Northern Independence

In terms of most surveys on social attitudes, London is closer to Scotland than the rest of England. Personally I've links to Scotland and London/SE - everything in between is really just an occasional place to visit.

I think Scotland is more like the North of England obviously for geographic and cultural ties. London is like the complete opposite in my eyes.

Forget Northern independence, the south should just leave the UK.

We pay more into the UK budget more than what we get back out. We have a much larger economy and could easily survive on our own. A free trade deal between the UK and The South would be easy.

I don't want northern migrants coming into the south either. Southern jobs for southern people, please.

You are confusing the South with London. Without london, the South isn't much better off than the north. In fact without the London the south is just a bunch of pretty insignificant towns.

Forget Northern independence, the south should just leave the UK.

We pay more into the UK budget more than what we get back out. We have a much larger economy and could easily survive on our own. A free trade deal between the UK and The South would be easy.

I don't want northern migrants coming into the south either. Southern jobs for southern people, please.

You mean bringing money in?

Except for Brighton, Oxford, Southampton, Reading, Portsmouth, Dover, etc....

Except for Brighton, Oxford, Southampton, Reading, Portsmouth, Dover, etc....

You mean bringing money in?

I don't think you understand how an economy works mate. To be honest a north without the south would be dream either way, but to not realise how the north has fuelled the souths wealth is downright naive. The south would not survive without the north and thats the point of us leaving.

Yep. Small towns compared to Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Bradford, Newcastle.

Except for Brighton, Oxford, Southampton, Reading, Portsmouth, Dover, etc....

Were those really the biggest towns the southern guy could think of... Imagine saying dover but not realising how many vital cities the north has

Reading? That really is an insignificant ****hole

Were those really the biggest towns the southern guy could think of... Imagine saying dover but not realising how many vital cities the north has

Yep. Small towns compared to Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Bradford, Newcastle.

Yet a very important transport hub and has a lot of wealth regardless.


Including buying up houses that are on the market and wouldn't otherwise be bought, renovating them with the aid of local professionals and local services and overall helping the economy where the locals can't?



They're all cities, bar Dover and Brighton. Given that London is actually part of Southern England, I'd lump that in there too.

Meh the north is more than welcome to become independent, i'd be curious to see how they'd intend to survive economically though given that half of the poorest regions in Europe happen to be in northern England.

Most of that poverty is caused by a lack of development via investment from the south. They have failed our healthcare, education, infrastructure and everything in-between...

Most of that poverty is caused by a lack of development via investment from the south. They have failed our healthcare, education, infrastructure and everything in-between...

In essence what you said was the north needs to be subsidised by the south because it can’t compete...