kalmar wrote:
To summarise my thoughts on devolution / this kind of thing:
I vaguely like the idea that Scotland could stand on its own two feet by exploiting the renewable energy resources we have and build up manufacturing on that basis, and perhaps end up in a better economic and social situation than today.
But what would probably happen is that we stop getting money from The UK, all the perks like free hospital parking and bridge tolls vanish overnight, and the parliament sits around in its stupid expensive building arguing about nothing and everything gets worse and shit.
Aye, that's what makes that measure so politically and constitutionally interesting for me. Spending other people's money is easy and fun, but making the Parliament itself find the funds would mean it would have to debate whether they want these benefits etc.