Comments on: Daily Mail: Now Salmond wants to axe Scottish council tax

By: WessexMan

WessexMan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:07:22 +0000

Illegal subsidies Northern Ireland,Scotland,Wales should also pay for it !
dont forget these three nations,& county Cornwall also get European funding & BIG subsidies RE OBJECTIVE ONE !
Which England contibutes shed loads of money to Europe !
This cant go on and on !
There is alot of poverty in England, with inferior-infrastructure & transport……
Sooner we dump Europe, the better!

By: Omni

Omni — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:55:54 +0000

No more illegal subsidies for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, these nations wanted control of their own affairs, they should also pay for it. The Scottish parliament and assemblies in Northern Ireland and Wales are not accountable to the English electorate therefore they should not be funded by them. Only public services in those countries that are controlled by Westminster should be eligible for funding from English taxation and the other nations should pay their share of the funding for those services and not expect England to fund it all. Each country should have financial autonomy to collect and raise taxes, with the national parliament deciding how much each nation must pay towards UK services so England would at present pay 85%. Any money left over would go to public services under control of the regional parliament or assembly. If they object then services under Westminster’s control upon which the regions rely on English subsidy to provide them to their citizens could be transferred to the regional powers, i.e. Pensions and benefits.

By: francis

francis — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:24 +0000

A don’t mind Scotland getting its own local government tax system, however I do not wish to be partially propping it up. This really is the final nail in the union coffin. English Independence now http://www.freeengland.com