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Sep 21st 2014, 3:22 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Not in her case, no I don't! She had no more interest in Scottish domestic affairs or the status of Scotland within the United Kingdom or its future well being in any way whatsoever and would not be...
Sep 20th 2014, 10:48 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

The whole affair was skewed in some ways......

a Lithuanian girl (EU citizen) undergoing a course at an Edinburgh educational establishment and working at an Edinburgh catering establishment so as...
Sep 20th 2014, 1:03 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

The Battle for Scotland is over....the Battle for ENGLAND is about to begin.....so, tin hats at the ready everyone.....prepare to take cover.....things could get hairy and scary....but keep calm and...
Sep 19th 2014, 12:23 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

As was North Lanarkshire, Dundee City and Glasgow but each with a "Yes" majority considerably lower than the average "NO" majority.

In sharp contrast Edinburgh recorded a surprisingly large "No"...
Sep 18th 2014, 4:40 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

32 Local Government areas in Scotland all counting and declaring a result individually.......polling ends at 22:00 hrs BST and final outcome officially announced around 06:30 hrs BST (or perhaps more...
Sep 14th 2014, 2:36 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Practically all of the public opinion polls being disclosed on what seems to be an hourly basis (making many of my English friends and colleagues down here in (very warm and sunny on a daily basis...
Sep 13th 2014, 2:27 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Oh...alright then - let's just assume that I was on the beach at Bowness on Solway when I did the distance measurement thing.......although I've actually walked along at least part of the length of...
Sep 12th 2014, 10:48 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Not quite 60 miles by any stretch of the imagination!
Sep 12th 2014, 9:27 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

The voting intention pendulum is now gradually swinging more in the direction of the NO to Independence camp as voting day creeps ever nearer and harsh reality begins to nag at many voters'...
Aug 18th 2014, 10:01 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

But there again.....another stop over on the way down here from Scotland.......this time in a place called CARNFORTH - again in Lancashire, and a place made famous apparently because the train...
Aug 17th 2014, 8:29 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

That line drawn between the estuaries of the Severn and the Humber just has to be the much quoted "North/South Divide" in England.

I sort of saw that for myself not all that long ago.....driving...
Aug 17th 2014, 8:11 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

I bypassed Cirencester yesterday....although I now live fairly close by in Cheltenham I have yet to visit all the Roman remains in what was once the Roman fortress of Corinium...not good, seeing as I...
Aug 17th 2014, 8:04 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Alex Salmond tells them, my fellow Scots, back home in Scotland that they will continue to use the £ Pound Sterling following a YES vote for Independence.

Every single financial guru, national as...
Aug 13th 2014, 9:33 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

I now live in a very, very English part of Southern England, far removed by UK standards of distance measurements from Scotland itself, and I have to say that there really is quite a significant...
Aug 13th 2014, 9:13 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Dream on........it just won't be happening. Salmond's vision will be nothing more than a heap of smouldering ashes come the morning of Friday 19/09/14.

Harsh reality will have won the day. ...
Jul 26th 2014, 3:20 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

As the day of the big vote draws ever closer and closer and closer the harsh realities of what full independence would REALLY mean for Scotland and its people is now having an effect among the voters...
May 4th 2014, 10:47 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

This is quite an interesting point and very relative to the supposed Scottish "addiction" to alcohol. Over recent years I have had occasion to work in London on various assignments as part of the...
May 2nd 2014, 9:44 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

In England at least...not a cat in hell's chance come the swift despatch back up to Scotland on a single ticket from King's Cross of the current 41 Labour MP's at Westminster.

What would be needed...
May 2nd 2014, 9:38 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, and the Leader of the Scottish National Party and the prime driving force in his quest to secure full Independence for Scotland and in his desperate...
Apr 26th 2014, 9:09 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

The last thing the Milipede wants is an Indepedent Scotland...if that happens then he will have to wave a not so fond farewell to all of those Scottish Labour MPs at Westminster.....all 42 of them. ...
Apr 26th 2014, 8:58 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Thursday evening 24 April 2014 BBC Radio 4 "Any Questions"

It was broadcast live form the village hall in Great Casterton, in Rutland......at one time Rutland was the smallest County in...
Apr 24th 2014, 9:14 pm
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Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

As will proven to be the case on the morning of 19 September 2014 after all the votes have been counted and declared. Salmond can fool a lot of the people most of the time but not when reality kicks...
Apr 24th 2014, 9:08 pm
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Views: 109,469
Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Well, let us all hope that Salmond will indeed bring new jobs to Scotland...lots and lots and lots of them....to replace lots and lots and lots of jobs which will be lost when some very influentiual...
Mar 23rd 2014, 3:01 pm
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Views: 109,469
Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Let's hope you won't be too disappointed to turn up at the polling station that day only to discover that it is being used to teach children, or as a venue for a WI meeting or simply locked...
Feb 26th 2014, 10:34 pm
Replies: 2,328
Views: 109,469
Posted By Lothianlad

Re: the Scottish independence issue

Unfortunately with regard to the "Citizenship" question your presumption appears to be incorrect...for UK Citizens read "Scottish" citizens from Day One of Independence should that come about as a...
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