Thread: Scottish Independence
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19th Sep 2014, 12:48 PM #101A Yes vote could have paid havoc with the financial markets...
Last edited by Perry Vale; 19th Sep 2014 at 1:01 PM.
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19th Sep 2014, 1:23 PM #102
Reporting of the vote has been world-wide:
However the accuracy of the reporting leaves a bit to be desiredAssume you're going to Win
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19th Sep 2014, 2:03 PM #103
The legitimacy of the vote has been called into question...
...By Russia!!!!Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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19th Sep 2014, 2:26 PM #104
Phil, that's the American's for you...you have to give 110%!!
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19th Sep 2014, 3:33 PM #105
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No, that's football managers!
You know, the downside of all this is that we can't deport Lorraine Kelly...
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19th Sep 2014, 4:39 PM #106
Alex Salmond has resigned.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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19th Sep 2014, 4:57 PM #107
What the ????
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29277527Assume you're going to Win
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19th Sep 2014, 6:25 PM #108
I know I'm being unreasonable but I can't help but think that Alex Salmond is throwing his toys out of the pram.
"Well if you're not going to vote independent then I'm off & I'm taking my ball with me!"
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19th Sep 2014, 9:42 PM #109
He doesn't really have a choice sadly. Anyone fronting a failed referendum campaign has to resign because they have effectively failed as a politician.
Except Nick Clegg.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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19th Sep 2014, 9:53 PM #110
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19th Sep 2014, 10:02 PM #111
I think Salmond's big mistake was underestimating the support he'd have in this campaign. I don't think he expected to win it beforehand, but may now be looking at it as a BIG missed opportunity. I'm referring more to the lack of preparedness that seems to have been on show in the Yes camp, rather than actual politics. More the things which weren't thought through and prepared for in advance, the contradictions in their own aims.
I mean, take the currency issue, for example. All he had to do was be honest from the start...say that the Pound (Sterling) is the strongest option, but explain that for true Independence that's not a viable option even though it's the one he'd prefer. Then explain the remaining options...and instead of making vague promises of the great things they'd like to do, be honest and spell out exactly how they intend to fund it even if it makes for difficult reading. But politicians (ALL of them, in general) feel that they have to lie to the public to get their votes....but you never know, a little bit of honesty for a change may actually pay dividends for once.
The problem is though, who ever actually knows when to take a politician at his word?
I've got a feeling though that this whole Independence thing will rear its ugly head again 20 or 25 years down the line, I don't think a 55%/45% win is enough to call it a solid win. After all, there's still 45% of the Scottish population desperate for Independence and that has to be considered the starting point next time round!Last edited by MacNimon; 20th Sep 2014 at 10:43 AM. Reason: Spelling!
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19th Sep 2014, 10:39 PM #112After all, there's still 45% of the Scottish population desperate for IndependencePity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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20th Sep 2014, 11:16 AM #113
From a purely selfish point of view, I'm glad, because we'll have a better chance of getting rid of the Tories.
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20th Sep 2014, 11:55 AM #114
I see that there's even more in-fighting now among the former Better Together campaigners. Cameron is apparently considering allowing only English MPs to vote on purely English matters, but Milliband doesn't agree because that means that Labour will lose a lot of their support from Scottish MPs who will no longer be able to vote.
A can of worms has certainly been opened and I haven't a clue where it's all going to end...
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20th Sep 2014, 1:20 PM #115
I'm not a Tory supporter, but I DO agree with Cameron over English MP's voting on English matters. Until it all goes tits up then I'll back track.
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20th Sep 2014, 10:58 PM #116I DO agree with Cameron over English MP's voting on English matters
Did I mention I was disgusted by Cameron's 'Yah boo sucks now English people are going to stick the knife in' attitude? Oh good, I did.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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21st Sep 2014, 8:59 AM #117
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21st Sep 2014, 2:34 PM #118
Yes, which is the only reason that Labour/Milliband don't want it. Labour would have to work harder to get votes outside cities.
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21st Sep 2014, 5:50 PM #119
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The English votes for English law is designed for one reason and one reason only to make Labour look anti-English. If anyone here thinks that Cameron is doing this out of concern for the English then they are deluded.
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22nd Sep 2014, 9:13 AM #120
I'm sorry, but it isn't. Our financial system is a massive ponzi scheme, rigged from top to bottom. Everything in it is rigged. The inflation figure, interest rates, our GDP figure, exchange rates, the gold price, the price of silver, derivatives, the FOREX market....all of it. It's one fraud after another, and when one fraud is discovered, they simply move on to a new one. It WILL come crashing down, history shows us this. It might be six months, or 5 or 10 years, but it will.
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Of course I don't expect you to take my word for it, I expect you to keep believing the the "authoritative" voice of politicians (liars) and corporate, mainstream media (liars) who told you that no-one saw the last financial collapse coming, which of course was yet another lie.
So in an effort to create some meaningful debate...I've told you why I think it WILL happen, pehaps you could elaborate as to why you think it won't?Last edited by Perry Vale; 22nd Sep 2014 at 11:30 AM.
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22nd Sep 2014, 3:31 PM #121
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You got this of Max Kesier off Russia Today didn't you?
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22nd Sep 2014, 5:56 PM #122
Ha, you don't seem to want to answer my question, but in reply to yours, no.
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22nd Sep 2014, 6:16 PM #123
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So where did you get off this then because it seems less like a prediction more the ravings of some conspiracy theorist. Oh and when people use the phrase corporate mainstream media, I just switch off
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22nd Sep 2014, 7:23 PM #124
When people refuse to answer my simple questions, I do too, but in the spirit of reaching out....
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22nd Sep 2014, 9:29 PM #125
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In answer to your simple question I honestly don't know unlike a lot of people online I don't presume to be an expert on these things. Also you just linked to a piece in the 'corporate mainstream media' which you said were 'liars'
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