Someone should publish a list of their bennies funded from London... with an expiration date.
More lipstick quick! Gotta add an S to PIIGS.
An independent Scotland and the loss of so many votes for Labour will mean the Conservatives will rule England...I say let the Scots go!
I wonder if the Union Flag will be redesigned to remove the blue background with the white St. Andrew’s cross if the Scots leave?
The picture in the article shows an Orange Walk that took place in Edinburgh on Saturday with Orangemen from all over the UK and Northern Ireland. Lots of union flags, “NO POPERY” banners and the usual fat bigots. Bit like the KKK without the hoods.
I haven’t been paying enough attention to this vote. What is its legal standing? Does Scotland leave the UK with this vote? Or does it authorize the Scottish Parliament to decide at a later date? And can the Queen say “My relatives bloody well bought you in a bankruptcy sale in 1707 and I’m going to keep you”?
Prime Minister Cameron has just announced considerable increases in autonomy and payments for a "no vote". I did a little research and confess I am out of touch with my native country, England.
Some Wikipedia work included here. After 292 years of direct rule from London over Scotland, they were granted a referendum. It took place in September 1997. The question was straight to the point. Should there be a Scottish Parliament?. Followed by Should there not be a Scottish Parliament?. There was an overwhelming vote for a Scottish Parliament.
In 1999, an immense building plan took place in Edinburgh. A Spanish architect was commissioned. After five years and four months, the building was opened by the Queen. There were 106 Scottish members of parliament (MSPs) within and it has a 1000 staff. It was said to deal with domestic affairs.
The bureaucracy there, seems no different than in many other countries. A look at the new parliament building using Wikipedia, is worth while. Post modern and one must take their own view. It cost 414 million pounds. An independent Scotland might be at the mercy of the bureaucrats, they might spend the money like there is no tomorrow.
Here's my observations:
1. Scottish independence 'Yes' movement is a socialist left wing temper tantrum. They also don't have the capability for coherently articulating their position because the whole thing is little more than "We hate the English". I never heard one compelling reason out of them to break away the whole time I listened. They're just being dumb. They're also very delusional about their future. Hugely, in fact. Someone's really sold the 'Yes' side a bill of goods.
2. There's no similarity between the American Revolution and Scotland's bid for independence. Thankfully, I saw little effort of any 'Yes' voters trying to invoke the name of American independence from England. As an American patriot, you'd think that I'd be automatically on the side of Scottish independence without even looking, but the problem is that I actually looked.
3. On the other hand, the 'No, Thanks' side is scraping the bottom of the barrel for maintaining any sense of dignity over keeping the union intact. They're begging the Scots to stay like an ugly girlfriend whose been dumped by her boyfriend and is making the most appalling spectacle of herself in making tearful pleas and oaths to try to win him back. It's pathetic.
4. Whichever way the vote goes, David Cameron should resign if he has a shred of decency within him. He's a complete retard. If he won't resign, then whatever mechanism exists in British law to have him removed as Prime Minister needs to be executed.
5. If this vote comes down to 'Yes' winning by a slim margin, it ought to be regarded as a suicide pact where there's only one willing partner. The minority 'No' vote in this case -- perhaps even as large a minority of 49.999% against -- might be dragged into breaking away from the UK by the deciding vote of one dopey 16 year old girl who cast her little vote based upon her favorite celebrity's Twitter stream. The 'Yes' people will have handcuffed the 'No' people to them at the wrist and resolved to jump off a cliff together into the abyss.
6. I think that if I were a 'No' supporter in Scotland, I'd be looking at requesting asylum in the United States if the vote goes 'Yes', rightfully and correctly claiming that I'm a refugee fleeing a Communist revolution in my home country.
Too bad that there is not some way to delay the vote for 5 or 10 years. Now that the Scots have the Brits' attention, there could be some reasonable accommodation, one suspects
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