to think that if scotland and ireland where independent countries we can all pay at least half the amount of tax.

[bluegreysky]

in england we would all be better off as we wouldn't need to pay anywhere near as much tax, to support scotland and ireland's finacial dependence.

im sick of the way they bleat on about wanting to be there own country and independent.
and the scotish kids getting uni free, funded by us etc.

what do you think?

yanbu

yabu and deluded

lol, you sound like my dad! I am sure there is more to it than that because we wouldnt put up with as a nation.
I know what you mean though about them wanting to be independant all the time and it can be annoying as we are suposed to be a United Kingdom

Um- Ireland is an independent country. Do you mean Northern Ireland?
And what about Wales?

YABAT

Ireland is independent, you troll.

Scotland hopefully soon.

We'll take our oil and be happy with it, thanks.

Economics not your strong suit.

what do all these abbreviations mean?

the welsh actually seem to undersyand the situation, and do not constantly slag us off.
rusty we bank roll ireland.

As a matter of interest, who gets the revenue from the North Sea oil?

Who is "we".

Is this an English board?

News to me.

YABU.

ouch I can see this one getting nasty!

The oil revenue currently goes to all of the UK.

Someone has been reading the Daily Mail. Oh dear.

Oh Christ this'll go arse shaped.

lol yes and my dad reads the bloody daily mail its like the middle aged mans daily mood breaker

Thanks maribe, thought it was a devolution issue, but guess not...

build a wall round london, make it a country then id be rolling in money!

Even Daily mail readers understand that the Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK. And that Scotland's oil and gas have powered the UK economy.

The OP is a troll, amazing that some MNers are so ignorant they don't grasp the above!

I do think the OP has got the argument slightly wrong however - it should just be LONDON, not just England. According to this line of argument, London 'bankrolls' everything. So really you should have included northern peasants and inbred ruralites along with the Scots and the Welsh.

ok so the op might be a troll. but the good thing is that people will post as to why she is wrong and I will then undersatnd it all.

I think your grasp of economics/demographics must be shaky. The population of Scotland is about 5 million. The population of Northern Ireland is about 1.7 million. The population of England and Wales is about 62 million. So if you reckon you'd be paying half the tax if Scotland and NI were independent, you are living in a fool's paradise.

Oh, and OP doesn't seem to be a troll actually.

I just googled for per capita GDP. Figures are not available for seperate nations within the UK but amusingly, the most recent ones I could find suggest that the Republic of Ireland is more productive and richer than the UK.

www.worldfactsandfigures.com/gdp_country_desc.php

If Scotland gains full indepence and control over Scottish national resources the same thing is likely to happen.

Bloody hell.

Republic of Ireland is NOTHING TO DO with London, England, GB or the UK.

'YOU' are not bankrolling it.