free sanitary products, at a time when everyone’s feeling the pinch

I have no skin in this game, (ironically the only time I have face racism was in Scotland though, with a large pinch of anti english)

But I think you are mixing up scenarios to create a straw man, the 'terfs' argument isn't around free bus passes (which is a simplistic populistic stance to appease the easily led) most scottish parents want actual education sorted out and are getting tired of the constant anything bad is the result of the UK gov.

If you did understand the 'terfs' issue, you wouldn't be bringing up simplistic non related situations, but this is tribilisitic political discourse in 2022

And baby boxes to all mothers so every baby has a safe place to sleep. They're monsters

Have you been to these places and spoken to these people? Trust an English person to tell a Scottish person what they think 🙄

Have you looked at attainment in Scotland?

What?! Don't even know where to begin with this...what a load of nonsense.

Or the child payment that is responsible for lifting many families out of poverty. Luckily, it’s being increased and being given to more families soon. Several charities have been monitoring the impact of this payment and it makes for interesting reading.

Well the SNP only recognise boys so yes boxes won’t fix that for baby girls.

bangidy bang bang bang 🙄

Well Swinney has bugger all else to do on a Friday evening.

Anything to stop us asking questions about the cash they've wasted on ferries though, right?

Yes, more children in deprived areas or who have been cared for by the state are achieving more qualifications than they ever have before. Isn’t that great?

Who is bankrolling that… oh yes those nasty high earners down south.

Sturgeon has corrupted Scotland - poisoned the entire nation with hatred.

Lol, do you think tax isn’t generated in Scotland? We got back a portion of what’s sent down.

How original 🙄

Yes, this. Can't abide name calling. It's a convenient alternative to actual debate.

Absolute BULLSHIT
and you know it.
we have close relatives that are fucking seething about the drop in standards, and now the NHS is just about to collapse. Seriously please stop lying.