New Posts For Thread: 65/1 or 6/1 - shares in oilhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oilScotland could share the oil between 65 million people or 5 million. In a ratio - for every pound... right now every person in the UK gets about a penny and a half each from that pound. If Scotland got it all it would be about 17 pence each person. Tthis is it. seems an argument we keep seeing is "but that money is already accounted for in the Scottish budget". Well, no it isn't. Maybe it's included in an SNP manifesto, but at the moment the large proportion of it isn't Scotland's at all.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541313021#541313021this is it. seems an argument we keep seeing is "but that money is already accounted for in the Scottish budget". Well, no it isn't. Maybe it's included in an SNP manifesto, but at the moment the large proportion of it isn't Scotland's at all.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:28:01 -0500tories spunked it all on tax cuts for their slimy mateshttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/north-sea-oil-money-uk-norwegians-fundhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541310493#541310493tories spunked it all on tax cuts for their slimy mateshttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/north-sea-oil-money-uk-norwegians-fundFri, 05 Sep 2014 10:24:26 -0500I suspect that following a yes vote Scotland will do alright.It won't be the fairy-tale Utopia promised by the SNP or other rose-tinted optimists though.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541310369#541310369I suspect that following a yes vote Scotland will do alright.It won't be the fairy-tale Utopia promised by the SNP or other rose-tinted optimists though.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:14:50 -0500came in, 18-1 imohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541310223#541310223came in, 18-1 imoFri, 05 Sep 2014 10:00:14 -0500Great idea...and when the oil runs out they can have a referendum to rejoin The Union.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541309705#541309705Great idea...and when the oil runs out they can have a referendum to rejoin The Union.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:25:48 -0500Or redistributing money they don't have until going cap-in-hand to the IMF?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541309377#541309377Or redistributing money they don't have until going cap-in-hand to the IMF?Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:04:07 -0500Scotland could share the oil between 65 million people or 5 million. In a ratio - for every pound... right now every person in the UK gets about a penny and a half each from that pound. If Scotland got it all it would be about 17 pence each person. Thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342247/651-or-61---shares-in-oil?post_id=541308599#541308599Scotland could share the oil between 65 million people or 5 million. In a ratio - for every pound... right now every person in the UK gets about a penny and a half each from that pound. If Scotland got it all it would be about 17 pence each person. TFri, 05 Sep 2014 07:58:44 -0500