Why are the Scots better treated?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph....ing-than-English.html

According to this report they not only receive £1,600 more per head in state spending than English, but they also enjoy a range of benefits denied to those south of the border, including no prescription charges, no university tuition fees and free personal care for the elderly.

[murraymints]

because we are in God's country !!! lol..Wales enjoys many of the same benefits you know...

[tonyav]

Oi, pack it in lol ^^^^^^^

[maggiebee]

AOG that may be true cos we deserve it!! But........we get crap TV adverts, not a patch on those you seem to get in England (another thread).

[wolf63]

I saw that story in the newspaper this morning and thought of you!

I find it easier to have an opinion on a story when I have all the relevant information - and that won't be available in a newspaper.

Anyway if it is true - we get it because we are nice people.

[andrew1707]

Perhaps this is something you need to be asking your MP.

[jake-the-peg]

There are slight variations over time - for example in 2008/2009 show that the Treasury spent about £54 billion on Scotland and only received £43.5 billion in revenue.

I don't recall the Telegraph making a big song and a dance about that then

http://blogs.channel4...nd-goes-it-alone/6524

[baza]

we give aid to poor countries like India so I suppose helping the poor in Scotland and the notquite so poor in Wales is only right, like hell it is .

[Wharton]

It's because the English, Irish and Welsh are nice but we're nicer.

[Hopkirk]

At least the Scots don't spend it on space exploration.

[anotheoldgit]

Wharton

Ah! now isn't that nice?

[tonyav]

Will they still get £1,600 more per head if the go interdependent ?.

[Wharton]

aog
Aye, it's hard tae feel insulted when yer ca'd nice, is it no'?

[maggiebee]

Everyone over sixty also gets a free bus pass. I can travel all over Scotland for nowt. United or independent,

[wolf63]

Free eye tests and free dental check-ups as well as the free prescriptions. I take about 12 different drugs a day so the free prescriptions are great.

And - our tap water is gorgeous to drink.

Andrew1707 - email?

[KerrAvon]

makes you wonder why they keep going on about independence!

[Wharton]

tonyav
We won't 'get' anything from anyone, it'll all be ours.

[pdq1]

We're to fond of giving to foreigners than look after our own.

[Gromit]

// Why Are The Scots Better Treated? //

See if you can work it out -

The Scottish Parliament has

65 SNP MPs

15 Conservative MPs.

[andrew1707]

wolf63: I'm at work!!!

apologies to AOG for using his thread.

[wolf63]

Yes anotheoldgit - I apologise too, but only because I am a 'nice' Scottish person.

:-)