California's gross domestic product rose by US$127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing US$2.7 trillion, the data said. Meanwhile, the UK's economic output fell slightly over that time when measured in US dollars, due in part to exchange rate fluctuations.
The data demonstrate the sheer immensity of California's economy, home to nearly 40 million people, a thriving technology sector in Silicon Valley, the world's entertainment capital in Hollywood and the nation's salad bowl in the Central Valley agricultural heartland. It also reflects a substantial turnaround since the Great Recession.
(Score: 4, Informative) by rleigh on Sunday May 06 2018, @12:03PM (3 children)
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16207875.Tens_of_thousands_join_march_for_independence_in_the_biggest_public_demo_since_2003_rally_against_Iraq_war/ [heraldscotland.com] has a couple and also https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/648534/thousands-of-independence-supporters-stage-march-through-glasgow/ [thecourier.co.uk]
I got overtaken yesterday on the A90 back to Dundee by a couple of bikers with Saltires flying on the back of their bikes; was wondering what was going on until I read the news last night!
(Score: 4, Informative) by turgid on Sunday May 06 2018, @12:08PM
Of course, the official narrative from Westminster is that "there's no appetite for Scottish independence." We'll see when the Brexit disaster full unfolds.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Informative) by turgid on Sunday May 06 2018, @02:50PM
The BBC did report about it in the Scotland section [bbc.co.uk] of their website but the Guardian had it on the front page on the national news [theguardian.com].
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday May 07 2018, @03:16PM
It seems like the clock is ticking on Scottish independence. It seems the pro- forces were rather counting on North Sea oil to help finance an independent Scotland, but as EVs and alternative energy burgeon that cash cow will wane.
Washington DC delenda est.