Someone should publish a list of their bennies funded from London... with an expiration date.
Why do you think all of the politicians from Westminster are so keen to hang on to the Union if Scotland costs them money?
Scotland has only 8.3% of the UK’s population. 8.3%! Remember this important figure... 8.3%
But we DO have...
32% of the land area.
61% of the sea area.
90% of the fresh water.
65% of the natural gas production.
96.5% of the crude oil production.
47% of the open cast coal production
81% of the untapped coal reserves
62% of the timber production
46% of the total forest area
92% of the hydro electric production
40% of the wind wave and solar energy production
60% of the fish landings
30% of the beef herd
20% of the sheep herd
9% of the dairy herd
10% of the pig herd
15% if the cereal holdings
20% of the potato holdings
...obviously 100% of the Scotch Whisky industry.
We have a...
17 billion pound construction industry
13 billion food and drink industry
10 billion business services industry
9.3 billion chemical services industry
A 9.3 billion tourism industry
7 billion financial services industry
5 billion aeroservice industry
4.5 billion pound whisky exports industry
3.1 billion pound life sciences industry
Scotland still has 350 million pounds worth of textile exports
We have 25% of Europes wave and wind energy potential.
And finally we are blessed to have 1.5 trillion pound worth of oil and gas reserves.
All of this, yet only 8.3% of The UK’s population... Whaow Scotland should be rich!
Someone should also publish a list of how much tax money goes to the royal family. How much of that amount comes from Scotland?
This vote is on Sunday. Do you have any idea how many drunken brawls there are going to be this weekend in Scotland??? (Especially Glasgow.)
I have to agree with my YES friend, MadMitch, we give more than we get back, and we give more than we should given % of pop.
The issue isn’t whether we can, but should we.