It would simplify state pension administration if the the UK govt continued to pay UK state pensions to Scottish pensioners. But since Scotgov would be receving the NICs from which UK state pensions are paid, it would have to compensate the UK govt.
https://twitter.com/staylorish/status/1489027587364040705
In other words, a negotiated settlement in which UK govt would administer the pensions but Scotgov would pay for them. This is actually what the UK govt proposed in 2014 and what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury clearly meant in his comment.
In giving the impression that the UK govt would bear the full cost of the pensions with no contribution from Scotgov, Blackford is being profoundly dishonest.
Blackford knows perfectly well that the UK state pension operates on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning that NICs received in the current year pay pensions and benefits in the current year. He is wilfully ignoring this to further his political agenda.
Just as he previously misrepresented the funding of the state pension to buy the votes of #WASPI women, he's now misrepresenting it to buy the votes of Scottish pensioners in an independence referendum. He should be called out for his dishonesty.
Blackford seems to think that because UK pensions would be "overseas pensions" for Scottish pensioners, Scotgov wouldn't have to pay for them. But in 2014, the UK govt explicitly said that Scotgov post-indy would have to contribute to overseas UK pensions. parliament.uk/business/publi… 
Blackford's entire argument falls apart once you look at what the UK govt actually said about state pensions post independence. Don't be fooled by his blather.
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