Should auld acquaintance be forgot : the great mistake of Scottish independence
Lloyd, John, 1946-2020
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In this incisive and controversial book, journalist John Lloyd cuts through the rhetoric to show that the economic plans of the Scottish National Party are deeply unrealistic; the loss of a subsidy of as much as 10 billion a year from the Treasury would mean large-scale cuts, much deeper than those effected by Westminster; the broadly equal provision of health, social services, education and pensions across the UK would cease, leaving Scotland with the need to recreate many of these systems on its own; and the claim that Scotland would join the most successful of the world's small states - as Denmark, New Zealand and Norway - is no more than an aspiration with little prospect of success.
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Author:
Lloyd, John, 1946-, author
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity Press, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages ; 23 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781509542666 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
320.150941
Language:
English
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BRN:
453822
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