Should Scotland be an independent country?

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Dammit

What would actually happen with the UK nuke program if Scotland left?

Defence budget is around 40 billion per year, of which it appears that 6% is maintenance for the nuclear program, so peanuts in relative terms - but I imagine that re-housing everything in (say) Cornwall would cost a fair amount. Could we just tie the subs up at the docks in Portsmouth, keep the nukes in a warehouse?

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Leftfield in reply to @Dammit

I’d be delighted if the nukes were relocated out of Scotland, an absolute waste of money when successive governments were obsessed with cutting taxes at the expense of the welfare of its citizens while keeping this nice little earner for a relatively small number of people.

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Manson7am in reply to @Leftfield

Can you imagine them going anywhere else in the UK!

“Here Torquay, we are just going to pop these nukes in a bay round the corner”

“Aye, very good”

No where else would take them, it’s a crime they are there!

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