Such is national scale finance. We can cut it up to sound worthless, or make it sound like a fair chunk of change. Would have bought a lot of infrastructure o

Such is national scale finance. We can cut it up to sound worthless, or make it sound like a fair chunk of change. Would have bought a lot of infrastructure or regional development. Perhaps most relevant to today, it's 1/8 the national debt. That's quite a lot to just leave on the table. Per capita? That's where the Scots, especially SNP, angle starts. They do have a similar population to Norway after all...