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Originally Posted by pENdr4gON  Well I live in England, and I want to see independence for Scotland. Then maybe my taxes will go down and we can stop subsidising your economy! Scotland can only afford to have socialist policies because the English are paying for it... The tax going north out weighs the oil revenues going south so you wont have that one to fall back on.
All of this talk of breaking up the Union had little or no chance of happening until recently. Since the English have started to feel "English" rather than "British" Scotland is much more likely to get it's way, it will be worse off if it dose... |
It's funny you say that. Nationalists north of the border rant about how England is constantly profiting from our oil profits. Personally I think the economy of Scotland (nationalist vs unionist) is for economists to decide, but arguing about who profits most is ridiculous. Maybe it's just there's more needing done in Scotland (or England, depending on how you look at it) that requires tax money which everyone in the UK pays. I wouldn't go around to other people's houses working out how much they leech from the government and how much they pay in tax and then compare it to mine and complain about it. The whole point about tax and welfare is that everyone is given a minimum standard of living - tax based on how much you require government money... that'd just work out as no tax or welfare at all
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Originally Posted by hairy_Palms i dont even see him as tony 2.0 more like tony 1.5, but what choice do people have? from what i see its a choice of socialism (labour), more extreme socialism (lib dem), almost-socialism (new cameron) or fascism (BNP/UKIP/that party kilroy started).
before cameron i was tory and proud, now i think i might just spoil my ballot... |
You can't be
serious?! We don't have a Socialist party in Westminster! Unless you count George Galloway - and he'll be out at the next election.
The Labour Party is the new Conservatives, the Conservative Party is becoming like the political UK branch of the Republican Party, and Lib-Dem has always been very centric, branching off to the right and left but never as far as labour or tory. As for UKIP and the BNP, I don't think they really care about their political agenda so long as they have an excuse and a chance to be racist bastards.