Please share this... What follows is a confidential memo to the Scottish Cabinet from John Swinney. You can read the contents for yourself but we have added notes throughout to help you understand what each paragraph means for an independent Scotland. They did not want the Scottish people to see this but we think that Scots need the full facts so that we can make an informed decision at the referendum. What the SNP say privately that they won’t tell us in public: • That their budget plans are based on oil and that it is both volatile and declining. Privately they acknowledge this but publically they pretend it will pay for everything. • That Scotland would start life saddled with debt. Again, the SNP pretend there would be no difficult decision to cut the debt in an independent Scotland but privately they admit it. • They are planning for public sector job cuts, cuts to old age pension and admit that no additional public spending would be possible. In public they promise everything to everyone, in private their plans are very different. • That increased volatility means more risks on welfare and pressures from an ageing population. In public they play politics with welfare, in private they are looking for cuts. • That the rest of the UK would have an effective veto on Scotland’s budget. In public they attack Westminster, in private they admit their plans would give Scots less power. • That Scotland would face huge costs in setting up a separate state, including £600m for a new tax service. In public they claim Scotland would save money on administration. In private they admit the costs would be huge. • That Scotland would have to spend less on defence. Publicly this week the nationalists have attacked the UK for not increasing the number of troops based in Scotland by a large enough number. In private they are planning big cuts. The following pages are taken from the secret Scottish Government paper. Read for yourself and see what they say behind the closed doors of the cabinet room. https://attachment.fbsbx/file_download.php?id=829889950356517&eid=AStig8PG32xEWlIAzvM6TKfEqdj0xkRUQ5NXS73yOdOpe_j6zXxgqwD9X-UUs7UtIbs&ext=1410639976&hash=ASvtOTxJ4xyGanhX
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:57:05 +0000
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