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Not nonsense at all. Anti-English racism is rife in Scotland, all too vocal, all too public, except of course when they're asking for English handouts.
by epo 14y ago
Not nonsense at all. Anti-English racism is rife in Scotland, all too vocal, all too public, except of course when they're asking for English handouts.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y ago> except of course when they're asking for English handouts Ah, the myth of the English handout, somewhere between massively unclear and nonsense. Yes some of Scotland's current spending is subsidised by oil revenue which won't last for ever but when that money was flowing south during the 80s I don't recall the English complaining about it as unsustainable. The UK treasury would of course question that those revenues are entirely Scottish though I'm not clear on what grounds other than political expediency. Stephanie Flanders of the BBC on the subject: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16477990 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16477990 (also makes the point that taking oil out of the equation Scotland's subsidy isn't massively out of line with many parts of England). The FT: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/252e0d4a-f294-11db-a454-000b5df10621.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/252e0d4a-f294-11db-a454-000b5df106... And the New Statesman: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/scotland-12288-union-public http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/scotl... In ten years time will Scotland need a subsidy? Possibly. Does it get one now? No.