Scottish Referendum / Independence - Vol 8
Discussion
gofasterrosssco said:
barryrs said:
Yep, can imagine the social media comments and Nat maths at work:"So 1 billion barrels x $55 = $55 Billion. Imagine what we can do with £40 Billion - that'll be the deficit gone then, and cash to spare..!"
ellroy said:
Such a shame that because it was found now its a known asset and not one to be used solely for gold plating everything in wee Jimmie's house when she's declared illustrious leader for life.
It'll certainly blow a hole in the economic argument. They'll either have to not resource it or face the fact that prices will plummet if that comes on stream, either way it won't be worth half as much as they think it will.Petrol prices are still dropping nicely I see, down to 113 in some parts near me.
amusingduck said:
gofasterrosssco said:
barryrs said:
Yep, can imagine the social media comments and Nat maths at work:"So 1 billion barrels x $55 = $55 Billion. Imagine what we can do with £40 Billion - that'll be the deficit gone then, and cash to spare..!"
Those
I lost a £10m+ property/investment deal in a Scottish city today, with uncertainty over the referendum cited as the reason.
I suppose it's not the biggest amount of money in the world but it was coming from the States, with all of the associated taxes and employment of the 150 or so lads doing the building work.
Her little vanity trip is going to cost the Scottish economy considerably more in the coming couple of years. Again.
Still, she gets paid tomorrow regardless.... fking skadgy public sector wkers.
I suppose it's not the biggest amount of money in the world but it was coming from the States, with all of the associated taxes and employment of the 150 or so lads doing the building work.
Her little vanity trip is going to cost the Scottish economy considerably more in the coming couple of years. Again.
Still, she gets paid tomorrow regardless.... fking skadgy public sector wkers.
ben5575 said:
I lost a £10m+ property/investment deal in a Scottish city today, with uncertainty over the referendum cited as the reason.
I suppose it's not the biggest amount of money in the world but it was coming from the States, with all of the associated taxes and employment of the 150 or so lads doing the building work.
Her little vanity trip is going to cost the Scottish economy considerably more in the coming couple of years. Again.
Still, she gets paid tomorrow regardless.... fking skadgy public sector wkers.
This is the unquantifiable damage that they are doing, and the bad news is that the SNP really don't care. The SNP really do only care about independence, and the damage to public services and jobs for ordinary Scots is a price worth paying, particularly when they will blame Westminster anyway.I suppose it's not the biggest amount of money in the world but it was coming from the States, with all of the associated taxes and employment of the 150 or so lads doing the building work.
Her little vanity trip is going to cost the Scottish economy considerably more in the coming couple of years. Again.
Still, she gets paid tomorrow regardless.... fking skadgy public sector wkers.
Inkyfingers said:
ben5575 said:
I lost a £10m+ property/investment deal in a Scottish city today, with uncertainty over the referendum cited as the reason.
I suppose it's not the biggest amount of money in the world but it was coming from the States, with all of the associated taxes and employment of the 150 or so lads doing the building work.
Her little vanity trip is going to cost the Scottish economy considerably more in the coming couple of years. Again.
Still, she gets paid tomorrow regardless.... fking skadgy public sector wkers.
This is the unquantifiable damage that they are doing, and the bad news is that the SNP really don't care. The SNP really do only care about independence, and the damage to public services and jobs for ordinary Scots is a price worth paying, particularly when they will blame Westminster anyway.I suppose it's not the biggest amount of money in the world but it was coming from the States, with all of the associated taxes and employment of the 150 or so lads doing the building work.
Her little vanity trip is going to cost the Scottish economy considerably more in the coming couple of years. Again.
Still, she gets paid tomorrow regardless.... fking skadgy public sector wkers.
Sturgeon... Master of Muppets... The thing that should not be.. Nothing else Matters (but Independence).. She can Destroy... Motorbreath.. Enter Salmondman...aka King Nothing... Am I Evil (Yes) .
Cant imagine the Krankie banging her head to any of those, but I know a few folk that would love to bang it for her.
Cant imagine the Krankie banging her head to any of those, but I know a few folk that would love to bang it for her.
It appears talks did not go well today ....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/theresa...
Personally I'm quite enjoying May's stance. Sturgeon will get her referendum eventually but I suspect she may have to go to the Supreme Court to challenge the reserved right. Sturgeon has obviously factored in being able to get a poll bump cos of thatcher and the tories etc. But I'm guessing that May is of the view that while 35% have a raging hard on for independence, the additional 10% they picked up from 2014 is soft but even if it isn't it appears that the 45% is pretty much a ceiling. May's job therefore is to focus on Brexit and a deal that can shoot the Nat fox, while Sturgeon inevitably gets bogged down in a legal challenge and carries on ranting painting herself into the corner of being an obsessional secessionist. May I guess quite fancies her chances...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/theresa...
Personally I'm quite enjoying May's stance. Sturgeon will get her referendum eventually but I suspect she may have to go to the Supreme Court to challenge the reserved right. Sturgeon has obviously factored in being able to get a poll bump cos of thatcher and the tories etc. But I'm guessing that May is of the view that while 35% have a raging hard on for independence, the additional 10% they picked up from 2014 is soft but even if it isn't it appears that the 45% is pretty much a ceiling. May's job therefore is to focus on Brexit and a deal that can shoot the Nat fox, while Sturgeon inevitably gets bogged down in a legal challenge and carries on ranting painting herself into the corner of being an obsessional secessionist. May I guess quite fancies her chances...
Inkyfingers said:
I don't think many Scots are that bothered about the EU, it's just a convenient ruse for the SNP to get another referendum.
The people who wanted independence were asking their electorate to vote to leave the EU in the Scottish referendum and are now claiming that leaving is a reason to call a second referendum. Very odd that anyone thinks it is anything other than a transparent ruse.HD Adam said:
FN2TypeR said:
loafer123 said:
Isn't it a bit bizarre that the licences granted aren't generally where the map shows deposits? Am I missing something?!
Yellow are known deposits. Grey areas are licenses for exploration I'd wager. The shale that holds gas is somewhat different.
Greedydog said:
amusingduck said:
Looking at the WSJ Cost of a barrel of oil break down it would appear North Sea oil is the most expensive in the world to produce at about $44 per barrel. That leaves $11bn of 'profit' at current prices. I'm assuming the total tax take per annum will be $11bn x whatever is the current tax rate for oil companies pumping oil from the North Sea then divide that over how long... 10, 20, 30 years?Also all of this assumes it is real. There are often small dodgy companies which try and raise their share price massively with good news, and then the owners dump their massively increased in value shares and it comes out it was all a bunch of rubbish.
Well, it is now just over a year since the Scottish Parliament passed any new legislation. A damning and embarrassing statistic for any legislature.
Holyrood passes no legislation for a year, whilst the SNP obsess on independence.
Holyrood passes no legislation for a year, whilst the SNP obsess on independence.
r11co said:
technodup said:
I'm a big fan of government doing less.
Me too, but not while they are still on the payroll.Think of the problems they cause when they think they're doing something.
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