Southsheff Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Any revenues from north sea oil that is being paid to the UK government would then go to the scottish government. And if the oil is in international waters then it all goes through Aberdeen etc anyway Agreed. And they have the rest of the uk by the short and curlies for charging transport fees for all the green energy they export to us. Not to mention the roaring haggis trade with china.... They look set for a decade of boom then when it all goes tats up they can expect bailouts from us like Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 BST is safer than GMT for kids travelling to and from school. It's far better for it to be lighter at night when kids are more likely to be messing about than in the morning when they are more subdued. And for the vast majority of the country it is light for about 8 o'clock even on December 21st. It's only the Scots that are messing us about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 If we had BST in winter it'd be dark when the kids are going to school & cause more road deaths, it's been tried, dark mornings are more dangerous. wasn't this tested 50+ years ago when kids actually walked to school? ---------- Post added 28-10-2013 at 20:25 ---------- Forget about the Oil. The islands, Hebrides + Orkney + Shetland are all solidly pro UK and will not be part of an Independent Scotland. They don't actually like being called Scottish either as their ancestry is more scandinavian than celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maz3 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Your clocks work differently to mine... You're right, we'd be the same time as France and Spain in winter. Another argument for sticking to BST year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I never understand why Spain is 1 hour ahead of us despite almost the entire country being level or to the west of Britain. I guess it's a fair bit closer to the equator so they don't get the really late sunriwse but it still seems strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Shoes Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I never understand why Spain is 1 hour ahead of us despite almost the entire country being level or to the west of Britain. I guess it's a fair bit closer to the equator so they don't get the really late sunriwse but it still seems strange. It was changed during WW2 and they want to change it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I think they become one of the richest countries in the world GDP per capita with all that north sea oil. You think? Looks like the Scottish think differently http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy If Scotland leave they take $250 Billion a year with them. The remaining UK Economy will still have roughly $2 Trillion a year to keep it going. There isn't 'as much' North Sea oil money as people make out - there's still an aweful lot but there's not a great deal of new exploration and not much in the way of new reserves being found. The Americans have shown that Shale is the way forward, and England's got a load of un-tapped shale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peer Gynt Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 If Scotland was independent.. There'd be boatloads of Illegal immigrants coming in from the north as well as from Europe.:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I think they become one of the richest countries in the world GDP per capita with all that north sea oil. That's OK then, it means they'll be able to afford to pay off their share of the UK's debt when they leave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 If we had BST in winter it'd be dark when the kids are going to school & cause more road deaths, it's been tried, dark mornings are more dangerous. BST is a stupid idea, imo, there's no reason for it. The Lighter Later campaign says otherwise: http://www.lighterlater.org/benefits.html Even ROSPA are for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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