Will England have to (further) bail out Scotland after this stupidity?

[d9f1c7]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ney-shetland-17743181
Do they want to kill toursim on a the alter of "renewable" energy sources? Surely the costs of wind power vastly outweigh the benefits anyway.

[andrew1707]

I rather find wind turbines rather beautiful.

Trump thinks they will kill tourism; well, as he is building a very big tourist resort, he would say that.

[albaqwerty]

Thanks Andrew, I was waiting ages for the link to load (It's my end, not the link in question)

Why the hang would England have to bail out Scotland if Scotland wanted to have wind turbines? Stupid question imo.

[d9f1c7]

They are a complete eyesore andrew and that's without the racket they make!

[razza]

Has it killed tourism in England,the name says it all a bag of wind..

[naomi24]

I like wind turbines too. I think they're quite futuristic - and rather elegant.

[d9f1c7]

Well Alba a Scot get 130% of what someone in England get's spent on them now. What will happen when they further reduce their income? Who do you think pays ?

[Wharton]

Oh aye, they're really ugly compared to the pylons criss-crossing the country.

[d9f1c7]

There are very few in England compared to what Scotland are planning.

[anneasquith]

we in scotland thank our gods everyday for the money the english give us.

[Wharton]

I'd like to see some examples of this "130%".

[albaqwerty]

yep Anne, we all hail the English (oh me gawd, boaking at the thought)

[sandyRoe]

Trump has a nerve talking about harm to the environment. Isn't he building a golf course on an area of dunes that have special scientific interest?

[237SJ]

They`ve stuck 22 of the tallest turbines in Europe over my old village and completely ruined the place. There are a flurry of houses on the market now and nobody wants to buy them. People living nearby say you can hear a humming noise through the pillow at night and it`s driving them mad. It was a very picturesque area too. Now they want to put a load of them offshore (in a marine reserve). The decision came from Westminster - 200 miles away.

[youngmafbog]

D9 you are wrong

Spending in policy areas that have been devolved to Scotland has been on average 31% per person higher in Scotland than in England. Spending in Scotland on health and personal social services was 22% higher; education 31% higher; transport 31% higher; trade, industry, energy and employment 55% higher; housing 87% higher; agriculture 123% higher. This despite Scotland being the third wealthiest region in the UK.

We shoudl give the Scottish devolution and separate them from the UK totally. Of course as this means the Sweaties would no longer be in Europe and would not be able to join for quite a while,if ever, we would not end up funding them that way. They should NOT be able to use the Pound either. This would also have the advantgae that the sweaties would no longer be eligible to work in the UK and would all have to go back home or get a visa.

What a better place the rest of the UK would be, no more whinging and whinin about how good Scotland is(depsite the fact they dont live there)

[d9f1c7]

well Wharton I can do no better than YMB's answer. It is well know that Scotland has much more per head spent on them than England.

Yes YMB where I live is full of Scot's telling us how wonderful Scotland is, guess what? I don't live in Scotland!

[albaqwerty]

and before this gets vile, we, in Scotland, are so glad neither of you live here.

Sweaties, that is abusive and might just get reported for being so.

[Wharton]

youngmafbog
1 Whence your figures?
2 What's a sweatie?
3 Who's going to stop us using whatever currency we choose?

[anneasquith]

" WE should give the scottish devolution ", thats awfully nice of you old chap/chapess. and we will be eternally grateful :)

[Wharton]

Have to go out now but here's a general reply to the English posters - "Ma bahookie".