Scotland? Fuck 'em

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Well, I have always known that people in Scotland are more heavily subsidised than the English but then you have to take account of the wealth made in the South East which distorts all British statistics. However, that is only part of the story.

It seems that the public sector wage bill in Scotland has risen by 55% in the 10 years since the Scottish parliament was formed and state funding per head has doubled. They rank 20th in the world league table of %age public spending per head by GDP and the forecast is that they will be no. 3 by 2012 after Havana and Baghdad.

We had a programme on TV last night, entitled 'History of Scotland.' History? My arse! All the usual stuff about William Wallace and the Battle of Stirling Bridge like 700 years ago. No mention of the truly great people who have come out of Scotland since then nor the Pictish rabble that caused Hadrian to build his wall. Scotland's memories seem to be fixed in events long past.

But am I weary of their lamentations. Time we said to Alex Salmond, 'Piss Off, you can go.' I go back to Henry I and Becket, 'Will no one rid me of these troublesome Scots?'