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[jl5006] 19/12/2019 19:26

SR
Yes go down about 4 times a year. sister in law
no idea about the glasgow drug problem though and not into Buck house - sorry just a wee man with no influence.

[k38] 19/12/2019 19:26

BobScottish representatives, SNP have to prove they can govern Scotland...to it's people. But have nothing to offer neither to the union or to Scotland. No policies just moaning all the time about referendum. I don't expect any chances this time round. Useless lot.

[sentimentrules] 19/12/2019 19:16

JL5006 you driven around London lately? Makes Glasgow feel like Buckingham palace

[jl5006] 19/12/2019 19:13

bargain bob
too many words - no point - and boring.
Scotland would be a lovely place to visit - tourist tax = really - and WeeB has done nothing to improve education and reduce drug addiction.
Hope the fishmans trial reveals all.
PS All the institutions would leave and all the tax offices - many more thousands unemployed

[alphorn] 19/12/2019 19:08

gaffer73 - you add nothing - filtered.

[bargainbob] 19/12/2019 19:04

I think Scotland made the decision to become independent last Thursday. I don’t think we have realised that yet, but I think that’s what we’ve just done. I am not saying that people went to the polls and actively ticked a box hoping that would make us independent. Some did, but that is not the case for most of us yet. But the momentum now gathering in Scotland means that something shifted last Thursday. A combination of intentional decisions and uncontrollable political circumstances have created a Scotland that has now changed to its very core.
I strongly suspect that this is true. The fact is that many in England do not appreciate (partly because they have never been to Scotland and have not the slightest intention of ever doing so, but want a say in its affairs which they consider must be subordinate to their own, come what may) that Scotland does not want to become independent because of economics, party politics, oil (or its absence), spite, or anything else the English might imagine. It wants to be independent because it is an identifiable nation state that thinks quite differently from the country that is seeking to control it. And history shows that this, almost invariably, is a fact that leads to independence.

Johnson cannot make Scots want to be ruled from London. What he can do is increase their alienation. And like it or not, 48 SNP MPs will be a running sore for him that will distract him from his ‘English vision’. If he believes in that ‘vision’ he needs to be rid of Scotland or it will be a constant reminder of his failings. If I was him I would concede, and soon.m

[sentimentrules] 19/12/2019 19:03

Fair to say sturgeon does come across badly outside of own hardcore support.

I'm not so hard on Scotland itself..one of, if not the best Country in Europe in many ways.

[mikemichael2] 19/12/2019 19:01

We could always flog them Hadrians wall, then they can re-build it on the boarder!!!

[utrickytrees] 19/12/2019 18:59

The other half have Scottish heritage jl5.

[k38] 19/12/2019 18:33

Scotland is England and England is Scotland like the rest of the union.The union has one history and can't be separated.

[sentimentrules] 19/12/2019 18:29

I wonder why half of England is sensitive about Scottish independence though? Were not too bothered about India, N Ireland, Hong Kong etc

It has a special place in your hearts really. You would feel, as less, without it lool

[k38] 19/12/2019 18:20

I give Nikola Sturgeon till next election before the Scottish voters send her home.Independence Scotland and referendum will be her undoing.

[k38] 19/12/2019 18:16

Bob I just remember you telling me to remind you about this post..... 275775

[k38] 19/12/2019 17:57

"A strong independent Scotland" is a misleading political slogan and Nicolas Sturgeon campaign is more dangerous than Jeremy Corbyn's political campaign.

[patientcapital] 19/12/2019 17:57

You need to go to spec savers, Bob.A National Statistics Publication for Scotland.Scotland's net fiscal balance has improved for the third year in a row, according to statistics announced today by Scotland's Chief Statistician.Net Fiscal Balance 2018-19This is the difference between total revenue and total public sector expenditure including capital investment. The net fiscal balance:Including an illustrative geographic share of North Sea revenue, was a deficit of £12.6 billion (7.0% of GDP).Excluding North Sea revenue, was a deficit of £14.1 billion (8.5% of GDP).For the UK, was a deficit of £23.5 billion (1.1% of GDP).

[utrickytrees] 19/12/2019 17:27

Ofcourse it does Bobster, it's amazing what a country can achieve when as many as 10% of the population are net contributors to the public purse.

[sentimentrules] 19/12/2019 17:27

Oil will be screwed in a few years. North Sea not exactly raking it in anyway.

Bet Boris even wants a Scottish ref by then.

[bargainbob] 19/12/2019 17:23

Utricky

Just to get things clear . Scotland runs a balanced budget.

It is the part that is run by Westminister that is in deficit. Ie all civil servants in London , Scotlands pays , all infrastructure in England Scotland pays , Trident Scotland pays etc .

[k38] 19/12/2019 17:07

Anyway, no need to argue here... The Scottish debate is in "good hands"Lovely Laura (BBC) is against an independent Scotland.Lol...