Thread by @bcs_scotland

The Centre for Constitutional Change undertook a study in 2014 called the “border effect”, an observation that trade is higher within countries than between countries. 1/

Prior to vote in 2014, the centre said that “If in the long run, the border between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK border affects trade like the current border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK, then we estimate costs at 5.5 percent of Scotland's GDP 2/

Despite £50,274m oil revenues & £66,662m free fiscal transfers from UK since 2007, they’ve still screwed up educ & health. Since the SNP took power in 2007 UK has paid for 7.2% of ALL SCOTTISH SPENDING Since the Tories came to power it’s almost 9%. Incompetence & Indy not £/power

The UK paid for 6.5% of all Scottish spending since 1998 (22 years) Amount paid to Scotland by the EU since 1998? Zero. Don’t listen to Nats when they say we can’t borrow! Borrowing powers were conferred by the Scotland Act 2012 and extended by the Scotland Act 2016. #snpout2021

There will be NO referendum! Until nationalists can answer questions on currency, borders, economy, jobs, pensions, timelines, citizenship & full fiscal impacts of secession. They are hiding facts of the #Copenhagenreport despite it being publicly funded as it will destroy Indy.

future ref on these terms; NO referendum within a generation of last one. ANY future ref subject to a W/Agmt & Confirmatory Vote. Full Franchise of all Scots-born UK citizens. Full provision for regions to opt-out of Separation & Remain in UK & published impact analysis pre-vote

The UK is a country. The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in north-western Europe, off the north-­western coast of the European mainland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is one of 4 constituent countries in the UK

There are estimated to be 4.5 million adults in Scotland in 2019-20 and 2.5 million income tax payers. Around 2 million adults, or 44.6% of all Scottish adults, will not pay income tax as they will earn less than the Personal Allowance.

The SNP govt’s own official figures, produced by them, endorsed by every senior SNP politician, used by all their initiatives, explicitly state that Scotland raises 8.0% of UK tax but receives 9.2% of UK spending.
gov.scot/publications/g…

#HistoryMatters; Of the 371 Directors of the original East India Company- 211 were Scots. The Empire Project was one of equal participation between England and Scotland. Moreover, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿relationship has never been one of oppression. #FactsMatter

Indyref2014: majority voted unionist
HR2016: majority voted unionist
Local 2017: majority voted unionist
GE2017: majority voted unionist
EU2019: majority voted unionist
GE2019: majority voted unionist they are just a noisy minority with no originality. Vote them out #snpout2021