Are the revenues from the oil off its shores the reason for Scotland's recent drive to separate from England?The oil found in the North Sea would have been far better in private hands than nationalized. It is the income from these fields which has allowed the welfare state to bloom and made wimps of once proud and fiercely independent Scots as it has made wimps of the once fierce Vikings in Norway. h/t brothersjudd
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You are venturing into very muddy waters, here, e. Scotland has benefited greatly financially since devolution but the Scots have always been canny enough to know that total separation would not be in their best interests at all. The Scottish Nationalist Party will never win over the wealthy Edinburgh Tories.
m. I never doubted it for a moment that there's more here politically than meets the eye, and I wouldn’t think of addressing that issue, having only a smattering of historical perspective, my point is only that once people get used to entitlements aka getting something (they think) for nothing, going back to fending for themselves doesn't appeal.
Enormous sums coming from oil changes everything.
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