If Scotland voted for independence, would you move elsewhere for a bit to see how things shake out?

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I would (and would definitely move my savings out of Scotland until things stabilised)

Probably hypothetical for at least a while just wondering if anyone strongly feels they'd stick around to ride it out.

The REALITY is that, as part of UK, Scotland raises £88bn in taxes and has £111bn of public spending resulting in a fiscal deficit equivalent to 10.4% of GDP which would be impossible for an independent country as money markets don't lend to countries with deficits much above 3% without imposing austerity measures (see Greece in 2010)

Can beachcitygirl provide quantified details of how the tax revenue and public spending in an independent Scotland would ?

Will help you out. No longer contributing to Trident would save £0.2bn

www.thenational.scot/news/17507578.revealed-scotland-pays-trident-every-year/

Are you struggling with the English language?
All governments attempt to govern, some succeed more than others - generally or in specific areas.

No, other governments govern.

Yeah I’d have to stay, it’s my home and I’m proud to be from here. I would be disappointed if we got independence but I do understand folks reasonings.

All of Scotland’s North Sea output would also have to leave Scotland and any petrol, diesel, gas, oil etc have to be bought back by Scotland as with Grangemouth gone there would be no was to refine it.

Theres currently a mass exodus of people from England moving to Scotland seeing as they have the best standard of living in the UK right now in most respects.
Interesting to see some of the comments on this thread, but England is in a far worse position than the Scottish, and Englands parliament has abandoned English people. Tragic.

Closing Grangemouth is an attack on Scotland and the people who live there. Their oil will need to be refined in England (England has more refineries despite a fraction of the oil and gas) and the surplus those refineries cant cope with will be sent to The Netherlands.

Heheheh! The 'GERS' figures? They're a total con, an accounting trick. Scotland is an extremely wealthy country and England will be struggling when Scotland finally leaves the disastrous UK.
The Scottish dont have a deficit at all, only the deficit that the Brit. Government in England makes up and then apportions them. It's a con. Its always been con.

What a load of made up rubbish! 🤣

1979 Scotland voted 'yes' to devolution but were told no by England.

2016 Scotland voted 'yes' to remaining in the EU, but were told 'no' by England.

100%! 👏

I think if you are in the central belt things are rosy but where I am in the SW is pretty rough. Roads potholes etc very bad, main town a dump. Hospital short of consultants and doctors so you travel miles for treatment.

What annoys me is the constant rhetoric about Nationalists in the media - they lost the vote, there are more remainers than Nationalists, just stop going on about it. After years of a shit SNP gov there’s no way there’s a majority, never was. Give it a rest.

Scotland voted yes to stay in the EU. The message on the ballot form didn’t say ‘if you vote yes to remain that means you want independence for Scotland’ - if it had said that it would have been a different result.

Er no there isn't!

They're produced by the SNP led Scottish government.

Scotland doesn't have good productivity and is heavily reliant on the public sector for jobs and top-up benefits. Not saying this can't change but don't start from a position that's wrong.

Yes but we’re leaving anyway next year. I don’t think it will ever happen, thank God but there are too many other things that we can’t bear anymore. Independence would be a disaster for Scotland the economy.

I think Rob was bored at 2am and just wanted to go on a independence/big bad Westminster rant again (like hey do on multiple other Scotnet threads if they dare mention SNP)

Wowser - did the tartan bat signal go up earlier this morning?

The delusional drivel posted by RobG demonstrates why Scexit is a toxic brand for Middle Scotland

I think if you are in the central belt things are rosy but where I am in the SW is pretty rough. Roads potholes etc very bad, main town a dump. Hospital short of consultants and doctors so you travel miles for treatment

Can confirm that this description applies to Glasgow.

I'm sure we're all convinced now...

RobG was an Iranian bot surely? Or a drunk, not very intelligent rabid nationalist.

Edinburgh has gone to shit too.

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treadingonlego · Today 12:18
I think if you are in the central belt things are rosy but where I am in the SW is pretty rough. Roads potholes etc very bad, main town a dump. Hospital short of consultants and doctors so you travel miles for treatment
Can confirm that this description applies to Glasgow.

Edinburgh has gone to shit too

Road wise, yes. Drive from Perth to Edinburgh is bumpy as hell.

Heheheh! The 'GERS' figures? They're a total con, an accounting trick. Scotland is an extremely wealthy country and England will be struggling when Scotland finally leaves the disastrous UK.
The Scottish dont have a deficit at all, only the deficit that the Brit. Government in England makes up and then apportions them. It's a con. It's always been con.

😂😂😂😂Funny how they were the basis for both the white paper and the growth commission then.