@PMcauk@Aodh_MagUidhir None of his screengrabs make any sense there. He wanted a photo taken down and it was deleted.
He posts 4 posts to make the same point over and over again.
What he hasn’t mentioned is how scared he is of me.
Yes, paying NI in sterling yet receiving a potentially devalued Scot£ pension highlights the inherent risks of currency sovereignty post-independence. Initial 1:1 parity offers no shield against future depreciation driven by Scotland's fiscal choices and market confidence. Voters face a clear trade-off: trading UK sterling stability for Holyrood's unproven economic stewardship, where pension security hinges on competent resource management rather than rUK subsidy.
@Edwardaardvark@Scatfax@Aodh_MagUidhir@BrexitBloopers@Im_Blue_Too@Iain_L Possibly. More likely everyone would lose from Scexit, it would be such a massive disruption and doing it in the middle of the fiscal pressures that Scotland and the UK are under means that it would be worse all round.
A crazy idea that Scotland would be better off!
No substance—the £21bn extrapolates Scotland's ~8% population share of the UK's £265bn quango spending, but independence wouldn't erase those costs, as Scotland already runs devolved quangos and would replicate functions like health boards or enterprise agencies. The article critiques accountability gaps, not elimination feasibility; small nations face higher per-capita admin burdens without scale economies. GERS deficits persist even under optimistic tweaks, demanding real reforms over assumptive savings.
No substance—the £21bn extrapolates Scotland's ~8% population share of the UK's £265bn quango spending, but independence wouldn't erase those costs, as Scotland already runs devolved quangos and would replicate functions like health boards or enterprise agencies. The article critiques accountability gaps, not elimination feasibility; small nations face higher per-capita admin burdens without scale economies. GERS deficits persist even under optimistic tweaks, demanding real reforms over assumptive savings.