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Originally Posted by jaysay
Ya you lot know which side your breads buttered on, free education, free care for the elderly, free prescriptions, all paid for by English tax payers, is it any wonder more English want independence for Scotland than Scots  |
Scotland isn't quite the land of english tax payer funded milk and honey:-
- Scotland has the lowest life expectancy at birth within Britain. Male life expectancy is 2.4 years lower than the UK average and female life expectancy is 1.9 years lower.
- Scotland's drink problem is significantly worse than the rest of the UK. (source: Scottish Government website)
- Cancer survival rates for people in Scotland are among the worst in Europe(Source: BBC website)
Not a record to be proud of. No doubt some of the more well off students could afford fees and this money could be put into health.
The east end of Glasgow is more like eastern europe 30 years ago.