Kevin Hague
@kevverage · Edinburgh · joined 21 Mar 2009
Entrepreneur & Chairman of These Islands: I believe more unites us than divides us
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true story: read this and thought “yeah, that’s quite nice) - then tried to read it out loud to my wife and started crying so much i couldn’t finish it — how pathetic is that?
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this (the presser) is definitely Scottie’s finest moment
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When Scottie gave this incredible explanation on why he shanked it at the ’24 @TOURChamp. https://t.co/qbFeOGzXnZ
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the GERS deficit doesn’t matter
[link follows] https://t.co/jVjbW4Gdxx
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16. all of these charts (and much more) can be found on https://t.co/g9X6c2pHFJ - if you’ve found this thread interesting and/or informative, please go and have a look [and share widely on all platforms!]
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15. before the Indyref, Alex Salmond repeatedly cited the GERS figures because of what they then said about Scotland’s share of UK revenue generation and spending - now GERS shows Scotland generating 8.0% of the UK’s revenues but benefiting from 9.1% of the UK’s spending https://
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14. over the years, N Sea revenues (including the Energy Profits Levy in recent years) have partially obscured this onshore deficit gap https://t.co/vePZMEhiHQ
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13. so to summarise: higher spending (primarily) and lower revenue per head (slightly) explain the large and persistent onshore deficit gap that exists between Scotland and the UK overall https://t.co/sJ4Nl5dUg6
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12. despite higher income tax rates in Scotland, the gap between Scottish and UK average income tax (and NIC) revenue raised per head* has widened
*across the entire population, including non tax payers https://t.co/QvHg1ZrDtI
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11. the Energy Profits Level (which the SNP has recently objected to) makes up the majority of North Sea revenues attributable to Scotland https://t.co/OZJeSpqLZW
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10. Scotland performs relatively well in terms of revenue generation per head when compared with other devolved nations and most English regions https://t.co/utfAmk5lEd
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9. excluding N Sea revenues, Scotland’s revenue generation per head lags the UK average - the inclusion of N Sea revenues means Scotland currently generates UK average levels of revenue per head https://t.co/ORCbuUhnAA
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8. the gap in social protection (pensions and benefits) spending per head between Scotland and the UK average has been growing dramatically - and is now £725 per head https://t.co/r6sezU9UHe
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@kevverage @MerrynSW As the Fraser of Allander institute rightly point out the gers figures tell you nothing about the economy of an independent Scotland. the Scottish economy like the English regions is dependent on handouts from London and the south east. Why you find that att
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7. higher spending per head for Scotland occurs across almost all spending categories - social protection (pensions and benefits) is the largest - but far from only - source of difference https://t.co/Vr3NMumMgf
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6. Scotland’s higher spending levels per head are similar to those of London and Northern Ireland https://t.co/rVwCBzDhgV
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5. the main driver of Scotland’s higher deficit is the higher levels of public spending per head which Scotland benefits from - over £2,500 pa more for every man, woman and child in Scotland https://t.co/UioOFmW0ta
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4. the only thing which has materially changed the GERS deficit relative to the UK’s overall has been North Sea revenues - strip those out and the scale of the deficit gap between Scotland and the UK overall is fairly consistent https://t.co/4qOXauDhFh
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3. the scale of the challenge Scotland faces to match the UK’s deficit, meet the EU’s excessive deficit threshold or eliminate the deficit entirely is massive https://t.co/IRBROA5C8E
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2. the gap between Scotland’s deficit and the UK’s overall has continued to (slightly) widen https://t.co/b8Ks5ZtP9A
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a quick thread on the latest GERS figures
1. Scotland’s GERS deficit continues to be much greater than the EU’s 3% excessive deficit threshold https://t.co/Qse8LQsanp
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22 post degli ultimi 90 giorni, accanto alla fascia di 10K–100K follower. arriva a più persone rispetto ad account della stessa dimensione.
Visualizzazioni mediane3 560questo account924mediana per 10K–100K
Copertura, %14.50%questo account3.62%mediana per 10K–100K
Interazione, %1.25%questo account1.52%mediana per 10K–100K
| Metrica | Questo account | Mediana per 10K–100K | Rapporto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visualizzazioni mediane per post | 3 560 | 924 | 3.85× |
| Copertura (visualizzazioni ÷ follower) | 14.50% | 3.62% | 4.01× |
| Tasso di interazione | 1.25% | 1.52% | 0.82× |
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Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.77%12 Aug
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes73.0%1 282 in total
Reposts12.8%225 in total
Replies5.0%87 in total
Quotes2.3%41 in total
Bookmarks6.9%122 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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