Revealed: The ACCOUNTING TRICK that Hides Scotland’s Wealth (2020)

Primary Author or Creator
Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Business for Scotland
Type of Resource
Assessment report
Alternative Published Date
2020
Fast Facts

The UK Government has diverted Scotland’s wealth to the UK Treasury to pay off its debts.  Thus it creates 100% of Scotland’s supposed debts and 100% of its phoney deficit. This is the impact of Westminster’s debt loading alone, and upon that accounting trick, rests the entire economic case for the Union.  Would an independent Scotland have to pay the rUK a population share of the UK’s historical debt?  No – there is in fact a very strong case for Scotland to be compensated for having already paid more than it’s “fair share” of the UK’s debt