Politics Scottish Independance?

[rynnor]

SNP Council blunder:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18454800

 

[Poag]

Ha, i was just reading that. I wonder if under an independent Scotland she'd get more lunch?

 

[Ormorof]

hah thats absurd... would it not have been smarter to work with her to take photos of all the wonderful options they speak of rather than hit it with a ban hammer?

its the old "oh shit we dont know what that is...err... BAN ANYONE FROM TAKING PHOTOS IN THE CANTEEN!!!"

 

[rynnor]

The uproar got it reversed very quickly...

 

[MYstIC G]

Surprised she wasn't arrested under Anti-Terrorism laws...

 

[Jeros]

Christ those are some small portions.....

 

[old.user4556]

Scottish kids are the fattest in Europe; they need portion control.

 

[rynnor]

Scottish kids are the fattest in Europe; they need portion control.

Weirdly though - it seems she has to eat everything if she wants a piece of fruit - isnt that the wrong way around?

 

[old.user4556]

That's the same when I was at school, and also for my parents. That's not new.

 

[Job]

I understand the problem, the newspaper headline was 'sack the canteen staff' and she's been cherry picking snack portions to give the impression that the food is all rubbish.
This girl has a great future as a journalist.

 

[Lamp]

They want independence? Fine. Lets saw off Scotland, and let it drift into the North Sea. I'll give em about 4 minutes before the tears start

 

[old.user4556]

Love you Lamp, but at the risk of labouring a point made several times already in this thread, there is a significant majority of us (myself included) that want slugface to CTFO with his Braveheart agenda.

 

[old.user4556]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/...ing-with-truculent-piss-artists-2012061830924

"BRAVE, the new Pixar film set in Scotland, has invented a type of Scottish person which does not and will never exist".

I told you.

 

[Hawkwind]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/...ing-with-truculent-piss-artists-2012061830924.

Funiest bit from that article was this:
"Hollywood is jumping onboard the Scottish fantasy bandwagon with a remake of Brigadoon, about a mystical village that only appears when Scotland qualifies for an international football tournament."

 

[Poag]

This was a good one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...rders-SNP-MSPs-Dont-mention-independence.html

Dont mention it! It has negative connotations!

 

[old.user4556]

If anyone fancies sticking the boot in, they're looking for audience members for a TV debate in Glasgow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18490303

 

[Tom]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/...ing-with-truculent-piss-artists-2012061830924

"BRAVE, the new Pixar film set in Scotland, has invented a type of Scottish person which does not and will never exist".

I told you.

Meh, who cares. It's a PIXAR film so it'll shit rainbow-coloured pixels.

 

[old.user4556]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YY4CCaDyvCE

 

[Embattle]

Seems a vote for independence will save you 5% on your energy bill.

 

[Exioce]

Woman on Any Questions last night quipped "There are more pandas in Scotland than there are Tory MPs".
Did you see the reception that UKIP got in Edinburgh a few months ago? Looking down south at their popularity in England, and the Conservatives tacking to the right in response...

I've been in the NO camp for the last few years, but I'm beginning to warm to the other side now.

 

[rynnor]

Seems a vote for independence will save you 5% on your energy bill.

Hmm - seems unlikely - Scotland has a massive number of very expensive wind farms and thousands more under application.

Without subsidies from the rest of the UK you would end up with the highest production costs.

 

[old.user4556]

I can't wait for independence - according to the SNP i'm going to be fucking rolling in it, I'll eat pixie dust for breakfast and ride a superfast unicorn to work.

 

[rynnor]

I can't wait for independence - according to the SNP i'm going to be fucking rolling in it, I'll eat pixie dust for breakfast and ride a superfast unicorn to work.

The thing I dont understand is how they can possibly think that running as a seperate country is going to be cheaper and more effecient?

You'd need to duplicate all the functions of government for starters?

 

[Embattle]

They certainly seem to be promising a lot, be interesting to see what is picked apart from the white paper next month. I suspect most of it will be positive....sort of like the oil fund.

 

[old.user4556]

running as a seperate country is going to be cheaper and more effecient?

According to the SNP, there's oil gushing out of Sturgeon's cunt and ejaculating from Salmon's cock to the extent that petrol will flow from taps in the street. Anyone with half a brain in Scotland knows what's going on and the recent polls are showing a distinct shift away now that we're on the countdown to the crunch.

 

[old.user4556]

They certainly seem to be promising a lot, be interesting to see what is picked apart from the white paper next month. I suspect most of it will be positive....sort of like the oil fund.

To paraphrase something someone said on another thread (either Raven or Scouse if memory serves), anyone who knows they're going to lose can promise anything.

 

[rynnor]

One thing they never mention is the backlash from the rest of the UK.

I cant really see the rest of the union just letting scotland pick up its ball and walk off without that profoundly affecting their relationship with the rest?

 

[old.user4556]

These are issues that are brewing under the skin ready to explode, the Welsh were the last lot to speak up about it.

This is the thing about the whole campaign - we cannot get to the bottom of the actual reality of what independence in Scotland would mean for a) Scotland and b) the rest of the UK. Nobody knows, it's all "maybe this" or "maybe that" with the negotiations to start *after* the SNP secure a Yes outcome. We're voting blindly, and anyone who speaks up against it is either told they're "scaremongering" or they get shouted down on live TV. The SNP hate opposition and anything deemed to be against their manifesto. George Galloway, love him or hate him, summed it up nicely:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAGGxgrR4qo

 

[rynnor]

According to the SNP, there's oil gushing out of Sturgeon's cunt and ejaculating from Salmon's cock to the extent that petrol will flow from taps in the street. Anyone with half a brain in Scotland knows what's going on and the recent polls are showing a distinct shift away now that we're on the countdown to the crunch.

Scottish oil is looking a bit dodgy at the moment.

On the one hand the last refinery in Scotland may close due to a labour dispute (which may just be an excuse for a company thats already thinking of upping sticks).

On the other the costs of production keep rising to the point where depending on oil prices it could become unprofitable to extract.

Finally its extremely reliant on the aging fleet of Super Puma helicopters that are dogged by regular disasters.

All a bit iffy.

 

[old.user4556]

Depending on the political spin you put on it, the SNP trumpet "MASSIVE INVESTMENT INTO SCOTLAND's OIL!!! !11111!", but peel back the covers and it's a massive investment because it's becoming so damn expensive to get the stuff out the ground. We all know oil's days are numbered, and the situation at Grangemouth is yet another shot across the bow.

The oil argument is not strong enough for me, far too volatile.