Who is insisting on a hard border?
You seem to be hung up on blame
You certainly do.
Who is insisting on a hard border?
You seem to be hung up on blame
Always qualifying an earlier claim when it is proven to be wrongCatalonia relative to the rest of Spain is wealthier.
Scotland relative to England is poorer.
So whether Scotland in GDP terms is wealthier than Catalonia is not relevant.
It appears that many people think that one particular 'union' is 'evil', but then blank out the fact that another country may consider a different 'union' to be against their own interests...Why is it that so many people can at the same time think that the UK will be better off independent from the EU, but disagree with the idea that other countries or regions would be better off independent, e.g. Scotland, Catalonia?
As you stand there out in the cold, your snotty nose pressed up against the glass looking at that which you used to have access to...I ended my gym membership but why do they insist on having walls on keeping me out?
I voted to leave the gym, but no new gym has been set up yet and I cant go back to my own gym unless they punch a hole through the wall for me.
I used to have full 24hr access to the pool, sauna, classes, now all I can get is weekends only basic membership, with no classes , sauna etc.
If you exclude oil and gas revenue plus the 10 to 13 billion a year subvention needed toAlways qualifying an earlier claim when it is proven to be wrong
And you see you've got it wrong again...
Scotland GDP per capita $43,740
England GDP per capita $42,580
No doubt you will dispute the figures, but what you will have to admit is that Scotland is 'wealthier' than more than half of the EU countries...
Thus your original statement was total carp!
Scotland will easily be able to stand on it's own, and the only country to suffer if they get independence is a smaller UK!
Well the oil and gas revenue would be Scotland's, so along with all their other energy resources they'll be 'quids in'...If you exclude oil and gas revenue plus the 10 to 13 billion a year subvention needed to
Plug the gap between what Scotland spends and what it raises in taxes means England is wealthier.
An independent Scotland would have to raise taxes by a massive amount just to survive.
They're actually in the EEA...Norway are not in the EU
They're actually in the EEA...
They pay in to the EU and have the same freedom of movement...
They're also in the Schengen zone...
They follow the same rules and regulations as the EU...
Which bit of the EEA do you not understand?