South East gets a bit of water. National Emergency,

Doesn't the South generate most of the income in this country and you lot just leech off benefits and sip on Lambrini all day?

HS2, your new London airport, Tube, public parks, unemployed... the list is not exhaustive.

I'm pretty sure Northerners taxes paid for that. Sponger parasites, nothing more.

Your taxes are most likely a pittance compared to what we pay. Plus 90% of the tourists come to England to see the South. With massive rates of unemployment in the North, how can you call us spongers?

Tell you what, we'll draw a line just below Birmingham and you can be your own country. We'll see who comes off worse?

Doesn't the South generate most of the income in this country and you lot just leech off benefits and sip on Lambrini all day?

Ok then, provide some tangible proof that Southerners are all sponging off your taxes?

Or try to provide evidence to counter my claim that the South actually makes most of the money for the country, with the North being much more highly unemployed, wingey bastards?

It's like small man syndrome with you monkeys.

And heres your evidence. -
We’ll take those oil and gas reserves, thanks. The bulk of the UK’s oil and gas reserves are in Scottish territory, and an independent Scotland would claim control of those highly lucrative resources. Exports of oil and gas from Scotland were worth nearly $50 billion last year.
The white paper claims that an independent Scotland wouldn’t need to rely on energy revenues anyway. “Scotland’s economic output per head, even without oil and gas, is virtually the same as the UK as a whole. So oil and gas is a bonus,” it states.

Doesnt the South get most of its water supplies and oil supplies From up North?
Ever wondered why England Dont want Scotland having independance?... Scotland bring a lot into the Brittish economy with the Water and oil. Wonder what would happen to the English economy without these resources being on tap to them? Oh yeah, England will increase all your taxes to cover the extra costs, because of course they're not taking enough of that already.

Your England, really isnt all that great. They are for the rich.
Scotland are for the people.

No please, draw it above Birmingham, we're not that bad >_>

Ok then, provide some tangible proof that Southerners are all sponging off your taxes?

Or try to provide evidence to counter my claim that the South actually makes most of the money for the country, with the North being much more highly unemployed, wingey bastards?

It's like small man syndrome with you monkeys.

Here's all your evidence.

http://www.businessforscotland.co.uk/10-facts-about-scotlands-oil-and-independence/

Enjoy.

Northerners call me a Southerner, Southerners call me a Northerner. What am I?

Hint: My region is ignored by both and lumped in with the other.

London and the south east account for a lot but it's below 50% of output i believe

though the two lowest are the south east and east of England.

London and the south east account for a lot but it's below 50% of output i believe so 'most' is a stretch unless you start including areas with a comparable level of wealth to the rest of England including the north. Scotland actually is the third richest region per capita and has lower unemployment than England, that's in the north.

If one excludes the north east then all regions are between 5.3% and 8.4% with geographic spread though the two lowest are the south east and east of England.

Rambling a bit anyway but my point is that no region bar possibly the north east is a net drain on the state and all have areas which subsidise others (Leeds subsidies Bradford in effect).

You do realise this country is a service economy and heavily reliant on business? The income generated by Scotland's gas reserves still doesn't compare to net revenue in the South. Ironically if Scotland gains independence it's been repeatedly warned that it will suffer economically, not the rest of the UK.