What you are saying is not right. Geographical share is the oil in Scottish waters. Population share is splitting the tax revenues of oil according to the percentage of the UK population that are Scottish. That is why you found 8% because the Scottish people are 8% of UK population. You must have misread it. About half way down this web page you will find a map and a description of geographic share. There is also an explanation of population share:
]]>The spending on the SE Engerland flood defences also went per population basis with London getting the lion’s share and the SW almost left to the elements.
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It does NOT mean “the revenues from the oil & gas that’s in Scottish waters.”
At some point last year, I looked up the obscure explanatory notes in one of these GDP pubications and found that Scotland’s attributed “geographic share” of gas & oil revenues is around 7 to 8% of UK total. (Yes, just seven to eight per cent.
The result of course is that we all ASSUME we’re looking at how much (how little!) Scotland would get from oil if it controlled its own oil territories.
As far as I could understand the sly wee note, the definition of “geographical” was “geographical POPULATION peercentage.”
Thus England gets attributed about an 80% “geographical share” of UK oil and gas revenues because it has about 80% of the population.
Scotland seemed to get aboy 7.2 to 7.8% most years – some sort of extra minor adjustment that reduces it a bit more. (Maybe deductions for tax breaks to do with investment/development?)
Find the full-length document, take note of the asterisks and small print in italics and LOOK UP ALL THE FOOTNOTES.
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]]>Another level of humiliation heaped on the people of Scotland where Belfast controls our Passports and controls our ancient Scottish Borders.
A host country where Scots cannot PROVE they are Scottish ?
And WINGERS are buying tickets to flourish their International anonymity and humiliation to the whole world?
Trying to find sneaky ways to smuggle a Saltire into view.
I will not be party to my country`s humiliation.
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