tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post7389840992129766892..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Does Alex Salmond think we're daft? Volume 1Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-73345785441988289922012-01-21T11:57:56.132+00:002012-01-21T11:57:56.132+00:00Perhaps Caron, but an Independent Scotland would b...Perhaps Caron, but an Independent Scotland would be re-employing people to do jobs that are in keeping with our priorities rather than the priorities of imperialists in London and Washington.<br /><br />Something you would surely support?<br /><br />At the moment, folk are just being flung on the scrapheap after serving their country.<br /><br />Pretty shameful stuff really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-65529479684953528632012-01-20T13:22:34.880+00:002012-01-20T13:22:34.880+00:00Yes because you're showing it.
Firstly we con...Yes because you're showing it.<br /><br />Firstly we contribute to the UK defence/aggression budget lets say c£8 billion yet the UK only spends c£3 billion in return giving a disproportional underspend of c£5 billion.<br /><br />As Scotland's future reduced defence spending as an independent country would be around £1-£2 billion giving a saving of up to £6 billion to be spent within these shores rather than throwing it into a UK black hole.<br /><br />You might be happy to throw money away thankfully a lot of others don't agree with you.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-89359282560460907742012-01-20T13:21:46.193+00:002012-01-20T13:21:46.193+00:00Yes because you're showing it.
Firstly we con...Yes because you're showing it.<br /><br />Firstly we contribute to the UK defence/aggression budget lets say c£8 billion yet the UK only spends c£3 billion in return giving a disproportional underspend of c£5 billion.<br /><br />As Scotland's future reduced defence spending as an independent country would be around £1-£2 billion giving a saving of up to £6 billion to be spent within these shores rather than throwing it into a UK black hole.<br /><br />You might be happy to throw money away thankfully a lot of others don't agree with you.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-39795319674957499802012-01-20T10:25:21.578+00:002012-01-20T10:25:21.578+00:00The point is that he made a huge fuss about the na...The point is that he made a huge fuss about the nasty ConDems cutting the military - to exactly what he wanted.<br /><br />I've had SNP people go on about how awful it is that service personnel are being made redundant - but an independent Scotland would do exactly the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-79242758326503726542012-01-20T09:48:30.677+00:002012-01-20T09:48:30.677+00:002 things, both of which were actually made pretty ...2 things, both of which were actually made pretty clear at the time:<br /><br />1) The defence requirements of the UK (with its SoP of global willy waving) are very different to those of any foreign policy I'd expect from an independent Scotland.<br /><br />2) While we're still part of the UK, it's perfectly reasonable to expect a fair share of its benefits. Otherwise you'd accuse Salmond of playing politics with national defence, allowing the spend to run down to be able to accuse Westminster of starving us.MartinBhttp://polemic.easyweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com