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Salmond Says " We Are Keeping The Poond"
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Doesn't that rather depend on whether the rest of us will let him ?
Silly little man !
Doesn't that rather depend on whether the rest of us will let him ?
Silly little man !
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I don't see how this can work in practice. After independence the pound will be the UK currency and Scotland can of course use it but they'll have no control of it, they won't have a central bank it will be controlled by the bank of England. Essentially they'll be similar to those countries that use the Dollar as a currency but Scotland will be unique in that it will...
08:26 Fri 08th Aug 2014
Annie....its well known that I am a Labour supporter, and always have been.
The first consequence of Scotland leaving the union would be that there would be 59 less MPs in Westminster. Currently, 58 of those Scottish MPs are NOT Tory. So it is entirely possible that without the Scottish contingent, there is a likelihood of permanent Tory rule in England, Wales and NI.
There are some on here that would welcome that but not me.
The first consequence of Scotland leaving the union would be that there would be 59 less MPs in Westminster. Currently, 58 of those Scottish MPs are NOT Tory. So it is entirely possible that without the Scottish contingent, there is a likelihood of permanent Tory rule in England, Wales and NI.
There are some on here that would welcome that but not me.
Thanks SirOracle...very interesting. But it still doesn't explain where the money will come from, if and when the Scottish banking system collapses again. Salmond wasn't able to answer the point about Plan B or Plan C either.
These are very important issues and if people are to vote one way or the other next month, they need answers now, not when the sticky stuff has hit the fan again. It will too late then.
These are very important issues and if people are to vote one way or the other next month, they need answers now, not when the sticky stuff has hit the fan again. It will too late then.
I can't speak for MIkey, Anne, but I can for myself: less of my tax money will spent so that the Scots can have for nothing what the English have to pay for.
In my pre-Meldrew days I would have been ashamed of that small-minded and petty remark: it reduces issues of self-governance and national identity (important to the nationalists) on the one hand, and historical continuity and shared culture (important to me - once) on the other to a squabble between accountants.
An aside - has anyone seen the marvellous film 1776 (shown on British TV in its bicentenary year - I remember watching it with my first wife)? Or even the stage play (was it ever staged in the UK?)? I mention it because of a thrilling exchange between Adams and a Southern senator (whose name I can't recall) about the moral and practical issues implied in the proposed Declaration. I tracked iot down on Youtube once, but since then all clips of the film have been removed.
Have now seen your reply, Mikey. Politically I stand (on most issues) slightly to the right of Genghis Khan, so losing a few of Millipede's mates won't bother me too much. Don't take that, by the way, as an endorsement of the former Digital ITV's PR man.
I don't think many on the right would disagree with you on permanent Tory rule.
In my pre-Meldrew days I would have been ashamed of that small-minded and petty remark: it reduces issues of self-governance and national identity (important to the nationalists) on the one hand, and historical continuity and shared culture (important to me - once) on the other to a squabble between accountants.
An aside - has anyone seen the marvellous film 1776 (shown on British TV in its bicentenary year - I remember watching it with my first wife)? Or even the stage play (was it ever staged in the UK?)? I mention it because of a thrilling exchange between Adams and a Southern senator (whose name I can't recall) about the moral and practical issues implied in the proposed Declaration. I tracked iot down on Youtube once, but since then all clips of the film have been removed.
Have now seen your reply, Mikey. Politically I stand (on most issues) slightly to the right of Genghis Khan, so losing a few of Millipede's mates won't bother me too much. Don't take that, by the way, as an endorsement of the former Digital ITV's PR man.
I don't think many on the right would disagree with you on permanent Tory rule.
As I see it Mikey,if,and I think it is unlikely,there is a YES vote in September,then there will have to be an election in Scotland,within say two years.
A virtual certainty then will be that there will be a huge Labour majority up here,and finally we will be able to run our country in the way we want,not being told how to run things from London.( by a Tory government who we have NEVER voted for ).
I would have thought that this would have had your approval.
A virtual certainty then will be that there will be a huge Labour majority up here,and finally we will be able to run our country in the way we want,not being told how to run things from London.( by a Tory government who we have NEVER voted for ).
I would have thought that this would have had your approval.
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