"Whisky maker Diageo fears impact of Scottish independence"

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AW77
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"Whisky maker Diageo fears impact of Scottish independence"

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As Whisky is cherished on this forum as well as port, this article might be of interest:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/201 ... nce-whisky
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I can't imagine they will all shut up shop and go home. They are probably just softening us up for a price hike if independence happens.
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LGTrotter wrote:I can't imagine they will all shut up shop and go home. They are probably just softening us up for a price hike if independence happens.
Well an independent Scotland will have to get their funding from taxing something. What else is there to tax now that the English have stolen all the oil?
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AHB wrote:Well an independent Scotland will have to get their funding from taxing something. What else is there to tax now that the English have stolen all the oil?
Correction: the English have retained the right to tax the Americans who own the oil.

Perhaps Presedente Salamanca will offer free whisky prescriptions of the SNHS?
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