... is being used by Scottish Nationalists to dignify the sordid process of separation.
When Alex Salmond second in command Nicola Sturgeon spoke to the Scots, reported here, she said "you'll retire earlier with the SNP than you will remaining with Britain !"
The SNP closed the door on honest debate and confirmed to the electorate, that the candy behind this particular game is "humbug".
A few facts ...
The SNP government-commissioned Fiscal Commission also recently concluded that Scotland will soon have more pensioners per head of working age people than the UK. It reported: “It is projected that without action, Scotland’s dependency ratio will increase more rapidly compared with the UK – reflecting the particularly sharp increase in Scotland’s pension age population.”
The Department for Work and Pensions said “Pensions spending per head is already higher in Scotland than in the rest of the UK, and in future, Scotland will have a higher proportion of elderly people. But by pooling our resources, we won’t need to rely on volatile and declining North Sea revenues to pay the pensions of Scotland’s elderly.”
The truth ...
10% of the population of Britain, that includes Scotland, have 60% of the countries wealth.
90% of the population of Britain, that includes Scotland, are unlikely to ever earn much above the median income of £20,000.
The likelihood of these figures changing through separation is zero.
Blue smoke and mirrors, so who gains through this sleight of hand ?
.
When Alex Salmond second in command Nicola Sturgeon spoke to the Scots, reported here, she said "you'll retire earlier with the SNP than you will remaining with Britain !"
The SNP closed the door on honest debate and confirmed to the electorate, that the candy behind this particular game is "humbug".
A few facts ...
The SNP government-commissioned Fiscal Commission also recently concluded that Scotland will soon have more pensioners per head of working age people than the UK. It reported: “It is projected that without action, Scotland’s dependency ratio will increase more rapidly compared with the UK – reflecting the particularly sharp increase in Scotland’s pension age population.”
The Department for Work and Pensions said “Pensions spending per head is already higher in Scotland than in the rest of the UK, and in future, Scotland will have a higher proportion of elderly people. But by pooling our resources, we won’t need to rely on volatile and declining North Sea revenues to pay the pensions of Scotland’s elderly.”
The truth ...
10% of the population of Britain, that includes Scotland, have 60% of the countries wealth.
90% of the population of Britain, that includes Scotland, are unlikely to ever earn much above the median income of £20,000.
The likelihood of these figures changing through separation is zero.
Blue smoke and mirrors, so who gains through this sleight of hand ?
.
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