Will Scotland Leave the UK? - Page 13

**Damien** · 15-10-2012, 11:18

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That might have something to do with reading it most days

As I guess you must do as well. Dont you just "love" Peter Hitchen. Say it like it is

I liked his brother, I don't really mind Peter Hitchens.

Anyway I find it ironic that you decide the BBC cannot be trusted on the facts because it disagrees with the stories presented in the Daily Mail. The Global Warming story being the most obvious example of this, the Met Office did a good debunked of that here: http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2...-october-2012/

Derek · 15-10-2012, 13:37

A pretty decent piece on how independance wouldn't be anything of the sort.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ia...ing-the-pound/

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So, while the Nats will ask Scotland to vote yes to leaving the UK, that independence now means signing up after 2014 to joining a burgeoning EU Federation and handing over to Brussels many of the powers the Nats say they must have back from London to be independent. Oh, and simultaneously they want to keep using sterling, the currency of the rest of the UK which is run from London.

**Damien** · 15-10-2012, 13:50

Will our Scottish Mods be able to continue post-independence? It's a question we all need to think about I think....

Derek · 15-10-2012, 13:54

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Will our Scottish Mods be able to continue post-independence? It's a question we all need to think about I think....

And what about the English mods currently occupying prime spots of Scottish land? Do they just get driven to the border and forced back over at gunpoint?

**Damien** · 15-10-2012, 14:02

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And what about the English mods currently occupying prime spots of Scottish land? Do they just get driven to the border and forced back over at gunpoint?

War is it? Very well.....

Dam Scots, they ruined Scotland!

Derek · 15-10-2012, 14:05

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War is it? Very well.....

Bring it on. We've got the nukes....

Well we will until Emperor Salmond decides to ban them from the Clyde. Quite how he wants to replace all the lost jobs from closing Faslane and Coulport hasn't yet been decided.

Along with all the other defence jobs that would be binned once Scotlands army after independence would consist of a couple of blokes with old rifles and a rusty converted fishing boat.

**Damien** · 15-10-2012, 14:10

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Bring it on. We've got the nukes....

Oh yeah....well I guess you can stay on the mod team....for now....

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Well we will until Emperor Salmond decides to ban them from the Clyde. Quite how he wants to replace all the lost jobs from closing Faslane and Coulport hasn't yet been decided.

Along with all the other defence jobs that would be binned once Scotlands army after independence would consist of a couple of blokes with old rifles and a rusty converted fishing boat.

Yup. Also how will Scotland pay for the socialist utopia Salmond is promising once the Oil either runs dry or becomes economically unviable to extract? It can happen almost overnight. Texas thought the good times will never end in the late 80's and the whole place crashed hard in mere months.

Derek · 15-10-2012, 14:18

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Also how will Scotland pay for the socialist utopia Salmond is promising once the Oil either runs dry or becomes economically unviable to extract?

He could use the nukes to take out the deprived areas. That would save money on the welfare budget and bring in tourists to see the ruins.

**Damien** · 15-10-2012, 14:19

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He could use the nukes to take out the deprived areas. That would save money on the welfare budget and bring in tourists to see the ruins.

Would that really differ much from what they can see now?

I hope they/you don't leave, I think it would be tragic to lose a part of Britain. I wonder how soft the current polling is that suggests 25% in favour. Can 25% of people be won over? Additionally, if it's a 'no' then how long is this issue dead for?

Chad · 15-10-2012, 14:24

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Will our Scottish Mods be able to continue post-independence? It's a question we all need to think about I think....

Will Virgin Media still operate in Scotland post-independence? That's what will swing my vote

In all serious I've yet to speak to anyone who thinks Scotland going independant is the right move for Scotland. Nobody I know will be voting yes, myself included.

Derek · 15-10-2012, 14:29

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In all serious I've yet to speak to anyone who thinks Scotland going independant is the right move for Scotland. Nobody I know will be voting yes, myself included.

As it gets closer to the vote and more of the spin gets unravelled I can't see it getting any better. A few years ago Salmond was mouthing off to all and sundry how the Republic of Ireland was a perfect example of how a small country could work well.

He's gone kind of quiet on that front since their economy tanked.

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Can 25% of people be won over?

Doubtful.

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Additionally, if it's a 'no' then how long is this issue dead for?

Hopefully at least two or three generations. Either way it has to be a definitive vote with a good turnout. A slim margin either way or poor turnout would mean it would keep rearing its head.

Sirius · 15-10-2012, 16:14

So who will be rebuilding Hadrian's wall if you go independent.

15-10-2012, 18:40

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So who will be rebuilding Hadrian's wall if you go independent.

Already got the quotes in mate .....waiting on planning permission

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discussed on jeremy vine today ,who gets to vote.As it stands at the moment a Scottish born person living in England cannot vote ,an English born living in Scotland can.i think it was for 15 yrs but not sure ,seems that a lot of people may be upset when the time comes

nashville · 16-10-2012, 15:57

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Will Virgin Media still operate in Scotland post-independence? That's what will swing my vote

In all serious I've yet to speak to anyone who thinks Scotland going independant is the right move for Scotland. Nobody I know will be voting yes, myself included.

I agree most people I know will not be voting yes. I hope the 16 & 17 are wise enough to say NO to Alex salmon

16-10-2012, 18:32

I still cannot understand why that twit Salmond is revered by so many. Are they really that stupid? Good luck and God bless. Truly beggars belief.