A more optimistic view?

Welcome to Skintland.

The front cover of the recent Economist proudly envisioned that if Scotland was to become independent, it would become an economic basketcase and those that call this piece of land on the outskirts of northern Europe, home. Will be led into years of penury.

Such a wonderful assertion from a magazine that panders to the vanity of those economic pygmies who have currently slaved to push UK plc into it’s current downward spiral of slash and burning of public services to euphemistically ‘balance the books’ and fill the bank balances of multi-nationals.

So here I am, 2 yrs from economic meltdown, ‘according to economist’. Such a scenario is surely worth hanging around for, so glad I’ve got a front row seat, ‘will Scotland fail, or will it just toddle along, making its own self confident way in the world.’ Only time will tell, and its evens, and the only thing for sure is that the Oxford educated editor has not developed psychic abilities as of yet, if ever.

It does however bring to mind a thought, why now and what are they hiding.

The Economist had 2 years to use that particular front cover, why now, why attack Scot’s aspirations of self determination, what was the point of the attack, when every assertion in the article can easily be batted away and destroyed , by people more at home with economic double talk than me.

Now call me a cynic, but prior to the Economist article coming out, the Scottish Govt was at loggerheads with Westminster Govt over plans to spend £4.1 billion on the London sewers.

Only for the Barnet formula to be binned, and Scotland set to lose out on it‘s £400m share, due to a ‘loophole’.

So there are Loopholes’ in Barnet formula, shocker, well we all know if it involves London, there will always a loophole.

The special dispensation that city receives is a disgusting abuse whether it’s Olympics, Crossrail or even the sewers, what’s spend in London dwarves that of any other area, yet it continually demands more.

Yet the argument should be a more prosaic, along the lines of ‘what fucking loophole’

And I suggest that BBC Scotland get it’s priorities right, instead of briefing journos on how to deal with the SNP, they should maybe get the finger out and chase this tale down, even into the depths of the London sewers, if that what it takes.

£400m could go a long way in Scotland; we’re well capable to spend in a more constructive and socially just way, rather than wasting billions on a shithole like London.

Only time will tell if Westminster gets away with this daylight robbery, or will the mainstream Scottish media take up the challenge, and defend Scotland’s interests. Time to bring the £400m sewers up and explain to us why there is need for ‘loopholes’ if we live in such a wonderful country.

‘Then again pigs will fly and Brian Taylor will win slimmer of the year‘, this statement is as accurate as the Economist article.


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