June 24, 20169 yr I cannot imagine that the SNP's position will have changed much in the past 3 years on things like this. Before you go on right move, prepare yourself. You can buy entire towns up here for the price of letter box in London and the South East.
June 24, 20169 yr I did have a look a few days ago and was pleasantly surprised. Of course, there could be a rush of English buyers in the near future :lol:
June 24, 20169 yr Even the heart of the central belt, the M8 corridor, is fairly affordable and there are some very affordable areas that are actually really lovely. AND House prices are actually fairly static if I remember correctly with a rise of 0.5% last year.
June 24, 20169 yr How much in general are placed right next to the North East in the lowest eastern tip?
June 24, 20169 yr Not many, and after last night we'll pinch the Nissan factory to revive manufacturing in the central belt but the rest of the North East can f*** off.
June 24, 20169 yr Thanks for that. So, if I move to Scotland before I-Day, I can acquire Scottish citizenship. Time to do some research on Rightmove :D Sadly my parents not capable f moving so im buggered - unless i can buy a very cheap flat with my life savings and move in a week before referendum :(
June 24, 20169 yr Not many, and after last night we'll pinch the Nissan factory to revive manufacturing in the central belt but the rest of the North East can f*** off. Ee'll be coming with. 60% want to join.
June 24, 20169 yr Support for Scottish independence has fallen a fair amount since 2014, Nicola will be waiting for a surge in support before risking another referendum. Of course this time the SNP would have to accept that they would be adopting the Euro as their currency. Furthermore, the oil price is still about 50% that of the 'minimum of $100/barrel' that the SNP quoted in their financial calculations and we have already seen huge amounts of support required by the UK government for Aberdeen and the oil industry in NE Scotland, without which there would have been a recession in the area over the past 12 months (a net loss of £24 million was made - the first ever, in 2015/16). As oil demand continues to slump in a worldwide economic slowdown, I doubt we will be seeing much change over the next decade.
June 25, 20169 yr Could Scotland in the meantime and NI use a constitutional block on carrying out this farcical referendum's farcical result? Ut is nearly 50 50 and two voted In...
June 25, 20169 yr Support for Scottish independence has fallen a fair amount since 2014, Nicola will be waiting for a surge in support before risking another referendum. Of course this time the SNP would have to accept that they would be adopting the Euro as their currency. Furthermore, the oil price is still about 50% that of the 'minimum of $100/barrel' that the SNP quoted in their financial calculations and we have already seen huge amounts of support required by the UK government for Aberdeen and the oil industry in NE Scotland, without which there would have been a recession in the area over the past 12 months (a net loss of £24 million was made - the first ever, in 2015/16). As oil demand continues to slump in a worldwide economic slowdown, I doubt we will be seeing much change over the next decade. From what I've seen support is still in the low 40's for independence and given the final tally was 45% that's not really a fall. there has also been indications that post-brexit that support would rise. We will see a few polls over the coming months on independence so that'll give a clearer picture. The campaign needs to be short and snappy this time, it dragged on for far too long last time. There are already indications of movement on the currency, Salmond yesterday morning was openly advocating abandoning the Sterling. Let's not forget that the support for Aberdeen has been very loudly demanded by the SNP because it has until last month lacked the ability to divert resources there on its own (due to it's limited revenue powers pre-Scotland Act 2016). Even with our limited resources the Scottish government is already half funding Aberdeen's city deal. There's no hiding that the slump in Oil prices is hurting our economy, but the EU is a significant market for a number of our key exports and leaving would cause more damage than a decade of low oil prices. (reality would be some plans would be on hold until things pick up and we'll probably see strategic investment policies first and foremost like increasing childcare provision yet again to bring more women into the job market, attractive taxation environment to encourage the relocation of companies from rUK etc that will cause us to run a deficit for a few years before paying dividends over the longer term. Which would be effective economic management that has so far escaped Osbourne)
June 25, 20169 yr Could Scotland in the meantime and NI use a constitutional block on carrying out this farcical referendum's farcical result? Ut is nearly 50 50 and two voted In... Nope. We tried that with the proposed 'double lock' that meant to go out all 4 nations would need to vote out and Cameron shot it down in flames. Bet he's seriously regretting that right now.
June 25, 20169 yr From what I've seen support is still in the low 40's for independence and given the final tally was 45% that's not really a fall. there has also been indications that post-brexit that support would rise. We will see a few polls over the coming months on independence so that'll give a clearer picture. The campaign needs to be short and snappy this time, it dragged on for far too long last time. The support went into the 50s shortly after the vote - so it is a significant fall. I do expect it to be reversed however given the EU vote. If Sturgeon is patient and we end up with a less progressive right wing Conservative government with Boris in charge, then I would confidently expect Scotland to achieve independence - and quite possibly me as a resident.
June 25, 20169 yr The support went into the 50s shortly after the vote - so it is a significant fall. I do expect it to be reversed however given the EU vote. If Sturgeon is patient and we end up with a less progressive right wing Conservative government with Boris in charge, then I would confidently expect Scotland to achieve independence - and quite possibly me as a resident. You're right, there were a number of polls that had them in the lead but they were within the margin of error, at that time, as support was fairly evenly split for about a year after. But back in 2013 support was down in the low 30's so to still be within touching distance of the final tally is a pretty good place to work from. I would agree, and the legislation won't get near our parliament before September so there's no way we'd be looking at a 2016 vote based on timings alone - it couldn't be pushed through as emergency legislation without risking those switching voters turning back in disgust at a move to capitalise on their raw anger. I have every confidence that whenever she calls it will be the right time. Her statement yesterday I believe demonstrated that we're probably looking at a 2018 vote. Time first to go through article 50, shore up support from the switching voters and get the backing of the EU.
June 25, 20169 yr With what's left of the UK (with or without N Ireland) outside the EU, it would be harder to justify Scotland adopting Sterling as its currency while remaining in the EU. That leaves it with a choice between getting an agreement to adopt its own currency (unless it wants to agree to share the kroner with Sweden) or joining the euro.
June 25, 20169 yr Nope. We tried that with the proposed 'double lock' that meant to go out all 4 nations would need to vote out and Cameron shot it down in flames. Bet he's seriously regretting that right now. Bet he's also regretting denying 16/ 17 year olds the vote too.
June 25, 20169 yr https://twitter.com/kezdugdale/status/746717679592038401 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/01...ep-scotland-in/ As a party, we will now go foward driven by those enduring values and apply them on our duty to do the best thing for Scotland and the interests of the working people within it. On that basis, we will consider all options and do so in a democratic fashion in keeping with our party's finest traditions. I'm sure either the Lib Dems or Labour will perhaps not switch but become significantly less hostile to a second referendum and/or independence. Edited June 25, 20169 yr by Harve
June 26, 20169 yr After what Willie Rennie said on Friday, I could foresee the LibDems being neutral or even going for Indy. He is my elected MSP so I may drop him an email to see his stance. itll be Ruth and UKIP on the side of the Union during Indyref2. The other pair may be there but the Scottish arms probably won't be as active or as passionately pro-Union as last time.
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