We should re-join the EU. No matter what the cost.

I dont need anyone to back me. You were the one calling for help further back on the page. I asked a simple civil question and you won't answer me. Clearly one of your links is utter bullshit  , your "proof" scotland runs a trade deficit , and I simply pointed out the obvious and how you were making yourself look silly.

you now appear to be calling into question your second link ....no? in which case , why should we believe anything you post when you cant even post links that compliment rather than contradict each other.


is this not a personal attack ? Another diversion away from the thrust of our debate about your dodgy contradictory links?

 I couldnt care less who does or doest like me. As. a scot indy supporter on a predominantly English forum , im not expecting universal love from the residents who clearly dont want to lose their Scottish cash cow that keeps Blighty ticking along.

 We are supposed to be debating , not having a love in. If you cant handle that , as we have seen elsewhere , perhaps debating forums aren't for you hen.

 

to get back to the debate after your wee tantrum , first of all the Scottish government doesn't run Statista. They are a global data company originally established in Germany. Statista claim to be using scot governments own figures as a source , but the Scottish government contradict your claims about them using scot Govs own figure ........  

www.gov.scot/news/scottish-trade-outperforming-other-uk-nations/#:~:text=In%202021%20Scotland%20had%20the,in%20the%20five%20years%20measured 


 They show that:

In 2021 Scotland had the highest trade surplus, at £20.9 billion, of all the four UK nations and the UK as a whole
The estimated value of Scotland’s trade surplus in 2021 was at its highest point in the five years measured

If Scotland was run from Scotland, their GDP figures might be a lot higher too, whereas being run from afar things are not tailored for local circumstance

The fact is most countries prosper during independence from Britain, that's historically been the case. Look at how countries like India recently overtook the UK in GDP figures, I'll bet Scotland's GDP per capita would rise within a short space of time


Maybe English users here would look up the 'McCrone report' where Labour covered up the truth in the 1970s, how telling is that?

Who or what is LSE and which post are you referring to that supposedly refutes?

in this next article I will link to , from the LSE blog , no friend of Scottish indy , it points out scotland ran a trade surplus of £5 billion in 2018 ,( while the rest of the uk ran a trade deficit of nearly £135 billion.) Your wee graph says scotland ran a trade deficit . 


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I know Andrew. Steve felt he had to make a point to me when I was telling Vincent about Englands trade deficit , and the thread has sort of wandered due to the cut and thrust of debate since.