Independance & devolution

Originally Posted by sarah

it's all swings and roundabouts. the scots and welsh are choosing to spend their money in these ways and the english have chosen to spend their budget differently.

Exactly. We spend ours on health and education. You p*** yours up the wall on things like the millenium dome and the 2012 Olympics. :P

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Exactly. We spend ours on health and education. You p*** yours up the wall on things like the millenium dome and the 2012 Olympics. :P

i was thinking of saying something along those lines, but i'm sure the welsh wasted a fair amount of money on the sennedd (or however it is spelt).

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

Personally I think the money would have been better spent on insuring that those leaving school could add before even thinking of packing them off to uni, but there we are.

You can insure for that kind of thing? whats the excess like....

Oh you mean ensure.....

See - a man backing his post up with good evidence :P

Nah only joking FS, you make a very good point (which I think I also made above)

Originally Posted by stewie

I didnt realise it was Scottish oil companies that had put up the money, researched the fields and got the oil out. I thought it was the big brit companies like BP etc or royal dutch shell or Americans, canadians and norwegians.just a thought

Er...just a thought...BP founded by a Scot - Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona...

Doesn't matter who funded it...it's still on Scotland's sovereign soil and sea. That's like saying Iraq's oil belongs to the Americans.

Originally Posted by sarah

i was thinking of saying something along those lines, but i'm sure the welsh wasted a fair amount of money on the sennedd (or however it is spelt).

lol...this thread is fun.

Let's not get started on the Scottish parliament.

Originally Posted by stuartyboy

Er...just a thought...BP founded by a Scot - Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona...

Doesn't matter who funded it...it's still on Scotland's sovereign soil and sea. That's like saying Iraq's oil belongs to the Americans.

but its part of the british isles isnt it ?

Originally Posted by stuartyboy

lol...this thread is fun.

Let's not get started on the Scottish parliament.

forgot about that!

like i said before it's all swings and roundabouts and imho there are better things to worry about

Originally Posted by stewie

but its part of the british isles isnt it ?

Scotland was still a country last time I heard.

Originally Posted by stuartyboy

Scotland was still a country last time I heard.

unlike wales

Originally Posted by sarah

unlike wales

That's cos they're far too busy swimming and spouting off about other things