Kevin Hague

Entrepreneur & Chairman of These Islands: I believe more unites us than divides us

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

i keep seeing “yeah but what are the positive reasons for Scotland to remain in the UK?” tweets, so thought i’d have a go at creating my personal Top 10 …

#thread

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@A_D_PHIL @PeterB756 amazing

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

Scotland’s GDP is £233 billion and this (ahem) think tank thinks “Scotland is shortchange by £150 billion a year” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

apparently Scotland is shortchanged by £150 billion a year!

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@ricoreid959 it’s all just so silly - these are not serious people

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

apparently Scotland is shortchanged by £150 billion a year!

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@Kevin21Clark @staylorish @SSRG2021

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@scotfax @minty_dave why would an area that benefits from fiscal transfers in their favour want to .. oh, hold on … 🤔

[Sam Taylor @staylorish]

1/ Nationalists often claim the No campaign in 2014 told them oil & gas would run out within 5 years, and this BBC article is always the evidence. Slight problem. The article simply describes a report produced by some environmentalists. And the UK government called it “nonsense”.

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@CottagesTweets GDP £233 billion

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@ricoreid959 i think the whole thing is genuinely fascinating - how can anybody believe such obviously batshit crazy nonsense?

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

i believe the appropriate phrase is “huge if true” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

apparently Scotland is shortchanged by £150 billion a year!

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@ricoreid959 not just them - think how embarrassing the authors of all those independence white papers will be

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

makes you think huh?

imagine how embarrassed the SNP will be when they find out - they’ve been trying to make a case for independence for decades but failed to spot a missing £150 billion a year!

[Lucy Dunn @lucyidunn]

Some irritation at FM being asked about a reserved issue. Worth pointing out that the SG, last month, called for energy powers to be devolved to Holyrood, so it’s reasonable to expect John Swinney holds a view

Other reserved issues: whisky duty, foreign affairs, independence

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

autumnmnmn

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

absolute unit (check those buttocks!)

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@SSRG2021 @staylorish lol

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@SSRG2021 @staylorish the Export Statistics Scotland (ESS) report directly addresses this myth (see below) and the ESS figures have nothing to do with the figures in GERS - so if you’re purporting to be a serious think tank you might want to retract that false claim and apologise to @staylorish?

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@staylorish @SSRG2021 that is becoming increasingly clear

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@SSRG2021 @staylorish HMRC shares the value of what, where?

you were saying exports shipped via England don’t count as Scottish exports - wrong

you said export stats estimates are why GERS can’t be trusted - wrong

try harder.

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@SSRG2021 @staylorish you’ve just made two false assertions in one tweet - i think it’s clear which of us cares about facts

[Kevin Hague @kevverage]

@SSRG2021 @staylorish the Export Statistics Scotland (ESS) report directly addresses this myth (see below) and the ESS figures have nothing to do with the figures in GERS - so if you’re purporting to be a serious think tank you might want to retract that false claim and apologise to @staylorish?