Re: UK politics thread

[taipan]

Today is a good date to start a war.

[LeFromage]

The YES vote continues to gather momentum in the final weeks run-up ...
Salmond is doing his damndest  to fan the flames of uncertainty, whilst omitting to clarify what an independent Scottish Parliament would ACTUALLY do with regard to the salient issues like a. the Pound, b. cross Border control and c. membership of the EU.

Couldn't give a toss either way TBF, except that if the Jocks do break away, then it's the English tax payer who will be footing the bill covering the divorce, NOT the Jocks.... coz right now, the Jocks have nothing in their coffers to fork out.

Common sense and a greasy bacon butty will decide on the day ....
Don't hold your breath!

The remaining UK's taxpayers, surely.

But, yes, the government should cut the cord and not pay a penny towards the transition. Scotland are already threatening to welch on their share of the national debt, so why would the UK government pay a penny towards helping them transition smoothly towards independence?

That's the worst thing about the whole issue - the huge majority of the UK have no voice in a matter that is certainly not without consequence to their lives.

Still, continues the brilliant legacy of recent Prime Ministers: Blair destroyed the Middle East, Brown sank the economy, Cameron broke up the UK. Wonder what Ed Milliband's reign of ineptitude will consist of?

[MoH]

Scotland are already threatening to welch on their share of the national debt

That's only if they don't keep sterling as their currency. The reason being the debt is against a shared asset so if they take part of that debt they should also be allowed to keep the asset. The trouble with that is there will then be a country with seperate fiscal and monetary policies using a currency backed up by a bigger neighbour and we've all seen how wonderfully that's worked in the euro zone.

[Merlin]

The remaining UK's taxpayers, surely.

But, yes, the government should cut the cord and not pay a penny towards the transition. Scotland are already threatening to welch on their share of the national debt, so why would the UK government pay a penny towards helping them transition smoothly towards independence?

That's the worst thing about the whole issue - the huge majority of the UK have no voice in a matter that is certainly not without consequence to their lives.

Still, continues the brilliant legacy of recent Prime Ministers: Blair destroyed the Middle East, Brown sank the economy, Cameron broke up the UK. Wonder what Ed Milliband's reign of ineptitude will consist of?

Yes of course ... phrased badly!

Salmond is desperate to keep the Pound.
Without it, he's f**ked ... No Euro (not part of the EU) and no Pound (not part of the UK) ...
Looks like the Banks of Clyde, Clydesdale, Renfrewshire, Argyll, Hebrides, Gleneagles and
Andy Murray's earnings will all have to pool their resources to stump up the ante to carry their economy ....  
....... good luck to them.

[taipan]

The remaining UK's taxpayers, surely.

But, yes, the government should cut the cord and not pay a penny towards the transition. Scotland are already threatening to welch on their share of the national debt, so why would the UK government pay a penny towards helping them transition smoothly towards independence?

That's the worst thing about the whole issue - the huge majority of the UK have no voice in a matter that is certainly not without consequence to their lives.

Still, continues the brilliant legacy of recent Prime Ministers: Blair destroyed the Middle East, Brown sank the economy, Cameron broke up the UK. Wonder what Ed Milliband's reign of ineptitude will consist of?

Yes of course ... phrased badly!

Salmond is desperate to keep the Pound.
Without it, he's f**ked ... No Euro (not part of the EU) and no Pound (not part of the UK) ...
Looks like the Banks of Clyde, Clydesdale, Renfrewshire, Argyll, Hebrides, Gleneagles and
Andy Murray's earnings will all have to pool their resources to stump up the ante to carry their economy ....  
....... good luck to them.

Which is why it is good that the 16 years old with a grasp of higher economics will be voting in this election.

[Bradman]

Wouldn't the rest of the UK just invade them and start the 800 year clock again?

Sadly no ... we'd need an Edward Longshanks to lead from the front, but I cannot somehow envisage either
Lisbet (it's all mine) or her son and heir, Charlie Titface (hello tree) climbing atop a horse and leading the charge,
sword drawn and armour rattling.

They might if they had to give up the title to Balmoral Castle.

Isn't that the one property they personally own? i.e paid for out of their own purse.

[JGK]

A Pro YES colleague just sent me this:

http://wingsoverscotland.com/WeeBlueBookMobileEdition.pdf

[beamer]

First poll showing a Yes lead tonight, is the momentum unstoppable now?

[Basil]

Scots voting for self-immolation. Well, well, well

[buckSH]

Scotland escapes tyranny ?

[JGK]

Sounds like the Scots are starting to get cold feet about leaving.

[horace]

Sounds like the Scots are starting to get cold feet about leaving.

that is only because the MM looks like he will go to war against them if they vote the 'wrong way' ... the MM is worried about the changes to the Union Jack in the top left hand corner of the Oz flag

[horace]

so lets for a moment assume that the Scotties vote for and obtain independence w/o being nuked...if this happens and the union jack has to be redesigned, what will it be called?

the union jenny/jeremy/jill/jabberwocky/jibberjabber/johnny/jimmeh???

[embee]

the union jockless

[horace]

the union jockless

Ta for that ...coffee I was swallowing did a return to sender via both both nostrils

[Basil]

Sounds like the Scots are starting to get cold feet about leaving.

Of course they are. The Chairman of John Lewis and Waitrose said yesterday said that Scotland already was a more expensive place to do business and that Independence would probably make things worse.

[JGK]

[skully]

How can anyone argue with Groundskeeper Willie??!!

So, do the Scots own the oil reserves? Is that why the Poms are shitting bricks?

[taipan]

Is Lever busy packing?

[buckSH]

It doesn't look good ..

Scottish independence: Man finds piece of KFC chicken that could be shape of new UK

[Big Dog]

Looks more like a battered chicken embryo....Yuk

[LeFromage]

Is Lever busy packing?

Fudge.

[beamer]

Looks more like a battered chicken embryo....Yuk

East Anglia's missing as well, when's their referendum?

[LeFromage]

Adios, Scotland. We hardly knew you.

And that was to our credit.

[Neil D]

Ah well.  Let's bear in mind that - Edinburgh and the Highlands aside - Scotland is a complete shi!thole.

No great loss.

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