Scotland would still now be struggling to meet the criteria required to join the EU.
Evidence and citation?
Scotland would still now be struggling to meet the criteria required to join the EU.
Net Fiscal Balance 2021-22You maybe missed the GDP chart a few pages back.
Also Scotland doesn't have a balance of payments. Certainly not one that can properly calculated without Treasury transparency.
And they would !!EXACTLY the same evidence he has that Scotland would fail.
Net Fiscal Balance 2021-22
This is the difference between total revenue and total public sector expenditure including capital investment. The net fiscal balance:
- Was a deficit of 12.3% of GDP (£23.7 billion)
- When excluding the North Sea, was a deficit of 15.7% of GDP (£27.2 billion)
From the Scottish Government, I doubt they would be making the accounts worse than they are.Accounting trick. Inaccurately apportioned debt payments.
From the Scottish Government, I doubt they would be making the accounts worse than they are.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan.........What evidence have you got that Brexit will be successful.
When the Howard government left office Australia had a surplus of 20 billion, the consecutive Labor governments soon whittled that into a deficit. But Australia doesn't need to breakaway from anyone. If Scotland wants independence surely there has to be a sound financial reason for breaking away. Something which those arguing for independence fails to address.You can only **** with the **** you've got. Deficits are perfectly normal regardless. Scotland currently has zero borrowing powers. Only has power to adjust income tax.
What's Australia's current deficit?
there has to be a sound financial reason for breaking away
I think there is more evidence that going it alone would be financially destructive, even more so if wanting to tie up with the EU.Says who? As long as it's not a financial basket case (and there is little evidence it would be), being able to develop policy and fund it as we see fit as a country, is reason enough to seek political independence.
Did Canada, New Zealand and Japan leave the EU?Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan.........
Not really, no.Well my father is from the South. The problem is more complex, the way I see it forgetting about religion is are the people from the South any different to those in the North?
Is this from 'The Frankie goes to Hollywood' school of International affairsOne thing to remember we are all tribes.
The border would be interesting, I wonder how that would work.
Something like this I should imagine.
... and be a bit quicker.A cricket match would serve better.