British origins

[be-bop]

Or even the death of Elizabeth I which joined England with Scotland (a link they are trying to sever. Go on then! See if you can manage free prescriptions and student fees without us! Bye-bye, bye-bye...)


Tut tut Sundae you're sounding like a Daily Wail reader, still like most of the English people i know you still can't get your head around devolution can you?
It's a block grant Scotland gets, to spend on how the Scottish Government and the Scottish people through the elected process decide on what is their priority.we're not naughty schoolchildren spending out pocket money on sweeties,Scots contribute as well, we pay tax and national insurance into the pot.
Read this and be educated

http://www.alba.org.uk/scotching/myth.html

[SamIam]

@ Dana - thanks! I knew I could count on you. I have added your suggestions to my "to read" list.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by be-bop

Tut tut Sundae you're sounding like a Daily Wail reader, still like most of the English people i know you still can't get your head around devolution can you?

Actually I am interested in politics and I think I do understand devolution. I don't like Alex Salmond but I have a gut reaction to many forms of Nationalism. Were I Scottish I might feel differently, as they are a left leaning Party and I don't really have an argument with their politics in general.

It's a block grant Scotland gets, to spend on how the Scottish Government and the Scottish people through the elected process decide on what is their priority. Scots contribute as well, we pay tax and national insurance into the pot.

Of course I know that Scots pay too, and that money you pay in is spent in the way your elected representatives choose. It was a light-hearted comment. I have extreme free-prescription and free-University envy.

Read this and be educated.

It was reasonably interesting. For something over 20 years old.
Didn 't really tell me anything startling.

Am I educated now?

we're not naughty schoolchildren spending out pocket money on sweeties,

You got me with that one though. Really made me laugh. Yes, that is the attitude of papers like the Hate Mail. Still a bit miffed you classed me as a reader though. I think that's the first time anyone has said that to me! I don't mind being lumped in with the other ignorant English people you know, but I do have some standards!

I actually have a bit of a chip on my shoulder about coming from Bucks. It's fine living back here, but when I lived elsewhere I cringed when the question "Where do you come from?" came up. I could see people reassessing me because I was born and brought up in a "rich" county. It bugged me that people assumed I must live on my own land, probably have electric gates and a swimming pool and watch polo at the weekend. Nice work if you can get it I suppose.