By Liz S

I also saw on the BBC website today under their ‘Scottish’ page , the front page headlines of the newspapers where it included:

The most certainly not ‘Scottish’ Daily Mail front page:

“We really are better together”

“Being part of the Union worth record “2.7k to every Scot”.

“Known as the Union dividend”.

First of all this is not a Union that Scotland is a part of.

Second of all , the English gutter press constantly promoting that the UK somehow benefits Scots more than other citizens living elsewhere within the UK, is completely and also conveniently ignoring what Scotland contributes to their UK State .

For example the fact that “Scottish Whisky accounts for almost 1/4 of all UK Food & drinks exports” according to the HMRC Foreign Office.

Then of course Scotland being a major exporter of electricity to England.

Scottish North Sea oil and gas production has generated billions in historical tax revenue for the UK Exchequer.

Also it was reported in 2026 that a recent study by economists at the University of Bath & Warwick found that:

“Brexit is costing Scotland almost £30 billion a year, making Scotland the most economically damaged of all of the UK’s devolved nations“.

The same Scotland that, in 2016, saw every Scottish region vote Remain in the EU Referendum, “Scotland voted 62% Remain across all 32 Council areas” .

This was a EU Referendum instigated by a UK Tory government, who then , as a Tory UK government, completely messed up after the vote for Leave was won , which they said was won via a supposed UK wide vote.

(The Times also has a propaganda front page headline today that states “Scotland’s record Union dividend” – and the very much not Scottish Daily Express front page headline states “£25 billion black hole kills off SNP’s UK split dream”).

Honestly the UK (English) media must think we are all daft up here (yes I know some are, either intentionally or otherwise) as GERS does not represent a reality for a future independent Scotland.

Indeed this site had an article on GERS that stated that GERS “estimates total public-sector revenue attributable to Scotland and the cost of public services provided for Scotland (using actual data for devolved spending and allocations/estimates for much reserved UK spending, such as defence and debt interest). 

Also why it is always presented by the English media on how Scotland is the one that benefits most within the UK State , but no similar analysis is done and so then promoted as to how England benefits via their UK State ?

(The clue to why that is, is to be found within that Q).

This pantomime on GERS is a an annual event as promoted by all opponents of Scottish independence.

It was reported yesterday that “Anti-independence politicians and the media presented a completely distorted view of Scotland’s wealth in today’s GERS figures – DESPITE a prior warning from a respected institution”.

Yet that same UK (English) media ignores the fact that we Scots must also be expected to constantly endure:

Various UK government’s austerity policies.

The UK high cost of living

UK Brexit

The various UK government’s deliberate deindustrialisation of Scotland.

The various UK governments undermining of devolution in them stealing devolved powers away from devolved governments since their catastrophic Brexit was ‘won’ by Leave.

We are also forced to endure the continuous various UK governments betrayals and lies that are apparently never to be taken into account by us the people living within Scotland , nor indeed are they, as betrayals and lies, ever to be (over) publicised by the same English media that tells us all that we, Scots, are better together via Scotland benefitting (supposedly more) from a so called but clearly not ‘Union dividend’.

Of course the BBC also has an article on this , that surprise surprise is open to comments – with some absolute roasters adding comments (basically the same old same old tired arguments- #ScotlandIs Sh*te and #SNPBAD – while apparently deluding themselves into believing that the UK is apparently #OK – maybe they all live in a parallel Universe – surely they must do Ha Ha).

The UK State is not and has not ever been OK for Scotland – that’s the whole point that we make on here and also elsewhere on other Indy social media, hence why we support Scottish independence Duh !

Liz S