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Message 1236570 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 15:49:50 UTC - in response to Message 1236490.  

If the polls are to believed then it might not happen.

Just one in three Scots wants independence from Britain, poll shows

That's about all it took for the US colonies to revolt


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Message 1236591 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 16:28:08 UTC - in response to Message 1236570.  

What have Slavs from Eastern Europe have to do with this, we're talking about Scotland, the decision should be left to the Picts.





If the Poles are to believed then it might not happen.


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Message 1236603 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 16:43:51 UTC - in response to Message 1236570.  

If the polls are to believed then it might not happen.

Just one in three Scots wants independence from Britain, poll shows

That's about all it took for the US colonies to revolt

Yes, we know the US colonies are revolting ;-)

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1. causing revulsion; nauseating, disgusting, or repulsive
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Message 1236611 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 16:53:21 UTC - in response to Message 1236603.  

No they are not, the US unVirgin Islands, American Samoa and Puerto Rico are not seeking to leave US control. Now Texas, that might be another story.




Yes, we know the US colonies are revolting ;-)


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Message 1236624 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 17:04:22 UTC - in response to Message 1236492.  

Seems to me that an increasing number of folks are asking Brussels, 'who died and left you king'

....."Kings with no cloths on"!!.....


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Message 1236628 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 17:10:39 UTC - in response to Message 1236624.  

They don't wear clothe, they wear Euros -- much more irritating to the skin.

Seems to me that an increasing number of folks are asking Brussels, 'who died and left you king'

....."Kings with no cloths on"!!.....


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Message 1236648 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 17:59:33 UTC - in response to Message 1236628.  

They don't wear clothe, they wear Euros -- much more irritating to the skin.

Seems to me that an increasing number of folks are asking Brussels, 'who died and left you king'

....."Kings with no cloths on"!!.....



Baz, you'll have to design a Euro gown for them....


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Message 1236745 - Posted: 25 May 2012, 21:16:28 UTC - in response to Message 1236680.  

Chris, you got to say this though, the mess with the Euro sure has resulted in the British pound and US dollar keeping value.

For the Scots the financial sense is waning -- when North Sea oil was really flowing, that was the time.
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Message 1238277 - Posted: 27 May 2012, 22:20:43 UTC

Alec Salmond had better take note.....

time for Independance Postponement?
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Message 1238407 - Posted: 28 May 2012, 6:35:32 UTC - in response to Message 1238277.  

Alec Salmond had better take note.....

time for Independance Postponement?


...quoted from Sirius's attachment above...
The trouble is that personally he has little time to achieve this where Scotland has all the time in the world to wait for the right moment. The drivers are out of synchronisation and that is dangerously destabilising.

...and when do you think this moment will be, "Ol' sunshine"...If you don't
go for it in 2014 then you'll never have this chance again. Give up on this
Independence notion, Scotland, for your not as big as you'd like to think you are.


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Message 1238577 - Posted: 28 May 2012, 18:50:53 UTC - in response to Message 1238407.  

I can just see the new motto -- liberty or Euro.
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Message 1242734 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 11:48:34 UTC - in response to Message 1242731.  
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How can you call this merger the Scottish army when it relates to a reduced British Army?

Edit: Which will be reduced even further if Scotland gains independence.
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Message 1243453 - Posted: 8 Jun 2012, 19:12:39 UTC - in response to Message 1243419.  

Agree, but then again, that's to be expected from these muppets.
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Message 1251345 - Posted: 25 Jun 2012, 15:48:15 UTC

Poor old Salmond..running scared already & it's not even 2014......

The salmon is not biting
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Message 1251979 - Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 7:23:47 UTC - in response to Message 1251345.  

Poor old Salmond..running scared already & it's not even 2014......

The salmon is not biting


I think we should have a UK wide referendum with the question, "Should we
drop all separate country names and just call the whole lot "Britain"

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Message 1252012 - Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 8:45:39 UTC

Just been doing the sums, on the back of an envelope as usual. That shows if Scotland does go independent then Westminster would be run by the Conservatives most of the time.

Now there's a thought.
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Message 1253731 - Posted: 30 Jun 2012, 14:16:42 UTC
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Message 1253734 - Posted: 30 Jun 2012, 14:31:23 UTC - in response to Message 1251992.  

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Historically, There are 4 separate countries, England, Wales, Scotland, & Northern Ireland. Initially Britain was composed of England and Wales, then became Great Britain under the Union with Scotland. Finally it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after 1923, which is referred to as the UK.



Incorrect. Northern Ireland is a colony.
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Message 1253796 - Posted: 30 Jun 2012, 17:40:02 UTC - in response to Message 1253779.  

The main cause of the troubles in Ireland was due to the fact that Paisley & his cohorts wanted to be seen as a seperate country not ruled from Westminster, but at the same time, kept the protection of the crown.

Neither Dublin or Westminster would allow this & as such, Ireland still sees it as a colony.
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