GERS
'Data is produced for Scotland as part of
the UK – it does not model scenarios for an
independent Scotland in which the Scottish
Government would be enabled to make its own fiscal choices'
Source: Deloitte who produce the figures to compile GERS.
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https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/uk/Documents/public-sector/deloitte-uk-sots-devolved-governments-2016.pdf
'Data is produced for Scotland as part of
the UK – it does not model scenarios for an
independent Scotland in which the Scottish
Government would be enabled to make its own fiscal choices'
Source: Deloitte who produce the figures to compile GERS.
1/
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/uk/Documents/public-sector/deloitte-uk-sots-devolved-governments-2016.pdf
Comments
21c Computers?
Assessments?
It is Westminster organised crime.
300 years of form
Ian Lang the Secretary of State for Scotland is on record stating that. So the UK Unionist Establishment wrote the accounting criteria to come up with the desired result.
Namely Scotland is an economic basket case
https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04033/SN04033.pdf
Should be an opening to harangue them to within an inch of their lives and credibility.
Numbers.
Scotland GDP £218 billion, 37% of that is -
Scotlands contribution to the UK Treasury £81 billion
Scotlands government allocation £51 billion
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£30 billion + £22.7 billion = £52.7 billion.
Wow £52.7 billion.
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What are the UK government spending £52.7 billion on Scotland's behalf on?
£52,700,000,000 is -
£4.39 billion per month
or
£1.01 billion per week
or
£144,383,561 per day
or
£9,599 per person per year (Scotlands population 5,490,100 people)
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What is it spent on?
What was the benefit analysis before it was allocated to Scotland?
The UK Unionist Establishment require to be asked these questions - and be made to damn sure answer them
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In contrast to 'GERS', it would show the true scale of England's dependence...