@ZoeJardiniere Companies drill under temporary UK licences & pay up to 78% tax to Westminster.
Scotland gets none of it directly even though 90% of fields are in Scottish waters.
Independence would mean renegotiated contracts, full control, full revenue
I was a waitress for a really long time and I worked at a pretty family friendly place for a while.
I had this one table Iโll never forget.. the mom had a whole giant Ziploc bag of Cheerios for her toddler, and the toddler was just launching the Cheerios all over โ piles and piles of Cheerios all around and under the table.
He was crushing them up and turning them into dust, putting them in the sugar caddy, the ketchup bottle.
Throwing them at other tables.
There were Cheerios everywhere.
And as they were paying the check, the mom said โsorry about the mess. Iโm just glad I donโt have to clean it up.โ
Thatโs basically Donald Trump strategy right now on Iran.
Except heโs also the toddler.
@MalaakSafa Part of the problem is that grown adult women have been called "girls" since forever.
It lets predators, and apologists, pretend the line between a "child" and an "adult" is blurry...
@BritisherPaz49 Uh, that's not an apology - narcissist Donald Trump will never ever admit he was wrong about anything.
It's just another lie layered on top of all he's told.
@HumanityChad Ha, everyone saying "how can she give birth with her shorts on" never gave birth to a baby fully dressed standing up at the side of the road...
The contrast between Carney's bold, powerful, & pragmatic speech yesterday and the usual whining drivel that comes out of the peccant mouth of Trump today will be interesting...
In the 1960s more than 40% of the money you spent went straight back to Government, everything spent on Water, Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity, Social Housing, Telecoms, Steel, Ships...
Now it's less than 5%, the rest all goes to billionaires Tax Havens
That's why there is no money