the Scottish independence issue
#1907
Re: the Scottish independence issue
Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Welsh? (usually just after the six nations)
#1909
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My thoughts exactly. That and the ABE-syndrome around sports used to become quite wearing.
#1910
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Sally I lived in England for 11yrs.I wouldnt say hate but I was certainly talked down to many a time as though I was some second class citizen, mainly in the south .
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When I think about an independent Scotland I don't think about English people at all. I'm excited to have self-determination; not for the chance to stick it up our neighbours.
It's a heady mix of arrogance and ignorance that breeds such a point of view.
#1913
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When I first started work, the deputy CEO took me under his wing. I was broad Yorkshire, first time working in London. He was Glaswegian. One of his favorite sayings to me was "folk can only talk down to you if you let them".
#1914
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It's a heady mix of arrogance and ignorance that assumes that all English people want the Scots to remain part of the Union.....
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Err, I think you missed the cause/effect there.....she was saying (some) English want the Scots to leave because of the incessant whingeing, not that the Scots want to leave because they think the English hate them.....
It's a heady mix of arrogance and ignorance that assumes that all English people want the Scots to remain part of the Union.....
It's a heady mix of arrogance and ignorance that assumes that all English people want the Scots to remain part of the Union.....
I didn't make any assumptions about English people in my post so why are you projecting? You'll have to wait until I actually say some ignorant/arrogant pish before you call me out on it.
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Making my point for me I think.
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Ha ha! I have to admit, that's a brilliant response. <snip>.
Enjoy your point of view.
Enjoy your point of view.
Last edited by christmasoompa; Sep 16th 2014 at 11:53 am. Reason: Rule 1. Argue your point, but do it without stooping to personal insults, thanks.
#1919
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A question, probably for dunroving who appears to be, in this thread at least, one of the most actually informed in a situation where many claim to be informed...
In the event of a yes vote, there is then an 18 month period in which " the details" are negotiated. That's likely to be a pretty acrimonious negotiation, particularly with things such as shouldering the burden of the national debt, so what process, if any, is in place to deal with the situation in which an agreement can't be reached?
In the event of a yes vote, there is then an 18 month period in which " the details" are negotiated. That's likely to be a pretty acrimonious negotiation, particularly with things such as shouldering the burden of the national debt, so what process, if any, is in place to deal with the situation in which an agreement can't be reached?
#1920
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A question, probably for dunroving who appears to be, in this thread at least, one of the most actually informed in a situation where many claim to be informed...
In the event of a yes vote, there is then an 18 month period in which " the details" are negotiated. That's likely to be a pretty acrimonious negotiation, particularly with things such as shouldering the burden of the national debt, so what process, if any, is in place to deal with the situation in which an agreement can't be reached?
In the event of a yes vote, there is then an 18 month period in which " the details" are negotiated. That's likely to be a pretty acrimonious negotiation, particularly with things such as shouldering the burden of the national debt, so what process, if any, is in place to deal with the situation in which an agreement can't be reached?
Almost every discussion of a post-Yes adjustment period has quite emphatically concluded that 18 months is nowhere near a realistic timeline.