Some News for Doon.

[SocketRocket]

As you seem to like snippets from the press this one may be interesting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...d-runs-up-15bn-deficit-twice-size-of-UKs.html

 

[chrisd]

David Cameron did mention it during an answer on PMQ's today!

 

[richy]

David Cameron did mention it during an answer on PMQ's today!

You mean he actually answered a question??

 

[DCB]

Nope, I heard wee Nicola on the radio this evening saying everything was fine and not to worry, so it must be ok really. She wouldn't tell a lie would she ?

 

[DCB]

The next oil boom will come just after the Hibs lift the Scottish F A Cup

 

[FairwayDodger]

Apparently if we'd voted for independence we'd be days away from going it alone with the biggest deficit in Europe....

http://chokkablog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/gers-2014-15-reasons-to-be-cheerful.html

 

[chippa1909]

If I can distract you guys from celebrating Scotland's poor financial figures ( within the UK remember!), and we have already had a link put up to Pet Shop Boy's blog, in the interests of balance can I recommend having a wee read at this..

http://wingsoverscotland.com/gazing-into-the-black-hole/

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Wings balanced ? Haven't read a more one sided publication and very much anti UK and pro Independent Scotland

 

[chippa1909]

Wings balanced ? Haven't read a more one sided publication and very much anti UK and pro Independent Scotland

I meant as to balance to the previous link to the blog from the guy who owns a pet shop and makes out he's a world class economist.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

It's ok though friends north of the border who favour independence - it's all the UK Governments fault according to the quote in the article!!

 

[chippa1909]

The GERS paradox:

Using the fact that something is failing you as evidence that you taking control of it yourself will make it worse.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Im surprised we haven't heard from Doon or SILH on the situation ?

 

[SocketRocket]

I meant as to balance to the previous link to the blog from the guy who owns a pet shop and makes out he's a world class economist.

Some world class economists probably like dogs.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Nope, I heard wee Nicola on the radio this evening saying everything was fine and not to worry, so it must be ok really. She wouldn't tell a lie would she ?

Of course everything is fine. Mainly due to the fact that the Scots didn't vote for independence and therefore the rest of the UK will bail them out of their financial mismanagement.

 

[chippa1909]

Of course everything is fine. Mainly due to the fact that the Scots didn't vote for independence and therefore the rest of the UK will bail them out of their financial mismanagement.

Thank you for your ignorant comment which, as usual added nowt.

 

[SocketRocket]

Thank you for your ignorant comment which, as usual added nowt.

He has a point though. If Scotland had voted for Independence then joined the EU they would now be looking for a bailout from the EU and be subject to severe austerity measures.

 

[chippa1909]

You do realise that these figures show Scotland is not prospering *within* the UK?
And that the GERS system was set up by then Scots Secretary Ian Lang in the 90's to deliberately show that devolution would leave Scotland( and Wales and NI) worse off.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

These figures could perversely be seem as not as bad news for the Sturgeon as they might. She doesn't want another referendum tomorrow - she wants it when she will win it. She won't ask for one until she is sure she will win it.

If and when the Scottish electorate decide that they want another referendum they will be asking for one in full knowledge of the financial situation as bad as it might actually be - and so in many ways that would then make a YES camps job easier.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

He has a point though. If Scotland had voted for Independence then joined the EU they would now be looking for a bailout from the EU and be subject to severe austerity measures.

But they didn't

 

[ColchesterFC]

Thank you for your ignorant comment which, as usual added nowt.

Oh get over yourself. Which bit of my statement do you consider to be ignorant?

Is it the fact that I suggested running up a £15 billion deficit is financial mismanagement? Or do you consider this to be sound and sensible financial planning?Or is it the suggestion that the rest of the UK will bail them out? What's the alternative?

Why should Scotland be able to run at such a massive deficit while offering things such as free prescriptions and free university education when these aren't available in England. Are you happy that they are running at such a deficit and that the bill will have to be covered by every UK tax payer?

And as for your other comment about showing that Scotland is not prospering within the UK why do you think things would be better outside of it when the SNP financial predicitions were for oil at $100 a barrel and above?