r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 🫖 Mod ☕️ • Sep 14 '26

European Renaissance 🍾 🧀 🍻 🇬🇧The Future?

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u/Stinky_Pete699 Sep 15 '26

Nah, most of that ‘debt’ was funnelled to England. Like everything always has been.

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u/vikingrhino Sep 15 '26

Says Stinky Pete so it's true!

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u/Stinky_Pete699 Sep 15 '26

Want an example, look at per head of population funding of transport infrastructure, or perhaps R and D funding. You name it England exploits the UK.

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u/vikingrhino Sep 15 '26

Cherry pick to things to try and prove your flawed argument.

Identifiable Government Spend per Person Relative to UK Average (£13,504)

Northern Ireland £16,116 Scotland £15,563 Wales £15,155 England £13,134

So the UK spends considerably more per capita on every other home nation than England does.

The debt we've accumulated is as a country, if you want to leave you have to pay your part of it.

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u/Stinky_Pete699 Sep 15 '26

‘Cherry picking’ real statistics. Then declaring others are flawed. Hilarious. England and its people know full well they depend on Wales and Scotland for their wealth. Hence why you are all on here bleating away against the breakup of the UK and not promoting it.

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u/Klutzy-Notice-8247 Sep 15 '26

The UK depends primarily on London and the south east for its wealth. How are Scotland and Wales sources of wealth for the UK?

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u/vikingrhino Sep 16 '26

Please enlighten us, what wealth do Scotland and Wales generate for England? Absolutely every statistic out there shows both nations are heavily subsidised.

I genuinely couldn't care less if the UK broke up and your argument about all being on here... What are you doing here?

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u/Stinky_Pete699 Sep 16 '26

If you don’t care if the UK breaks up why are you here? Do enlighten us all. What purpose does your post have?