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Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:14 pm
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who do you trust more?

 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Margaret3
Well, am outta this Scottish hating thread cya I used to argue on BE, but nowadays i cant be arsed! but you'll be pleased to hear, i will be voting for independence.
I don't think an Englishman wanting Scotland to become independent can be classed as Scottish hating can it?

Or maybe the Scots just want to feel important and for the English to beg and plead for them to stay in the Union?

If Scots think there is going to be mass panic and sadness from South of the border at Scotland going it's own way then they are mistaken.

As someone else on this thread has mentioned, the English have been blamed for Scotland's woes for so long now that I think many in England are just over it all.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:24 pm
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Originally Posted by bingobob777
RBS has 700 odd branches in Scotland
Natwest has 1500 odd branches in England.

All the "traders" are based in London.

Try again.

Far, far more English people stood to lose from The RBS Group going bust than Scottish.
"Try again" Try again about what? I asked a question. Nothing more.

If the Scots gain independence then they won't have a tartan pot to piss in before long. If the RBS had gone under it would have hit Scotland a whole lot harder than England, regardless of how many people work in each country.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:24 pm
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interesting trivia:

Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads in the world. Around 13 per cent of the population has red hair, with 40 per cent carrying the recessive gene.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:27 pm
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interesting trivia:

Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads in the world. Around 13 per cent of the population has red hair, with 40 per cent carrying the recessive gene.
Hence why they feel bullied
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Jon77
I don't think an Englishman wanting Scotland to become independent can be classed as Scottish hating can it?

Or maybe the Scots just want to feel important and for the English to beg and plead for them to stay in the Union?

If Scots think there is going to be mass panic and sadness from South of the border at Scotland going it's own way then they are mistaken.


As someone else on this thread has mentioned, the English have been blamed for Scotland's woes for so long now that I think many in England are just over it all.
WTF are you going on about? Dream on pal, we aint that shallow.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:29 pm
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Well seen as they are both Scottish, mmm difficult choice really.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:36 pm
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As someone else on this thread has mentioned, the English have been blamed for Scotland's woes for so long now that I think many in England are just over it all.
Yeah, there's been an irritating whine coming out of Scotland for years... and it wasn't just those octopus stranglers making it.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:37 pm
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Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:45 pm
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Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:51 pm
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Cut the savages loose ...

 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:59 pm
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Old Jan 14th 2012 | 10:59 pm
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Old Jan 14th 2012 | 11:14 pm
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Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
"Try again" Try again about what? I asked a question. Nothing more.

If the Scots gain independence then they won't have a tartan pot to piss in before long. If the RBS had gone under it would have hit Scotland a whole lot harder than England, regardless of how many people work in each country.
Well no one knows do they, and no one knows what will happen if Independence is granted. However, there are plenty of countries in Northern Europe with similar populations who seem to manage just fine. In fact in the 2011 human development index, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Slovenia, Belgium and Austria all came above the UK. No reason scotland couldn't.

After all we did invent just about everything important in the world.
 
Old Jan 14th 2012 | 11:22 pm
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It seems that most of the prominent 'Proud Scots' can't stand living there so does it really matter who rules the place?
 


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