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originally posted by: Soloprotocol
Is it Scotlands Oil?...As soon as it touches shore in places like Aberdeen, Grangemouth, The Shetlands (and quite possibly Faslane in the near future) after Independence, all the revenue generated will be Scotland's to share the Wealth within Scotland and Scoland alone. London can go .... themselves.
originally posted by: KingIcarus
This said, Scotland not being EU would mean Duty Free whisky for nu:UK citizens on the border.
originally posted by: KingIcarus
originally posted by: Soloprotocol
Is it Scotlands Oil?...As soon as it touches shore in places like Aberdeen, Grangemouth, The Shetlands (and quite possibly Faslane in the near future) after Independence, all the revenue generated will be Scotland's to share the Wealth within Scotland and Scoland alone. London can go .... themselves.
You won't be inviting London to ... itself when you need defence, influence and your inevitable bail-out.
It's a moot point anyway given the necessity to negotiate a revenue sharing agreement.
Re: the EU thing - membership is arguably more valuable to smaller economies than larger ones. This said, Scotland not being EU would mean Duty Free whisky for nu:UK citizens on the border.
originally posted by: ScepticScot
a reply to: KingIcarus
Oil is a geographical asset, tax revenue from oil in Scottish waters will go to Scotland. Non geographical assets and debts are subject to negotiations .
Eu membership has neither been ruled in or out. Think it is extremely unlikely that eu will decide to remove ciitizenship from over 5 million people.
Scotland will not be reliant on uk for defence nit sure,where you got thst idea from.
you are correct on currency union. Think salmond has got this one wrong and a new currency is way to go.
originally posted by: ScepticScot
a reply to: KingIcarus
All existing contacts regarding oil would remain in place so why would there be any legal challenge? No one is proposing nationalisation.
There is no official EU position regarding Scottish membership as yet so nit sure how they can be adamantly opposed.
who exactly do you think is going to attack Scotland?
personally. I think there is a lot wrong with UK. If reform was an option i would consider that but as it isn't independence seems the best choice.