Scottish Weather

[jamesnan]

My husband commented whilst watching the weather forecast on tv, that the southern half of Ireland is not covered by our forecasts, and should Scotland decide to breakaway from England and there is a definite Yes vote, would we still have the Scottish weather broadcast to us or will it stop at the northern edge of England.
Does anyone care to comment

[anneasquith]

I doubt alex salmond would care what the English opinion is,,,,,,,,

[Baldric]

And what are Radio 2 traffic going to talk about, they always dwell on foreign bits, is it ok to say that yet?

[jno]

no, the BBC has suggested it wouldn't have any duty to provide broadcasting to Scotland, so that would probably include weather forecasts. But people in border towns might still like to know what's coming towards them, so they'd probably say "Carlisle will be hit by a typhoon from the north this afternoon" and leave Scots to find out where it will be before that.

[Wharton]

Do the 'Southerners' ever wonder if it's raining up in Doune?

[Baldric]

I had to google Doune, So I can say with a degree of confidence, No!

[Wharton]

Baldric - It's a joke :-). Raining up in Doune (raining up and down), ach, forget it.

[Baldric]

Surely it only rains doune, or is Scots rain different?

[anneasquith]

scots rain ?

[Wharton]

Jist a wee smirr noo an' again :-)

[jomifl]

Baldric, Scottish rain is sometimes horizontal..

[choux]

Why are the majority of Scottish ABers so prickly? Been sitting on the thistles?

For maggiebee @ 1:54 - were you watching your Scottish news programmes? I am delighted to bring to attention that the good folk of Yorkshire were watching the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-26601341