If There Was A Vote Tommorrow......

[ToraToraTora]

....do you think Scotland would now vote for different dependence? Looking at these results I'd say they'd still vote to stay in the UK....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results/scotland
Should the government let them have another vote and put this all to bed?

[emmie]

so not exactly skint,

[Khandro]

Emmie; From where came those stats?

'Scotland ran a deficit seven times higher than the UK as a whole last year, despite again cutting its overspend on public services.

The latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (Gers) figures showed there was a record gap of nearly £2,000 per person between how much was spent on public services and debt repayment, and total tax revenues for 2018-19.

Scotland’s notional deficit stood at £12.6bn or 7% of GDP, including North Sea oil revenues, compared with the UK’s total £23.5bn deficit, which includes Scotland’s figure. The UK deficit is equivalent to 1.1% of its GDP.

Total state spending in Scotland was £1,661 higher per person than the UK average at £75.3bn, while tax receipts were £307 less per head than the UK average, at £62.7bn. Excluding oil revenues, the deficit exceeded £14bn, equal to 22.5% of tax revenues.'
The Guardian

[New Judge]

And the notion that future revenue from North Sea oil (such that it might be) would be Scotland's alone has no foundation. The reserves were discovered and began to be extracted by the UK and as such are UK reserves. Only if Scotland cares to make the remainder of the UK an offer for their share of the resources can they claim all future revenues.