Heid the Ba' wrote:*On a related note in my soon to be published wargamer's guide to the Sudan Wars of 1882-1899 I have slipped the term "Butcher's Apron" in twice and as far as I can tell the English editors are either ok with it or have no idea what it means. They tend to either "correct" things they don't understand without checking or simply ignore them.
Heid the Ba' wrote:Wales has its own legislature like Scotland does but I don't think there is the same call for independence, I could be wrong about that though.
Heid the Ba' wrote:I currently think enough people will be bought off or chicken out that it will be a narrow "No" result, but I could be wrong about that as well.
Heid the Ba' wrote:And I will be in Spain on the glorious day!
Мастер wrote:At least some of the press articles I'm reading are suggesting that this rather heavy-handed approach might be backfiring. Too far from the thick of it to really be able to judge myself . . .
Angus Grossart, chairman of merchant bank Noble Grossart, said that people should "not panic" following the decisions made by the two banks. He told the Financial Times that the impact of a Yes vote was "severely overstated".
Heid the Ba' wrote:It is odd that the No campaign says if we go we’ll be over-run with immigrants but also that we’ll be among the poorest countries in Europe. Maybe I should go to BAUT U to have the economics of that explained to me.
Heid the Ba' wrote:The head of Aberdeen Asset Management said the same thing. I'm actually finding the BBC more even handed now, perhaps they realised how out of step they were.
[pedant mode]Liz 2 is actually Liz 2 and 1, as Liz 1 was never queen of Scotland. But the current Liz over-rode precedent and our objections.[/pedant mode]
Heid the Ba' wrote:James VI and I was VI of Scotland, I of Great Britain. Offhand I can't think of any before Current Liz who shared a name with a monarch of either country.
Мастер wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:James VI and I was VI of Scotland, I of Great Britain. Offhand I can't think of any before Current Liz who shared a name with a monarch of either country.
I just checked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs
We have a lot of Georges, an Anne, and a Victoria, which look like they are unique to the United Kingdom. But there is also a William IV and two Edwards, then Lizzy.
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