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The union is and has already handed over most of the powers to Brussels

Are you in denial

I'd rather be represented in Europe as Scotland, with the resources we have brings poltical power, we'd certainly get a better deal than we currently get, another reason for indepndence is we don't want to be portraying we are GREAT, you know World players/saviours, did you watch Paxmans Empire programme last night, even he was embarrassed, British history reeks of oppression and rule, its time to end that

This is a Modern World, i want to break free,rise to be a part of a nation again, Scotland the brave VOTE YES

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Rupert Murdoch 'offered to move BSkyB HQ to Scotland'

Andrew Neil claims that mogul raised possibility for SNP leader if country became independent and slashed taxes

Dan Sabbagh and Severin Carrell
guardian.co.uk, Monday 5 March 2012 19.05 GMT



It was a summit meeting between the world's most powerful media mogul and the man who is becoming arguably his favourite British politician. But one journalist on Monday suggested that Rupert Murdoch's meeting last week with Alex Salmond saw the News Corporation boss promise to move BSkyB's headquarters to Edinburgh if Scotland became independent and slashed corporation taxes.

Andrew Neil, the former Sunday Times editor who now hosts the BBC's Sunday Politics, tweeted that the Scottish first minister gave him the impression that "Rupert Murdoch dangled moving BSkyB to Edinburgh post-independence". The journalist had interviewed Salmond for the programme which aired over the weekend, but said that the politician had made his comments after the cameras had stopped rolling. Neil later qualified his comment, saying that although there had been talks, there was no deal and he suspected Murdoch was winding up David Cameron.

Murdoch met Salmond on Wednesday last week, at a Bute House meeting that was described by the Scottish government as "focused on News Corporation's substantial economic footprint in Scotland" in which the two men "discussed the potential for further investment within the country".

The statement released at the time added: "Mr Murdoch was keen to express his view that the current debate on Scotland's constitutional future continued to make Scotland an attractive place for inward investment."

Over the weekend, another journalist and friend of Murdoch – former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie – also said that the official statement did not capture the full significance of the Scottish summit. Writing in the Daily Mail on Saturday, MacKenzie said: "A little bird tells me Mr Murdoch suggested a referendum winner would be an announcement that corporation tax for firms coming to an independent Scotland would be cut from the UK norm of 26% to between 10% and 15%." MacKenzie added that if that occurred, Murdoch would act to relocate Sky in the Scottish capital.

The media tycoon has been demonstrating a growing closeness to Salmond. A week ago, Murdoch's new title, the SNP-supporting Sun on Sunday, revealed what it claimed will be the date of the referendum on independence – 18 October 2014. A few days prior to that Murdoch described "Alex Salmond clearly most brilliant politician in UK" on Twitter, in remarks that suggested that the media owner could be leaning towards independence for Scotland.

Nevertheless, Murdoch's direct investment in Scotland is modest. News Corp's runs a printing plant in Motherwell – one of three UK print sites – and employs journalists on the Scottish Sun and the Scottish editions of the Times and Sunday Times, mostly based in Glasgow. The company also owns 39.1% of the highly profitable satellite broadcaster BSkyB, which employs 6,000 mainly call centre staff in Livingstone, Dunfermline and Uddingston.

BSkyB did not comment on the speculation, but insiders said that the company had no plans to move its corporate headquarters to Edinburgh, not least because there was as yet no independent Scotland. Last year BSkyB – also the subject of a bid from News Corp that collapsed amid cross-party political hostility at Westminster at the height of the phone-hacking scandal in July – earned £1.01bn in pre-tax profits and generated a tax charge of £256m. Its tax rate was 27%.

Salmond's SNP has long wanted control of corporation tax, and his party has floated the idea of Irish-style cuts in the rate to attract investment from multinationals. But a spokesman for the first minister said that the speculation was exaggerated, forwarding a statement first released in response to MacKenzie's column in reply to Neil's remarks on Monday.

