tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post1266895673741185841..comments2023-08-29T09:01:57.436+01:00Comments on Musings of a Durotrigan: Scottish Independence: Desirable?Durotriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-56928542222352995332012-08-19T23:04:31.948+01:002012-08-19T23:04:31.948+01:00Thank goodness my grandparents left this bleak lan...Thank goodness my grandparents left this bleak land for Canada a century ago. The independence movement seems to be if very little interest here, despite a huge number of people of Scottish descent.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595060179442209637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-79989412490742528872012-08-19T12:29:49.993+01:002012-08-19T12:29:49.993+01:00I always thought it was a shame Alex Salmond and S...I always thought it was a shame Alex Salmond and Scotland would not go the whole hog and detach from England (Angerland, or is it Angstriddenland, if you want to play childish renaming) and adopt a policy of neutrality ... the "Switzerland of the North" equation. I mean, who on earth does Scotland need defending from, and why on earth must is young men continue being used in overseas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-42463487908516762622012-08-16T21:53:48.403+01:002012-08-16T21:53:48.403+01:00Although at first glance you'd think Scottish ...Although at first glance you'd think Scottish independence would mean the end of Labour as a party of government.I've also read however that only once in the past 50(?)years did the number of Scottish Labour MPs have made a difference to who won the election. <br />However if Wales (and this is in the long term not beyond the bounds of possibility when it is realised how many welsh 80sBlokeInThe70shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228286615118463479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-66339620020670929432012-08-15T21:50:07.988+01:002012-08-15T21:50:07.988+01:00Hello Ivan, your observations are very apposite.
...Hello Ivan, your observations are very apposite.<br /><br />Plymouth has suffered dreadfully in recent decades with the gradual running down of the Devonport facility, and many of the new jobs that have come to the city tend to be in the low-wage service sector, as exemplified by the proliferation of call centres. These can hardly be relied upon to plug the economic gap created by the loss of Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-47912647612086646422012-08-15T19:54:50.163+01:002012-08-15T19:54:50.163+01:00Durotrigan
Three points :
1. Quite correctly you...Durotrigan<br /><br />Three points :<br /><br />1. Quite correctly you point out the massive loss of income to 'Skintland' if the Scots vote for independence. Something that no one has attempted to quantify is the indirect financial assistance to Scotland from budgets that are not devolved to Holyrood. For example many Scots are involved in Army, Navy and RAF bases north of the border. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com