Posted on 09/02/2017 11:36:25 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Supporters of Scottish independence have staged a march and rally in Berlin.
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Why? Why is there a “Germans for Scottish Independence” organization at all? Are these former citizens of Scotland? What brought them to Germany in the first place?
Imma hold a Biafra Independence Rally in Papua New Guinea.
Marche des soldats de Robert Bruce - Musikzug Battenberg—YouTube comments are descriptive of Scottish Nationalist and EU aspirations.
Staff and guests ran from the hotel towards the village of Kinloch Rannoch,
FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great line :)
“Independence” as part of the EU! Sounds like a hoe saying she is independent and joins the protection of a pimp instead of a father
Why is it any of their business? Living abroad, I certainly get annoyed with all the non-Americans who feel they have to tell me how horrible Trump is...
By all means. Scotland should be independent of Germany.
Many Scottish nationalists are not Scottish or even British (disgraceful that Cameron allowed the SNP to put their thumb on the scales for the 2014 referendum by giving the vote to 16 year olds and EU citizens).
In addition to the Germans for Scottish Independence, there were at least Americans for Scottish Independence, Polish For Yes, Eu Citizens for an Independent Scotland, Scots Asians For YES to an Independent Scotland and (of course) Irish For Yes; and the Daily Mail reported that Eastern Europeans will vote Yes in the upcoming Scottish independence referendum.
There is the Australian Brains family of SNP activists: we could send them down for up to 10 years under the still-law Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919:
If any alien attempts or does any act calculated or likely to cause sedition or disaffection amongst any of His Majestys Forces or the forces of His Majestys allies, or amongst the civilian population, he shall be liable on conviction on indictment to penal servitude for a term not exceeding ten years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.Yet we neither imprison nor deport them, allowing them to continue promoting disaffection while our enemies laugh at us.
And this is where the issue expands beyond provincial British politics, as this cowardice affects all the Wests right wing parties, all standing like a rabbit caught in headlights as the Left ploughs towards them at full speed. Mark Steyn and Ann Coulter have repeatedly pointed out that were playing our enemies game for them. Robert Dabney even pointed this out all the way back in 1897: Conservatives have never conserved anything. [C]onservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. (Discussions, vol.4, p.496)
(Amusing: October 13, 2016, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson warns Our Tess, your days as PM of the United Kingdom are numbered. 238 days later, Angus loses his seat and Our Tess remains PM. Hubris, thy name is SNP.)
They carry Scottish flags (St Andrews cross) with the EU circle of stars superimposed.
Now I get it. They’re just trying to cut out the layer of middle management— the UK.
At this point in time, what with the Scots being flaming lefties who do nothing but push socialist horsedung, it would probably be a good thing for England if they broke away from the Scots and stopped underwriting Scottish lunacy. The Scots have nothing going for them economically except what the British provide in the way of government subsidies.
reflecting (choice of Berlin) the leftist nature of the modern Scottish independence movement.
And how right wing are Tories these days? The Tories only argument with Labour is who can pish most taxpayer-cash into the various socialist money pits. The Tories are as happy as Labour to imprison our troops (from Lee Clegg on Maggies watch to Sgt. Blackman) and are more concerned with pushing LGBT issues to the military than ensuring they have the kit and RoE to do their job.
Any prospect of the Tories restoring the death penalty? No.
Any prospect of the Tories restoring our right to bear arms (as per 1689 Bill of Rights)? No.
Any prospect of the Tories getting rid of the NHS? No.
Any prospect of the Tories seriously reducing immigration? No.
Any prospect of the Tories rolling back Muslim influence? No.
Any prospect of the Tories doing anything genuinely right wing? No.
Some figures:
England: electorate (2017) 39,303,867; MPs 533
Scotland: electorate (2017) 3,988,432; MPs 59
If England was right wing they could drag the rest of the country rightwards with ease, regardless of any contrary wishes of Wales, Scotland and NI combined (117 MPs and 7,529,291 electorate between them).
The problem with separatists is their ignoring very real problems in favour of chasing chimerasplitting centuries-old countries up and othering your countrymen will not magically usher in utopia. East & West Europe at the turn of the 20th Century totalled 21 countries (including Turkey). Over the course of a century, 1901s 21 countries fragmented (sometimes explosively) into 49. Is Europe better, more stable, more industrious, for that fragmentation?
More brother wars are not the answer. Mathew 7:15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
OK, your well developed response has me rethinking my post. Maybe, at this time, it makes no difference one way or the other whether Scotland (or Wales or Northern Ireland) secede. The United Kingdom is dead already.
Thank you for explaining. I knew absolutely nothing of this ongoing dispute. I do know that, unlike most Americans, Europeans have very long memories in reference to history.
However, in a very similar manner as present day America, many politicians are more concerned about being politically correct than calling out evil when it stares them right in the face.
Scotland better be careful what it asks for. If they break away from England, they will have to pay for their own welfare programs. The EU certainly isn’t going to do it.
Switzerland maybe?
A Libyan imam who received Swiss welfare and preached messages of hatred has lost his asylum status. Local authorities are looking into deporting him. Because Abu Ramadan has a Libyan passport and has made several trips to Libya since his arrival to Switzerland in 1998, the migration authorities cancelled his asylum request earlier this month. Abu Ramadan has a permanent resident permit (C), but now canton Bern can look into revoking it. However, Ramadan can challenge the change of asylum status, which is not yet legally binding. As Swiss public television reported on Wednesday, Ramadan received CHF600,000 ($620,000) in state welfare payments while preaching messages of hatred against other religions from a mosque in Biel.(see also Switzerlands controversial Islamic leaders on the same site)
Not wishing to counsel only doom and gloom but the first step in solving a problem is recognising one has one.
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