gordondaviesmoustache
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Blue Til Death said:Scotland will be a parody of benefit street within 5 years, let them eat Dundee cake I say
Blue Til Death said:Scotland will be a parody of benefit street within 5 years, let them eat Dundee cake I say
Well if they vote for it, it is kind of there own faultpee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?west didsblue said:What would be quite amusing would be if the Shetland Islanders voted to remain part of the UK, thereby retaining the vast majority of the North Sea oil/gas income for the UK.
If we vote for it, it will be by a small majority, so unless you think anyone who doesn't vote for it should then leave the country, it's not going to be everyone's fault is it?BoyBlue_1985 said:Well if they vote for it, it is kind of there own faultpee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?west didsblue said:What would be quite amusing would be if the Shetland Islanders voted to remain part of the UK, thereby retaining the vast majority of the North Sea oil/gas income for the UK.
That of course is correct but its also what democracy is. Not many people voted for the Government we have now but they have to suffer the consequences of itpee dubya said:If we vote for it, it will be by a small majority, so unless you think anyone who doesn't vote for it should then leave the country, it's not going to be everyone's fault is it?BoyBlue_1985 said:Well if they vote for it, it is kind of there own faultpee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?
And do you find it funny?BoyBlue_1985 said:That of course is correct but its also what democracy is. Not many people voted for the Government we have now but they have to suffer the consequences of itpee dubya said:If we vote for it, it will be by a small majority, so unless you think anyone who doesn't vote for it should then leave the country, it's not going to be everyone's fault is it?BoyBlue_1985 said:Well if they vote for it, it is kind of there own fault
Not really no. I hope Scotland stays we are both better countries for being joined rather than separatedpee dubya said:And do you find it funny?BoyBlue_1985 said:That of course is correct but its also what democracy is. Not many people voted for the Government we have now but they have to suffer the consequences of itpee dubya said:If we vote for it, it will be by a small majority, so unless you think anyone who doesn't vote for it should then leave the country, it's not going to be everyone's fault is it?
Only the 75% of Scots that hate the English.pee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?west didsblue said:What would be quite amusing would be if the Shetland Islanders voted to remain part of the UK, thereby retaining the vast majority of the North Sea oil/gas income for the UK.
If i was sure of that i'd vote no for definite.BoyBlue_1985 said:Not really no. I hope Scotland stays we are both better countries for being joined rather than separatedpee dubya said:And do you find it funny?BoyBlue_1985 said:That of course is correct but its also what democracy is. Not many people voted for the Government we have now but they have to suffer the consequences of it
Since when did a sporting rivalry equal hate?west didsblue said:Only the 75% of Scots that hate the English.pee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?west didsblue said:What would be quite amusing would be if the Shetland Islanders voted to remain part of the UK, thereby retaining the vast majority of the North Sea oil/gas income for the UK.
My figure of 75% is based on personal experience of watching the Rugby World Cup Final in 2007 in a bar in Elgin when 3/4 of the occupants celebrated when South Africa beat England like they had won it themselves. I know it's not a particularly scientific study of Scottish attitudes towards the English but I suspect it's not far from the truth.
I can't disagree that a lot of it is sporting rivalry but I've been in Scotland enough to know that a sizeable proportion of the population are excessively anti-English. I'm not sure why this is but I do believe that the likes of Salmond and his cronies have encouraged this attitude over the years. I'm sure it's primarily the less educated and travelled people who are the ones who are anti-English and this attitude causes a similar attitude amongst many English people.pee dubya said:Since when did a sporting rivalry equal hate?west didsblue said:Only the 75% of Scots that hate the English.pee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?
My figure of 75% is based on personal experience of watching the Rugby World Cup Final in 2007 in a bar in Elgin when 3/4 of the occupants celebrated when South Africa beat England like they had won it themselves. I know it's not a particularly scientific study of Scottish attitudes towards the English but I suspect it's not far from the truth.
pee dubya said:If i was sure of that i'd vote no for definite.BoyBlue_1985 said:Not really no. I hope Scotland stays we are both better countries for being joined rather than separatedpee dubya said:And do you find it funny?
But every time i think, this is ridiculous, i'm not a nationalist, i get this imagine my head of a Tory - UKIP coalition, a referendum on EU membership, and instead of us being Scotland as part of a European community, we're part of an increasingly insular UK with a government that has very little interest in Scotland since we're never going to vote for any of them anyway.
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Since when did a sporting rivalry equal hate?west didsblue said:Only the 75% of Scots that hate the English.pee dubya said:Do you regularly find the prospect of millions of ordinary people being worse off amusing or just in this case?
My figure of 75% is based on personal experience of watching the Rugby World Cup Final in 2007 in a bar in Elgin when 3/4 of the occupants celebrated when South Africa beat England like they had won it themselves. I know it's not a particularly scientific study of Scottish attitudes towards the English but I suspect it's not far from the truth.