scot47

Let's see if the Unionists deliver what was promised in "The Vow" the day before the vote.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/po...d-nick-4265992

dunroving

Whether they deliver or not, I doubt the timeline is realistic - but then we are talking about politics and politicians here. I already see whinging from the former Yes camp, and it's only 3 days since the result of the referendum was known.

Of course the Yes camp would have delivered all of the wondrous benefits they were promising by Christmas, I'm sure.

dunroving

Ah, that's a new one on me, never heard of <> meaning N/E to.

Pulaski

Also post #2151, above.

"<>" used to be a standard boolean code in BASIC programming, and also maybe COBOL, but the last time I did any programming was in the 1980's so I am not sure what the current usage is, though as there still isn't a combined "=/", I suspect "<>" is still used.

Michael

It's from computer languages where < is "less than" and > is "more than" and the combination <> is "not equal to".

I think the symbols have the same meaning when used in statistical analysis.

The usage is so common in computer languages that we sometimes forget that it is not necessarily common in every day use.

sir_eccles

The problem with the timeline is there is going to be a general election in the middle of it. Parliamentary sovereignty means those promises are close to useless.

Besides Labour would never agree because it condemns them to being second fiddle to the Tory party in England.

dunroving

Seems invariably politicians have to offer something they can't really give in order to be elected (or in this case, to win the referendum). Then the losers get to criticise them for not delivering. Salmond/Yes were promising all sorts they could never have delivered.

If politicians told the complete truth, they'd never get elected.

Amazes me sometimes that people still get worked up about the business of "politics as usual". A leopard doesn't change its spots.

scot47

COBOL and BASIC ? Our retired Lieutenant Colonel is giving away his age !

Nutek

Still a lot of money in COBOL programming.

Pulaski

Well I suppose it proves that I first learned to program some time during the last 50 years, which puts me somewhere between 7 and about 80, or so.

SultanOfSwing

Well you are, aren't you?

Couldn't be arsed reading every single post I missed while I was in the UK for the vote, but was there as much sour grapes on here as there was on arsebook from the deluded ... I mean, the yes camp?

Pulaski

I might be.

SultanOfSwing

You're either an octogenarian with all (or most of) your marbles or a textbook six-year-old

Garbatellamike

I vote 78

SultanOfSwing

Falling within his original range, interestingly enough.

Why, now, do I have a mental picture of Rowley Birkin, QC?