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Posted: 30 Jan 2014, 19:01
by eastmidswhizzkid
i'm not on about the oil for deep-frying mars bars....
Posted: 30 Jan 2014, 20:54
by Pat
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:all i want to know is -do we get to keep the oil?
It looks like the rest of the UK will get to keep some of it. Mr Salmond has stated he is willing to take on "our fair share of the national debt", it's obvious he's using that as a bargaining chip to keep the £, help with entry to the EU and other odds and sods. The only way we could afford to take on that sort of debt is to lease or transfer some of the oil fields to what's left of the UK.
Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 00:46
by Nikolas Vitus Lagartija
The Referendum will be the first vote where 16/17 year olds get to vote. Cynics claimed that the SNP did this to try to capitalise on the idealism of youth to swing the result their way but in reality many of the new voters are likely to vote "no" as they fear a riskier jobs market with a yes vote.
Posted: 08 Feb 2014, 02:19
by Francis
I think we should take a vote. Scots only. We used to be able to do that didn't we?
Posted: 09 Feb 2014, 04:15
by James Blast
Yeah, here's mine - what happened to you Francis, I used to call you 'brother'?
Posted: 22 Feb 2014, 01:19
by Francis
Life was simpler back then. Pooh sticks anyone?
Posted: 24 Feb 2014, 23:13
by Jeremiah
As someone of English birth living in Scotland, my opinion is that there are sound political arguments for independence.
Unfortunately it seems that many of the people who will be voting "yes" will do so not because of those reasons but because some English people killed some Scottish people in a battle 400 years ago, or because English sports teams get too much coverage in the media.
Posted: 25 Feb 2014, 02:09
by Big Si
Jeremiah wrote:....but because some English people killed some Scottish people in a battle 400 years ago
1614 ? What Battle was that then
Posted: 25 Feb 2014, 08:30
by Izzy HaveMercy
Big Si wrote:Jeremiah wrote:....but because some English people killed some Scottish people in a battle 400 years ago
1614 ? What Battle was that then
The Battle of the Boink. (Jan 1614 - Feb 1614, ran out of beer and valid arguments)
IZ.
Posted: 25 Feb 2014, 22:47
by Big Si
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Big Si wrote:Jeremiah wrote:....but because some English people killed some Scottish people in a battle 400 years ago
1614 ? What Battle was that then
The Battle of the Boink. (Jan 1614 - Feb 1614, ran out of beer and valid arguments)
IZ.
Posted: 01 Mar 2014, 00:25
by million voices
In 1614 there was the Battle of Flooden - not to be confused with something similar 101 years earlier.
To commemorate the 400th Anniversary of this Glorious Victory the English have seen fit to put vast parts of Southern England under water as an act of remembrance