Never expel the Jews unless you need to . And by need to , I suppose you mean need the gold ? Are there other reasons why one might want to expel them ? I think I read somewhere here that one guy allowed Jews to rule and in time it became too late to expel them . or something <| sep |> The discussion about claiming ownership of oil revenues . There is no desire nor power for the East of Scotland to do so , so it ' s irrelevant . It ' s a distraction technique to undermine the concept of valid Scottish claims on that oil . Since Scotland is a distinct political , legal and cultural entity with devolved powers seeking independence , the discussion about oil ownership as part of the UK is relevant and based in reality . Hypotheticals about how I may feel about nonexistent political entities in Scotland alone laying claim to it are not based in reality and therefore irrelevant to a discussion about reality .