Didn't Nicola Do Well?

[Quizmonster]

Congratulations, lass...at least your people managed to get rid of half of them in Scotland!

[pixie374]

//can you really ignore a whole country's wishes?//

Most of the country want to stay, so the majority are not being ignored.

[ynnafymmi]

Ho-hum,nationalists,eh?Just what the world needs more of....not.

[pixie374]

??

[royfromaus]

I'm aware of that, pixie374. maggiebee, however, isn't.

[pixie374]

Yes, Roy... x

[ynnafymmi]

??...are you on the same planet as the rest of us,pixie.Nationalists,you know nationalists like Hitler,Stalin,the IRA,Farage,Sturgeon...you get my drift.

[pixie374]

I didn't see what point you were trying to make. Or why.

[naomi24]

I can see the point ynnafymmi is trying to make but it's a very wonky one. In a rational discussion he would fall at the first hurdle.

[theshedman]

Maybe Boris should let her have a referendum just to shut her up or she will go on about it for years, but if the Scottish people vote against it then she must stand down as first minister.

[naomi24]

^I agree.

[pixie374]

She has had one theshedman. And didn't like the result. Perhaps she should have stood down then.

[Togo]

ynnafymmi have you been drowning your sorrows? Pixie is not advocating or championing the first miniature.......quite the opposite. Plus Nationalism is fine if you are Irish, Welsh, or Scottish, but a mortal sin and World threatening if you are English.

[Old_Geezer]

She already had her referendum and it didn't shut her up. If the desired result isn't reached it simply won't shut folk up. One can see that re the leave EU referendum too. Remoaners galore causing problems. It seems a large portion of the population is simply not mature enough to accept when the majority doesn't agree with them.

[theshedman]

Yes I know they had one but she has been going on about another ever since and she isn't going to shut up about another one. I thought that after the first one they couldn't have another for 10 years but she just doesn't stop asking for one.

[pixie374]

Thank you, Togo x
Yes, perhaps that is why she needs to be removed. Any MP trying to go against democracy, is in the wrong job.

[douglas9401]

Ms Sturgeon's predecessor and former mentor has a dearly held wish for freedom.
The jury next year may have other ideas though.

[naomi24]

//Nationalism is fine if you are Irish, Welsh, or Scottish, but a mortal sin and World threatening if you are English. //

Yes indeedy. I'm surprised we're not obliged to refer to that as the 'E' word. ;o)

[maggiebee]

Can't understand the argument some are putting forward. I understand that unless you live in Scotland you can't vote for the SNP but you can't vote for the DUP or Plaid Cymru either. Said it before, the whole raison d'être for the SNP is independence and Scots understand this. The SNPs now hold 48 seats out of the 59 available in Scotland, surely that says something.

[maggiebee]

Meant to add that I would love to see England gain its independence.

[THECORBYLOON]

"I had four options - and not an SNP candidate to be seen. I can't vote for them, I can't vote against them, and yet they're instrumental in formulating the laws I have to abide by. Bit like the EU really."

If proposed legislation has no impact upon Scotland, the SNP does not take part in votes on that legislation.

If the Speaker has ruled that proposed legislation affects only England or only England and Wales, the EVEL (English Votes for English Laws) process applies.

That means MPs from Scots seats cannot vote in certain stages of the process in the Commons.