The official statement said: "The contents of the first minister's conversation with Rupert Murdoch was released to the media shortly after Wednesday's meeting, and it is clear that Mr MacKenzie's colourful account bears little resemblance to the discussions that actually took place."

Murdoch's manoeuvres also suggest he has a greater control over the satellite broadcaster than he does. Although he was chairman, he stepped down from the board of BSkyB in December 2007, handing the position to his son James. Rupert Murdoch had been chairman of BSkyB since 1999.

Source: The Guardian

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Not much of a story here Dusty. Slow news day?

A lot of speculation knitted together with very few facts.

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Quality, so Salmond wants to turn Scotland into an enclave for his rich pals. We'll become a plaything, dependent on the goodwill of international corporates.

Wanna bet our personal taxes, or VAT, or national insurance won't be reduced. We'll be told that low taxes for the rich brings wealth to us all. Except we won't see it. Nothing will change for us. Nice one.

If Salmond's snout is in the corporate trough I can think of no better reason than to recognise that faux-independence is the last card in the pack.

Thanks Gusmac. you're making a great case to maintain the Union, at least until a real alternative can be found.

We'll don't let facts get in the way of a good story Jasbar..........a good unionist never does

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Maybe, but I saw the interview referred to, and Alex Salmond told Andrew Neil that Scotland's fiscal policy would have to be agreed by the Bank of England for the currency union (ie the Poundzone ) to work.

So that's monetary policy and fiscal policy - the two big macroeconomic levers - controlled by London, so what's new?

But I suppose it's slightly more 'independent' than having them controlled by bureaucrats in Frankfurt, but how does Alex Salmond square this with his desire to be at the "heart of Europe"?

Seems more like he wants to be at the "heart of the UK"

No Jasbar your wrong again

What i see is job creation, a better health service and a massivley improved eduction system, i see long term lower taxation for the low paid, i see a better standard of living all round and including a massive investment in community sporting facilties to tackle health issues such as obesity etc, a priority will be tackling our social problem the objective being wiping it out completely, redirecting that money too education, we already have free university for Scots kids, in a population of 5 million my views are easily achievable.

You don't half spout some pash jasbar, i do respect the elder generation but some like you should retire quitely, your making an old fool of yourself.

p.s Thanks to the clickers who clicked on to http://www.scottishindependence2014.co.uk i hope you enjoyed the informative videos, Gusmac its a website for pro independent minded people like yourself, (imposters will be flushed out),Please create awareness to like minded people like us, thank you.

I have some photos of Edinburgh uploaded as well, hope you's enjoy

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Very entertaining Dougie.

And the next referendum will be to change the nation's name to cloud cuckoo land.



BTW Like being a Jew, a homosexual, a gypsy, a communist etc. being of advancing years was a prime qualification for a "holiday" in a concentration camp in **** Germany.

Now, where do we see the same zeal .... ?

Only in the mind of a scaremonger

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After studying the case from both sides, a lyric from Mr. Peter Townhsend comes to mind..." Meet the new boss, is the same as the old boss.

No scaremongering here. Everything I've said is substantiated.

You forget we've already seen the nasties in action. It's tax, tax and tax again.

Story about taxing shops for selling fags and booze, supposedly to pay for health. But that health could be paid for in reducing government waste, reorganisation local authorities to cut duplication, and reducing the size and cost of the Parliament.

Does anyone trust Salmond on taxes?

So where's your evidence for Salmond's final solution?

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Evidence?

Council tax frozen across Scotland for the last 5 years.
No increase in income tax, despite having the power to do it.

More bollux Jasbar, not borne out by the facts.

BTW If you haven't noticed, we already have the most expensive fags and the most expensive fuel in Europe, courtesy of successive Westminster Governments.


Now where have we heard that before?

Oh yes....very familiar

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Depends on the size of the organisation, one will have 5 million the other 60 million, i prefer the one where i feel more significant

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