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Debunking the myths and lies of the SNP/Yes and how they’ve radicalised Scots.
Debunking the myths and lies of the SNP/Yes and how they’ve radicalised Scots.
Scotland subsidises England.
gov.scot/publications/g…
MYTH.
We spend £81 billion for public sector yet only bring in £65 b.
GERS is collected for the SG and SNP had no issues with it when it suited them.
Can’t have it both ways.
gov.scot/publications/g…
MYTH.
We spend £81 billion for public sector yet only bring in £65 b.
GERS is collected for the SG and SNP had no issues with it when it suited them.
Can’t have it both ways.
The Scottish Government cannot borrow.
MYTH
On the ScotGov website it is there but down in the footnotes.
Scotland Act (2016).
MYTH
On the ScotGov website it is there but down in the footnotes.
Scotland Act (2016).
Scotland pays for London’s Crossrail project.
MYTH
We receive additional funding via Barnett consequentials
whytepaper.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/mem…
MYTH
We receive additional funding via Barnett consequentials
whytepaper.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/mem…
Scotland pays for HS2
MYTH.
MYTH.
Scottish whisky tax is attributed to England because they leave from English ports.
MYTH
Thanks to @FraserWhyte81 who even got a reply straight from the horse’s mouth, @HMRCgovuk
MYTH
Thanks to @FraserWhyte81 who even got a reply straight from the horse’s mouth, @HMRCgovuk
Scotland supply the English their water.
MYTH
Thanks to a FOI from Gordon Smith.
whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_sco…
MYTH
Thanks to a FOI from Gordon Smith.
whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_sco…
SNP never said the 2014 independence referendum was “once in a generation”
MYTH.
It appeared in their 2014 White Paper, their prospectus for an independent Scotland.
MYTH.
It appeared in their 2014 White Paper, their prospectus for an independent Scotland.
UK would still pay our pensions in an independent Scotland.
MYTH.
Even this pro-Indy site admits it wouldn’t. Why would it?
believeinscotland.org/does-independe…
@scotfax and @JohnStuartWilso are great sources for detailed explanations on this issue.
MYTH.
Even this pro-Indy site admits it wouldn’t. Why would it?
believeinscotland.org/does-independe…
@scotfax and @JohnStuartWilso are great sources for detailed explanations on this issue.
Churchill sent tanks to George Square in 1919.
MYTH
heraldscotland.com/opinion/161720…
@GordonJBarclay is the authority on this. The article above is his as is this post.
MYTH
heraldscotland.com/opinion/161720…
@GordonJBarclay is the authority on this. The article above is his as is this post.
https://twitter.com/GordonJBarclay/status/1328692170048598018
The 51st were abandoned by Churchill at Dunkirk.
MYTH
@adbrora is the source to go to for this.
MYTH
@adbrora is the source to go to for this.
https://twitter.com/ghmuseum/status/1271386427943763970
England needs Scotland’s oil. (Sometimes “steals”)
MYTH
Have a look at the contribution to the Treasury the UK Financial Services Sector (mainly in City of London) makes.
MYTH
Have a look at the contribution to the Treasury the UK Financial Services Sector (mainly in City of London) makes.
Scotland would have remained in the EU if we’d had voted for Independence.
MYTH.
MYTH.
The UK isn’t a country.
It isn’t a unitary state.
MYTH
UK entry in @commonwealthsec our @NATO member list, and definition of a unitary state (sorry it’s Wikipedia).
It isn’t a unitary state.
MYTH
UK entry in @commonwealthsec our @NATO member list, and definition of a unitary state (sorry it’s Wikipedia).
Scotland and England are in a voluntary union which can be dissolved at any time.
MYTH.
Union of Crowns was 1603. The Acts of Union created ONE Kingdom (a synonym for country then).
It’s in black & white.
Germany & Italy similar. Prussia & Piedmont joined with smaller states.
MYTH.
Union of Crowns was 1603. The Acts of Union created ONE Kingdom (a synonym for country then).
It’s in black & white.
Germany & Italy similar. Prussia & Piedmont joined with smaller states.
Scotland can use the pound.
TRUE!
But as you can see here there are serious issues that need to be addressed.
@JohnStuartWilso
TRUE!
But as you can see here there are serious issues that need to be addressed.
@JohnStuartWilso
This last one isn’t a myth, but more a taking apart of a myth spreader.
In 2014 I nearly fell for the bunkum of Wings and his Wee Blue Book.
I did my own research from various sources but then found @kevverage
He put the WBB to bed.
chokkablog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-we…
Truth is vital.
In 2014 I nearly fell for the bunkum of Wings and his Wee Blue Book.
I did my own research from various sources but then found @kevverage
He put the WBB to bed.
chokkablog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-we…
Truth is vital.
The radicalisation of Scots by the SNP and Yes is worrying.
