tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post4358268126618208766..comments2024-01-08T16:59:20.338+00:00Comments on Freedom and Whisky: Has Ruth Davidson made Scottish independence inevitable?David Farrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-45899633026847252352012-10-11T10:25:33.414+01:002012-10-11T10:25:33.414+01:00David,
There's a breakdown of per capita UK s...David,<br /><br />There's a breakdown of per capita UK spending here: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN04033.pdf<br /><br />This shows public spending per capita as -<br />England: £8,634<br />Scotland: £10,165<br />Wales: £9,947<br />Northern Ireland: £10,668<br /><br />I can't find a similar breakdown for tax revenue at the moment, but it's likely to be proportional to GDPSimon Jesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-46860480489670278912012-10-10T14:57:52.454+01:002012-10-10T14:57:52.454+01:00Simon,
Yes, it may be that all of the deficit com...Simon,<br /><br />Yes, it may be that all of the deficit comes from Wales and Northern Ireland. But I'd like to see the detailed breakdown. The NI and Wales deficits would need to be huge to tilt Scottish and English surpluses into an overall UK deficit. But that may be so. Let's see the workings!<br /><br />I now come to your second point. I don't know what the English distribution David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-39739276220298477342012-10-10T14:46:53.393+01:002012-10-10T14:46:53.393+01:00Bill,
The Scottish Government site says this:
&...Bill, <br /><br />The Scottish Government site says this:<br /><br />"The estimates in this publication are consistent with the UK Public Sector Finance Statistics published in January 2012."<br /><br />These figures have been quoted all over the place for quite some time now and were mentioned on another Telegraph piece on the day that Ms Davidson's speech was reported.David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-88632556873703225802012-10-09T08:19:03.955+01:002012-10-09T08:19:03.955+01:00"Government statistics show that taxes collec...<i>"Government statistics show that taxes collected in Scotland are slightly higher than our share of government expenditure, both devolved and reserved. So while it may well be so that only one Scot in eight is a net contributor to the state, the figure for the rest of the UK - and that essentially means England - must be worse."</i><br /><br />Not necessarily, David, for two reasons:<Simon Jesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-35100983011530959722012-10-08T20:36:33.613+01:002012-10-08T20:36:33.613+01:00Ah, I wondered if it would be proper government st...Ah, I wondered if it would be proper government statistics, or only "Scottish Executive" (<i>aka "Government"</i>) statistics - lol ;) Are there government statistics (i.e. UK Government) supporting what <i>wee-Eck's</i> crowd of <i>chancers</i> assert?<br /><br />As Wilfred Owen said, in a completely different and altogether more important context, the "naming of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-47939908540792927522012-10-08T19:20:56.799+01:002012-10-08T19:20:56.799+01:00Hello Bill.
The link is here. Key quote:
In 2010...Hello Bill.<br /><br />The link is <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/03/9525" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Key quote:<br /><br />In 2010-11, total public sector expenditure for the benefit of Scotland by the UK Government, Scottish Government and all other tiers of the public sector, plus a per capita share of debt interest payments, was £63.8 billion. This is equivalent to 9.3 David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-969533401035445242012-10-08T19:09:05.876+01:002012-10-08T19:09:05.876+01:00You just keep telling yourself this, David. Perhap...You just keep telling yourself this, David. Perhaps a few [other] deluded souls will believe you ;) It is telling that that there is no link to back up your 'slightly more' comments relating to "Government statistics" - if these are really as convincing as you imply I would expect you to be trumpeting them loudly!<br /><br />Why doesn't your 'guru' Alex just have hisBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.com