In the 1970's Comedy "Porridge", the Scottish prisoner McClaren claimed it was "Scotland's Oil" but was told by Fletch (Norman Stanley Fletcher) that it was "English Expertise" that would bring the oil ashore. Both lags turned out to be wrong but it shows that, 40 years ago, the comedy writers were more savvy about the practicalities than some present day contributors to the argument.
The way whisky is selling we could live on that revenue alone.
All whisky sold for export is sold duty free, therefore no revenue such as the revenue on oil. So if you get independence (God forbid) England will be laughing, they will be buying all their whisky duty free.
90% or more of the Scotch Whisky industry is foreign owned, mostly Japan, USA and France, guess where the profits end up.
Last edited by golach; 23-Jun-15 at 11:37.
Once the original Grumpy Owld Man but alas no more
Im pretty sure the vast majority of the whisky revenue actually goes south. Diageo for example have about 45% of the market. They are based in London.
I think we shoudl stop picking on pirate lassie its pretty clear she hasn't the foggiest about whats going on with this stuff.
There are basically 3 type of people in this world, those who can count and those who cant
I think what people are getting crossed wired in Scotland, they think that companies and workers who pay tax in Scotland is then shared in Scotland only, that is wrong it all goes to Westminster and all tax collected through UK is then shared out through other parts of UK, However you soon will see what it be like from only tax collected from Scotland will be used in Scotland, that is why tax will go up. Land reform will bring back sporting tax, this is only start, the problem will be if goes up too much many businesses will shift south for better tax.
What I can't understand is. If oil is just about finished, then why are the oil companies investing millions on ugrading Sullom Voe ?. Answer please Rob since you seem to know so much about everthing
I get the impression that most of the comments on this subject " me thinks they object too much" comes to mind.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare
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