The Org Scottish Referendum

[pegasus]

The only thing Scotland can hope for is what the UK government gets at the moment, which is the tax revenue. North sea oil and gas paid £4.7bn to the UK in tax revenue in 2013/2014.

Agreed, and quite rightly the shareholders, should reap the benefits, but don't dismiss the employment potential this would bring to the people of Scotland.

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[Bibio]

tax or duty?

dont forget the fuel duty after that as well.

[Bibio]

speaking of duty, if Scotland do become independent would that mean the the rest of the UK could nip across the border and buy duty free goods?

Originally Posted by Bibio

speaking of duty, if Scotland do become independent would that mean the the rest of the UK could nip across the border and buy duty free goods?

only if Scottish duty was less than English.

Which I can't see happening, not to any significant extent.

[Bibio]

i'm confused with that statement. would it not just be like any other country when you go abroad and buy duty free?

[MisterTommyH]

Immigration is also a consideration - it's been a long time since we had a land border!

Edit: actually that could work in our favour!

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by MisterTommyH

Immigration is also a consideration - it's been a long time since we had a land border!

Edit: actually that could work in our favour!

heheheee i can see it now.. another Berlin wall

Originally Posted by Bibio

i'm confused with that statement. would it not just be like any other country when you go abroad and buy duty free?

Yes, just like any other country you could buy stuff in scottish shops and pay the countries duty, or if you're flying or going by boat or whatever you can use the duty free shops that exist there assuming the country in question isn't in Europe.

[Heorot]

Bibio,

“the Scots don/t hate the English”

That is not my experience. I lived in Sighthill, Edinburgh and worked as an IT contractor at RBS for two years so I lived among the uneducated and worked with highly educated people. The only difference in their attitude (i.e. hatred) towards the English was that the educated were less obvious about it but the undercurrent was almost always there.

There was one occasion when my partner, (also an IT contractor and working for Scottish Widows) was told by a work colleague that she, as an Englishwoman, should have been barred from buying a property in Edinburgh. She was told that, in her opinion, only non-English should be allowed to buy. She had no problem with the South Africans working at Scottish Widows buying property, just not the English. I know this was the most extreme example but it just underlines the attitude of too many Scots that I met in Edinburgh.

Having said all that, when travelling in the Highlands, I rarely encountered the hatred. Either Highland Scots are more polite or the hatred is more a Lowland thing.

[Bibio]

you were in Sighthill enough said. you will encounter a loathing of the English in any 'Schemey' area. yes you are correct the further north you go the nicer people are, this is due to having to get along with your neighbours or its a very lonely place. may i take this opportunity to apologise for the obnoxious attitude of some of my fellow Scots.

you could also say the same for some places in England about the Scots.

there is lowlife everywhere who dont understand that we are all the same.