Heid the Ba' wrote:And Gideon is now threatening that we won't be able to use Sterling as our currency, we'll have to use the Euro. I'm not convinced that would be a bad thing, though the Tories don't seem to realise there is a third option.
Heid the Ba' wrote:about how we won't be able to defend ourselves
Heid the Ba' wrote:and how small countries can't prosper etc.
Mactep wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:about how we won't be able to defend ourselves
From whom?
Mactep wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:and how small countries can't prosper etc.
Yes Switzerland is a complete dump. Singapore too.
Lianachan wrote:They have just announced that a referendum for Scottish Independence will be held in the Autumn of 2014 -
Heid the Ba' wrote:Exactly. And if Cameron wants to keep Trident and nuclear weapons the English can pay for them.
Heid the Ba' wrote:And Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Croatia etc. etc. all have roughly the same population as Scotland.
Heid the Ba' wrote:Mactep wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:about how we won't be able to defend ourselves
From whom?
Exactly. And if Cameron wants to keep Trident and nuclear weapons the English can pay for them.
Mactep wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:and how small countries can't prosper etc.
Yes Switzerland is a complete dump. Singapore too.
Lianachan wrote:They have just announced that a referendum for Scottish Independence will be held in the Autumn of 2014 -
Heid the Ba' wrote:I would have preferred 24th June, much more provocative . . . :D
Mactep wrote:Oh, Scotland? I misunderstood. I thought the issue was whether the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland could prosper.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Lianachan wrote:They have just announced that a referendum for Scottish Independence will be held in the Autumn of 2014 -
As a regionalist I can only wish the Scottish people the best of luck with that.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:I would have preferred 24th June, much more provocative . . . :D
*clickety-click*
You want John Bull to pop a vein?
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Mactep wrote:Oh, Scotland? I misunderstood. I thought the issue was whether the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland could prosper.
According the the anti-EU crowd they don't need anything or anybody.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:I would have preferred 24th June, much more provocative . . . :D
*clickety-click*
You want John Bull to pop a vein?
Arneb wrote:Would our esteemed Scottish nationalists share that eassessment, and do they think the intermediate solution could be acceptable?
Most institutions that are ostensibly English operate as British. The horribly misnamed "Bank of England" is an example.Arneb wrote:Are there any English instituttion (exept the national sports associations) that aren't also British?
Lianachan wrote:Most institutions that are ostensibly English operate as British. The horribly misnamed "Bank of England" is an example.Arneb wrote:Are there any English instituttion (exept the national sports associations) that aren't also British?
Heid the Ba' wrote:Lianachan wrote:Most institutions that are ostensibly English operate as British. The horribly misnamed "Bank of England" is an example.Arneb wrote:Are there any English instituttion (exept the national sports associations) that aren't also British?
The reverse is also true, the BBC is essentially a London based, London centric organisation that spends national money on the rights to broadcast English football. The regional stations (including the English regions) live off the scraps.
Heid the Ba' wrote:Of course you view BBC Scotland as Glasgow-centric. :D
Which it is.
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