21-03-12, 09:55 AM
I should imagine we would moan about the speed of service from our truculent neighbours.
VNA has picked up on my point re immigration which while light hearted does make the point that I don't think a Scottish Welfare state would be as open for abuse as the current UK one (and that includes Scottish Nationals) There are many Eastern Europeans settled happily in Scotland and paying their way. I am not so sure we would be as supportive of policies which allow 4 unemployed generations of a family to exist on the back of the state, this as much as anything is to do with the latent Scottish work ethic I guess.
It occurs to me that a Scotland able to invest its own wealth in itself would almost inevitably start to invest in England and England in turn would be hungry for that investment...consequently this becomes an issue of balance of power and how ridiculously skewed it is at the moment.
There was mention of 'an English Parliament'...once the Scots leave you may find other parties follow suit leaving an English Parliament behind. Maybe then that English Parliament would concentrate on looking after the English....it's a crazy idea..but it may work
VNA has picked up on my point re immigration which while light hearted does make the point that I don't think a Scottish Welfare state would be as open for abuse as the current UK one (and that includes Scottish Nationals) There are many Eastern Europeans settled happily in Scotland and paying their way. I am not so sure we would be as supportive of policies which allow 4 unemployed generations of a family to exist on the back of the state, this as much as anything is to do with the latent Scottish work ethic I guess.
It occurs to me that a Scotland able to invest its own wealth in itself would almost inevitably start to invest in England and England in turn would be hungry for that investment...consequently this becomes an issue of balance of power and how ridiculously skewed it is at the moment.
There was mention of 'an English Parliament'...once the Scots leave you may find other parties follow suit leaving an English Parliament behind. Maybe then that English Parliament would concentrate on looking after the English....it's a crazy idea..but it may work
The Frying Scotsman