I read it. However what I found enlightening were the comments. They in general support the Churchillian argument on a 5 minute conversation with the average voter. One however was truthful
" All the money we have allegedly "borrowed" was actually printed by HM Treasury. So it was ever actually borrowed from anybody? So who do we actually pay it back to ? The banks? Doesn't make any sense to me."
when money is printed it essentially dilutes the value of the pounds already in circulation and if you take that to its logical conclusion, hyper inflation eg in Germany after WW1 it cost about 1 Million marks for a loaf of bread due to hyper inflation and more recently Venezuela . The reason we need to pay it back is to strengthen the pound and to increase its buying power. If we magically had no national debt/loans then the pound would get you a fantastic amount of dollars/euros etc. (NB when I say pay it back it means it comes off the BoE books and is removed from circulation and literally burnt)
Contrary to the SNP lies, there is no such thing as 'free' - further, any attempt to create a Scottish pound and independent central bank would result in a pretty valueless currency. That is because the Scottish economy runs at a 15Bn a year deficit of what it takes in via taxes versus its annual spending so, it would obviously be a very high risk currency for investors and also for anyone who would consider giving the SNP govt loans - any loans would be at extremely high interest rates which then contributes to hyper inflation!
It really isn't complicated, we have to live within our means and we need to ensure that people/businesses pay their taxes. Politicians who keep buying their support via 'free stuff' are actively and deliberately putting our economy in an unsustainable position that will inevitably lead to job losses, brain drains and bankruptcy and there is no entity, outside of the UK govt who will bail us out.