So no pound for an independent Scotland

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So the chancellor says if a Yes vote Scotland doesn't get to use the pound (as in GBP, pounds sterling, the money!).

BBC story - click here.

What will they use instead? Groats, chickens, cans of Tennents and bottles of Buckfast?
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[Ste]

Predictable.

I can see oldpink and Saltire already fuming and suffering keyboard rage.

[fatpies]

I don't get Salmond.

Why would you want to keep the pound anyway?

Starting a new currency is a chance for a new beginning.

If you take the pound then you essentially agree to the constant devaluation and also the ursury which is charged by the bankers on every £ on every transaction.


If I were Salmond I would resurrect debt free money, like Guernsey, Worgl and 1930s Germany.


However if Salmond did this Scotland would immediately be declared a terrorist nation and be invaded within days. I wouldn't rule out the use of nuclear weapons either as debt free money is such an incredible threat to the powers that be.


As the bankers rely on debt based money for their livelyhood, which is why Germany had to be crushed.
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[Rogerborg]

The Scotch can use any currency they like, and call it anything that they like. They already do, and have banks that print their own notes, which some Englanders will accept, and some won't.

So, no big change there. The only real issue is whether Jockpound could stay pegged to Bank of English sterling, and whether Englanders will contine to accept (or refuse) it at 1:1.

In practice, this will be a matter for the banks, Westminster, Whitehall, Holyrood and the man driving the taxi stuck behind the Clapham omnibus to decide, not whomever the Chancellor-of-the-month happens to be at some point in the future.
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[fatpies]

[thepuma]

Good...f*ck em....let them have the Euro. Or the 'groat' would be more apt.

or even Dollar.....or should I say dole-er...lol
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[Ste]

[Saltire]

[mentalboy]

And whilst I'm on the subject of Buckie. If English MP's really wanted to guarantee a No vote they'd find a way to stop the supply before September.
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[BenchWench]

The only thing I care about is if they do leave the English stop paying for them to go to Uni for free OR stop them for getting student loans if they do get in for free.

I have a lot of Scottish mates who went to Uni and got student loans even though they didn't have to pay for their Uni fees and put it into savings accounts and have brought a house with it.

It just grinds my gears that that money comes from my taxes.
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[Eddie Hitler]

I thought only a couple of hundred people lived in Scotland. Surely they could organise a zombie type food vehicle to cross the border and raid us brits for essential supplies?

Heads up.

https://i.imgur.com/PLlUUKE.jpg

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[hellkat]

Tablet should be the new currency.
Although unlike traditional gold, it would be difficult to resist eating.
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[pinkyfloyd]

The impression I got from the whole debate is the Scots want to keep our strong (ish) economy with the retention of the pound but the British dont want to bail out Scotlands imminent collapse so want to get away from the same currency.
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[_Will_]

They will be far better off without it, it's a chance for them to go decentralised and become one of the richest countries in the world based on Gdp per capita.

They will never be independent unless they are independent of others financial institutions.
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[Andy_Pagin]

What would worry me if I was Scottish is the way the SNP just assumed they'd keep monetary union and EU membership with out actually asking anyone!
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[Ste]

Keep EU membership? Scotland isn't a member of the EU; the United Kingdon is and if Scotchland goes independent then they can try and join the EU but that might not go according to what they're assuming.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25965703
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25766090
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10479461/Spanish-PM-Independent-Scotland-would-be-out-of-the-EU.html

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[Ste]

Isn't the yes campaign based on false or assumed outcomes?

Petty shit like teaming up to prevent Scotland keeping the pound; do you even understand what independence mean? Picking and choosing what parts of being in the UK to keep and what parts not to keep isn't being independent.

And currency is a pretty important point, hardly describable as petty.

And that diagram says that the standard of living in the UK will dramatically increase if we let Scotland go and fail on it's own.