Some of these myths seem trivial. But they are all designed to perpetuate the Nat narrative that England is cheating or stealing from Scotland somehow.
It’s Trumpian.
It must always be called out and challenged.
Some of these myths seem trivial. But they are all designed to perpetuate the Nat narrative that England is cheating or stealing from Scotland somehow.
It’s Trumpian.
It must always be called out and challenged.
Scotland pays for HS2
MYTH.
MYTH.
Scotland pays for London’s Crossrail project.
MYTH
We receive additional funding via Barnett consequentials
whytepaper.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/mem…
MYTH
We receive additional funding via Barnett consequentials
whytepaper.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/mem…
Scotland pays for London’s Crossrail project.
MYTH
We receive additional funding via Barnett consequentials
whytepaper.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/mem…
MYTH
We receive additional funding via Barnett consequentials
whytepaper.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/mem…
England needs Scotland’s oil. (Sometimes “steals”)
MYTH
Have a look at the contribution to the Treasury the UK Financial Services Sector (mainly in City of London) makes.
MYTH
Have a look at the contribution to the Treasury the UK Financial Services Sector (mainly in City of London) makes.
Scottish whisky tax is attributed to England because they leave from English ports.
MYTH
Thanks to @FraserWhyte81 who even got a reply straight from the horse’s mouth, @HMRCgovuk
MYTH
Thanks to @FraserWhyte81 who even got a reply straight from the horse’s mouth, @HMRCgovuk
Scotland supply the English their water.
MYTH
Thanks to a FOI from Gordon Smith.
whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_sco…
MYTH
Thanks to a FOI from Gordon Smith.
whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_sco…
SNP never said the 2014 independence referendum was “once in a generation”
MYTH.
It appeared in their 2014 White Paper, their prospectus for an independent Scotland.
MYTH.
It appeared in their 2014 White Paper, their prospectus for an independent Scotland.
UK would still pay our pensions in an independent Scotland.
MYTH.
Even this pro-Indy site admits it wouldn’t. Why would it?
believeinscotland.org/does-independe…
@scotfax and @JohnStuartWilso are great sources for detailed explanations on this issue.
MYTH.
Even this pro-Indy site admits it wouldn’t. Why would it?
believeinscotland.org/does-independe…
@scotfax and @JohnStuartWilso are great sources for detailed explanations on this issue.
Scotland would have remained in the EU if we’d had voted for Independence.
MYTH.
MYTH.
Scotland and England are in a voluntary union which can be dissolved at any time.
MYTH.
Union of Crowns was 1603. The Acts of Union created ONE Kingdom (a synonym for country then).
It’s in black & white.
Germany & Italy similar. Prussia & Piedmont joined with smaller states.
MYTH.
Union of Crowns was 1603. The Acts of Union created ONE Kingdom (a synonym for country then).
It’s in black & white.
Germany & Italy similar. Prussia & Piedmont joined with smaller states.
EU membership after 2014
https://twitter.com/gorbalsgoebbels/status/1348639099222192135
Scottish whisky tax is attributed to England because they leave from English ports.
MYTH
Thanks to @FraserWhyte81 who even got a reply straight from the horse’s mouth, @HMRCgovuk
MYTH
Thanks to @FraserWhyte81 who even got a reply straight from the horse’s mouth, @HMRCgovuk
Scotland supply the English their water.
MYTH
Thanks to a FOI from Gordon Smith.
whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_sco…
MYTH
Thanks to a FOI from Gordon Smith.
whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_sco…
Once in a generation
https://twitter.com/gorbalsgoebbels/status/1348630996053352454
Myths of George Square
https://twitter.com/gorbalsgoebbels/status/1348637769191596032
The 51st and St Valery
https://twitter.com/gorbalsgoebbels/status/1348637776506466308
UK isn’t a country or a unitary state.
https://twitter.com/gorbalsgoebbels/status/1348641878980308992
This last one isn’t a myth, but more a taking apart of a myth spreader.
In 2014 I nearly fell for the bunkum of Wings and his Wee Blue Book.
I did my own research from various sources but then found @kevverage
He put the WBB to bed.
chokkablog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-we…
Truth is vital.
In 2014 I nearly fell for the bunkum of Wings and his Wee Blue Book.
I did my own research from various sources but then found @kevverage
He put the WBB to bed.
chokkablog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-we…
Truth is vital.
The radicalisation of Scots by the SNP and Yes is worrying.
Some of these myths seem trivial. But they are all designed to perpetuate the Nat narrative that England is cheating or stealing from Scotland somehow.
It’s Trumpian.
It must always be called out and challenged.
Some of these myths seem trivial. But they are all designed to perpetuate the Nat narrative that England is cheating or stealing from Scotland somehow.
It’s Trumpian.
It must always be called out and challenged.
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