This comparison with a devolved Scotland in the United Kingdom is as silly as comparing the performance of Northern Ireland and Stormont in the United Kingdom with Dublin and an independent Ireland. Ireland has a €10 billion surplus this year, rising to €20 billion next year. The UK, with a deficit of around £170 billion, is unable to build small hospitals on small Hebridean islands, whereas Ireland is funding nurses over the border.
Scotland: Further Independence Referendum
Proceeding contribution from
Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 November 2023.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Scotland: Further Independence Referendum.
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741 c294
Session
2023-24
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Timestamp
2023-11-22 12:29:02 +0000
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