The SNP have said that an independent assessment of North Sea oil revenues by Aberdeen University's Professor Alex Kemp, showed Westminster receiving £4bn a year based on a price of 22 dollars a barrel - just under the current market price.

The SNP say Scotland would have a budgetary surplus of £10.2bn over the next three years and, even with a full share of the UK debt interest, the surplus would be more than £3bn.

London still claims Scotland has a budgetary deficit that is topped up by Westminsters kind hearts... but they DO NOT INCLUDE all the revenue they rape from Scotland in the form of oil revenue.