GERS: or, A Wayward Exercise in the Capricious http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2016/08/24/gers-or-a-wayward-exercise-in-the-capricious/ … via @bellacaledonia
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I guessed u did :) it was a wee dig at
@Gedk cos I'm guessing by his interjection he didn't read the highly detailed piece
a£15bn deficit explained away as a failure in methodology (missed by the Scottish Government)
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uk has a deficit too? So do most countries? Just we uniquely have this weird situ where we are limited by how to deal
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yes UK has a deficit. It's just half the size of ours.
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so what, the size of the Scottish deficit is determined by Westminster spending we would not waste as much money
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eh? So what money are the Scottish Government "wasting" right now then?
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paying our share of Trident, bombing Syria, foreign office, overseas aid, crumbling Westminster to name but a few.
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= £15bn per year? I don't think so. You believe iScotland shouldn't spend money on overseas aid?
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foreign aid in UK is less to help people and more to do with political aims and lining ex pats and consultancies pockets
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I don't agree. Either way, it's not what I asked you. Do you believe iScotland should have no foreign aid?
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I hate Gers. It's convoluted and confusing. I've avoided it all day, one RT and boom I hate it even more
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