Well the Scots particularly and the Northern Irish and Northern English do pretty well out of Westminster subsidies.

I’ll happily point out our particular brand of political f__kwits over here couldn’t run a pissup in a brewery.

But, if we had to stand on our own feet, they’d be hunted out of office very shortly and then there would be changes made for the better rather than the continual limping along as is present now.

Same elsewhere. Instead of living off the crumbs that drop from London, the reality check on prices, investment, handouts etc would be for the greater good long term.

Having more money is not necessarily for the better. Over here, it just means more is wasted by di_kheads on di_kheads.

And it may have escaped your attention but the whole of the UK is represented at Westminster by several hundred MPs.

Yes, but if the decisions are dominated by the representatives from the home counties, how much good does it actually do the other regions?

The answer given to that question will depend on which appeal to either emotion (Yes) or intellect (No) is successful.

Such arrogance.

But it is in keeping with quite a few posters on this thread.

There are several different “regions” within the UK. The hybrid of which in the unified country may not be best for all.

– London
– South England
– North England
– South Wales
– West Wales
– Scottish central belt
– Highlands
– Scottish borders
– N. Ireland (even it I would break into two, Belfast and Country).

Currently focus of the politicians is mostly London-centric. That does come with detrimental affects everywhere else. Of course, people will argue “London provides most of the tax revenues, so its only natural” – but London provides most of the revenue because the infrastructure concentration is by far its greatest there, with a snowball effect.

Whereas in the United Kingdom as whole nobody has thought of that? :rolleyes:

I mean hunted out the door by protests to the point where the current system over here is consigned to the dustbin where it belongs.

I would hope for a replacement of the shambles that is modern “democracy” with a form of elected technocracy which would actually have ministerial posts run by individuals that are qualified and competent in the relevant fields*… the public then vote for in overall tax levels and changes in what proportion of the public spend goes to each ministry.

*rather than the current farce where everything is headed up by political graduates from Eton.

An interesting quote from the BBC website:
Why would electricity suddenly become cheaper in an independent Scotland?

Good question. The answer is not readily apparent to me.

Perhaps they envisage Scotland being a next exporter of power, and they use the profit made from export to reduce local tariffs…?

Or they meet EU renewable targets via a greater composition of hydro/wind sourced power? (Avoiding expensive fines in the process.)

Or the profits from oil sales feeds back as an offset on the local leccy prices?

I guess there are plenty of possibilities, but I don’t have the information to determine if any are actually viable or not.

…only about one and a half million people…..compared to how many English who had no say?

That is why it is called “self” determination.

Anyhoo – in general I think its a pity – I now expect the political classes to relax back into their opulent ways and treat the majority of the populace like sh_t. They could have done with the kick up the backside (well, to be honest, they are long past the kick up the backside stage, probably needing a good dig on the jaw at this stage).

That’s a very sweeping statement for which I presume you have evidence.

Oh yes. I’ve done a full thorough investigation into every company in the world and have a complete dossier to present. :very_drunk:

In large companies senior managers do not require hands on expertise either although they should have knowledge and experience of the products.

Which is why large companies typically bumble around in the dark like idiots.

There are reasons why the A380, B787, A350 and CSeries are late. Starting at the top.

Am I interpreting that F-16 pole right?

Is it indeed saying that there is a significant peak in returns around 0deg (directly head on)?