Posted on 03/03/2014 10:56:16 AM PST by kingattax
Film star Sean Connery is urging fellow Scots to vote for independence when a referendum is held in September.
The longtime independence advocate says in The Sun on Sunday newspaper that the opportunity to separate from the rest of Britain is too good an opportunity to miss.
He says independence would galvanize the film and creative industries, creating new jobs in Scotland.
Connery no longer lives there and said the decision should be made by the people who choose to live and work in Scotland.
He said a vote for independence would bring renewed focus on Scottish culture, heritage and creative excellence.
His view is not shared by rock star David Bowie, who has urged Scottish voters to remain part of the United Kingdom.
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I agree! Not a drop of Scottish blood in me ( that I know) but I love all things Scottish,even bagpipes! The time of “Empires” is over. Scotland should be free! They need another William Wallace!
You mean half Scottish, half Lithuanian accent.
Damn...you mean they’ve turned into California???
I’m not sure if Scotland wants to be independent from the UK. What will happen once the oil and natural gas from the North Sea runs out?
Its not scotch. Its whisky, given directly to the Scots by God.
Because it's their royal family. Has been ever since 1603, when a reigning Scottish king inherited the English throne (not the other way round). The manifesto of the 'yes' campaign for Scottish independence includes a commitment to keep the United Kingdom monarch as Head of State (in exactly the same way as she now is for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others).
Judging by the polls, nor are the Scots.
Thanks for reminding me that I am history challenged. I did not realize that the Royals were Scottish in the far mists of time. I thought the Royals were English to the core because they have no accent, and because they are dumb enough to believe in global warming. I thought they were more German then anything else.
So the Scots get more from the treasury then they put in and the Royals are Scottish, how about the point that the Muzzies are slowly taking over England and maybe the Scots don’t like it? This is what I get for hanging out with the smart kids, it shows the gaps in my education, I am thankful for that, that can be corrected and will be if I manage to live long enough. More than one poster has pointed out my ignorance and I am grateful to all of you.
I will say the Royals tend to pick out some good looking women.
Not quite. The lineal ancestry of the *current* "royal line" of Great Britain stems from George I, who was German, and Elector of Hanover. The last attempt at putting a Stuart on the throne failed at the Battle of Culloden in 1745...
the infowarrior
Hmmm....Connery or Bowie? I will reserve judgement until Sheena Easton weighs in. She is an expat Scot living in Nevada.
The main reason, IMNVHO, the Scots will go independent is that they envision a Socialist Paradise based on their oil revenues, as they think Norway is.
As far as Muslims go, the Scots certainly have their share of that bad idea. The Muslims, BTW, are rupturing the National Health with one very unfashionable politically incorrect and unreported item: Birth Defects. Astronomical number in Britain now due to Muslim inbreeding. Not at all unusual for all parents of the bride and groom to be related, cousins ... sometimes even all 1st cousins! Muslim idea, marry your cousin ... and her sister. There. That'll fix it, alhumdoolillah!
Bright spot: Scotland has a vastly better educational system than England
Crude Oil, Fish, Marmalade, Natural Gas, Oats, Wool, Haggis and Baggis, Steel, Oats, the World's Best Beef, Golf Balls, Doctors for the Third World, Beer and Ales, and Craig Ferguson.
The Stuarts died out and the dueling pretenders live in Germany and Italy. The present Royal Family are the Windsors, who were actually imported German Hanoverians, the first few Georges of whom couldn't quite speak English.
Of course, over the years they have married folks with Stuart connections (like Lady Di) to beef up the claim, and they do carry on to excess about their Scottish connections.
Of course Scotland should go independent. Why TF not? Give it a shot. Take the oil money and free haggis for all.
TF?
Actually stands for Q: "I say, what time is Tiffin."
A: 4?
*Explained by ... and killed by none other than Sarah Palin!
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