Category Archives: Scotland Independence

Anyone else catch the simpering interview Evan Davis conducted with SNP doyen Nicola Sturgeon on Today this morning @8.10am?  The SNP campaign to leave the Union begins today and I felt she was given such an easy ride by Evan Davis, who should know better. For example, she made continual references to Scotland “paying its way” (It doesn’t, it is a net benefactor of English tax largesse via Barnett) and “balancing the books” (It hasn’t, it has a bloated English taxpayer funded public sector) and of course it has that famous “Scottish Oil” that financially underwrites everything (It’s far from clear that Scotland has ownership of these oil wells). She then went on to claim that the bond markets would lend to an Independent Scotland at the same rate as they do to the UK currently. All these lunatic points went without challenge from a demur Davis. It’s as if the BBC are quite keen on the break up of the Union….

The BBC seems intent to help the SNP choose economic oblivion in 2014. In one sense they are welcome to it but in another it is in clear breach of their code of conduct. Have a listen to this item on Today this morning entitled “Can the Scottish economy stand alone?”. Some wonderful fantasy talk about “Scottish Oil”, of course, and not a mention that Scotland has stunningly high levels of  Sovietised Statism that is only possible care of the huge taxes that flow from south of the border care of the Barnett Formula. The BBC  is cute though, give this Thought for the Day a  listen as John Bell of the Iona community makes a barely concealed plea for Scottish Independence under the guise of religion.