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Scotland moves a step closer to independence

Frogdog · 2013-11-27 02:59:21

The Scottish parliament is to debate their independence from Great Britain, with a referendum to be held in a few years: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25114249 All of this accomplished through political means (in recent terms at least). It's something I'd quite like to see actually and something…

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#152 08-02-2014 12:14am

Guy:Incognito

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LordSutch wrote: »

For me the elephant in the room is the economic threat to the Irish economy from a new and eager Scotland with an appetite to start off with a boom. And what if they duplicate industries with us? what if they lower their corporation tax and woo the multinationals away from us and into a fresh new Scottish economy?

Nah we'll be grand sure we still have the advantage of language ,in that we speak English :-)

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