I picked up a Metro today on the bus. Not read it for a few weeks and there's obviously been a Scottish independence argument running in the letters page.
Thought I might reproduce one of the letters today regarding the money to/from Scotland to the Union.
The London Government's own statistics show that Scotland pays more in to the Treasury than she gets. The 2007 figures show that the money received that year was only 10% of what we contributed.
The rest remained in London to prop up a failing British economy. The Government also commissioned a report into how the countries in the UK would fare if they were independent and it showed that Scotland would be the third wealthiest country in Europe and seventh in the world, while England didn't even make the top 20.
Another poses the question of why London is keen not to see the Union break apart - and speculates that the answer is the wealth of oil remaining in the North Sea - "they said it would last for 30 years, now they are saying it will be a further 30".
Interesting stuff.
Quick straw poll - if Scotland broke out of the Union, would you consider the oil to be the property of Edinburgh or London?
