It’s not important if the readers of the Daily Mail believe it or not.
In terms of the motivation of senior Tories to defend the union the fact that Scotland is a net contributor is what matters. They can talk about the flag and think about the cold hard cash.
If the rhetoric of Scottish scroungers makes that difficult for them then that is a rod they have made for their own backs.
(Although no one is a net contributor at the moment because no one is a net contributor, except Bluebird and the Captain and the rest of their generation but Scotland runs less of a deficit.)
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Date: 2012-10-16 02:10 pm (UTC)In terms of the motivation of senior Tories to defend the union the fact that Scotland is a net contributor is what matters. They can talk about the flag and think about the cold hard cash.
If the rhetoric of Scottish scroungers makes that difficult for them then that is a rod they have made for their own backs.
(Although no one is a net contributor at the moment because no one is a net contributor, except Bluebird and the Captain and the rest of their generation but Scotland runs less of a deficit.)