tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post8539879271066586491..comments2024-01-12T01:56:21.933-08:00Comments on chokka blog: Alex Salmond's Shameless £8bn LieKevin Haguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587343060415859159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-50476743540242534852014-12-22T07:40:47.820-08:002014-12-22T07:40:47.820-08:00Anonymous (why are they always anonymous?) - its n...Anonymous (why are they always anonymous?) - its not garbage; the fact that we are attributed a per capita share of debt is precisely the point. To have been "£8bn better off" we'd have had to spend *more* than our per capita share and therefore be allocated *more* than our per capita share of debt. I didn't see anybody arguing for Scotland taking *more* than our per capita share of debt if the vote had been Yes.<br /><br />I fear you are in the "let's rerun the 1980's" camp. Look at current oil price impact - by being in the UK we get to benefit as our "standalone" deficit epr cpa will be way worse than UK - but as part of UK we benefit from pooling and sharing. Scotland net contributed in the 1980's - recently we've been running about equal - going forwards we will be net beneficiaries of being in the UK. Swing s & roundabouts.Kevin Haguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587343060415859159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-42797648779148705602014-12-09T09:19:25.332-08:002014-12-09T09:19:25.332-08:00Utter Garbage as usual.
The author forgets that S...Utter Garbage as usual.<br /><br />The author forgets that Scotland already pays a per capita share of the overall UK debt (over £4 billion a year) Debt that was not accrued to Scotland on a per capita basis...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603438996450817644.post-25540928261693451692014-12-08T05:10:41.090-08:002014-12-08T05:10:41.090-08:00Good stuff. One thing I'm slightly unclear on...Good stuff. One thing I'm slightly unclear on: have you any idea where the bail-out cash for RBS and HBOS is allocated? ie, is it recorded against rUK or against Scotland? Or is it even in these figures at all? Just by looking at it, it certainly doesn't appear to have been allocated to Scotland (as, I would contend, it ought to be), as the Scottish deficit would have been £65bn further in the hole.<br /><br />Cheers, DerekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com