Does The Prospect Of The Scots Ruling England Terrify You?

[ladybirder]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2982046/The-terrifying-prospect-Scots-ruling-England-real-MAX-HASTINGS-nightmare-scenario-facing-Britain-Election.html

Not if you're a Scot, obviously.

[SirOracle]

Yet another Daily Mail rant against Scotland,written this time by no other than Sir Max Hastings,former editor of the Telegraph.Educated at Charterhouse Public School then Oxford,leaving without a degree,so not surprising that he fits in well with the "rich boys"clique at Westminster.

He has long been a vociferous opponent of all things Scottish and a leading "Little Englander".

[Jackdaw33]

If Dave comes a very close second to Ed he might be able to cobble together an agreement with any UKIP MPs and the DUP. Until 1972 Ulster Unionists took the Tory whip.

[ludwig]

We have jock-aid right now svejk. It's called the Barnett formula.

[steg]

Hampden lol , bleeding ipad

[wolf63]

steg - do you have a piece of the turf or the goal post? It just shows you that you don't have to win at football to have a good time.

My voluntary job beckons - and I am gathering up some enthusiasm, not doing too well though. It's all go for us up in Scotland who have no paid employment. :-) Busy busy

[steg]

Wolf I had a bit of the turf, I put it in my mums garden in old muirton it's gone now cause the new houses there now.

Have a good day at work x

[anotheoldgit]

ToraToraTora

/// the swaeties have always been well balanced a giant chip on both shoulders. ///

Yes it would seem that they have certainly got a chip on their shoulders, some bigger than others.

http://scottishwarriors.wikispaces.com/file/view/usa-highland-games_1433969i.jpg/226359514/usa-highland-games_1433969i.jpg

http://www.thegreatwaterway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_glengarry_inl_game.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b1/c9/61/b1c961fbd59fe083862d5b5e3bc40ac8.jpg

[anotheoldgit]

ludwig

/// We have jock-aid right now svejk. It's called the Barnett formula. ///

Is another word for 'jock-aid' a 'jock-strap'?

[Peter Pedant]

// Oh so it was the Scots who ran the Empire, then why is it the England always takes the blame?//

propaganda, definitely propaganda

[Hypognosis]

@Ladybirder

Not 'terrify', no. However, the prospect of minority parties having 'casting vote' power over individual bills in parliament is irksome, in the extreme, because we, as voters, will have to brush up on the nitty-gritty detail of the manifestos of all the minority parties when we barely bother to pay attention to what the major parties steer our attention away from during the hustings, as it is.

How many Labour voters didn't notice the PFI initiative?
How many Conservative voters believed Cameron's smiley NHS promise poster?

btw, I take it everyone found last night's #BBCQT a bit of a corker?

[whiskeryron]

Having witnessed the Etonians running England I think the Scots would make a fair job of running the country.

[kylesmum]

The thought of Scots ruling England makes me very uneasy.

We manage very well on our own , without the baggage ;)

[Hypognosis]

I think it would end up being Don**d T***p running the country, based on Salmond's track record.

[ladybirder]

Thank you everybody, very entertaining. Been out with the dogs most of the afternoon but looked forward to reading this thread and you haven't disappointed:-)

SirO, Max Hastings not on your dinner party list then?.

[SirOracle]

You are correct ladybirder. No place at my dinner table for him. Apart from many other failings I am not too keen on Political Turncoats,especially when they move from the left to the right.

[ladybirder]

I imagine he would make an interesting dinner guest SirO, having been a war correspondent covering worldwide conflict from over 60 locations and a successful author to boot.
Anyway, he loves dogs so me must be OK.

[SirOracle]

Dogs are never eaten chez moi, Ladybird. ;-)

[ladybirder]

Ha ha. very funny, starting as you mean to go on today i hope.

[boxtops]

going back to the OP - no.