Implications for the rest of us if Scotland votes yes

[weltweit]

Salmond wants to remain in the EU, remain in Nato, remain with the BofE in a currency Union, he doesn't want Nuclear Subs - but apart from that he may as well stay in the UK!

 

[J Ed]

Salmond wants to remain in the EU, remain in Nato, remain with the BofE in a currency Union, he doesn't want Nuclear Subs - but apart from that he may as well stay in the UK!

You missed out the monarchy

 

[weltweit]

You missed out the monarchy

Yes silly me, so I did. Salmond wants to retain the Queen, the pound, membership of the EU and Nato ..

 

[ibilly99]

Yes silly me, so I did. Salmond wants to retain the Queen, the pound, membership of the EU and Nato ..

But apart from that what have the Sassenachs ever done for us ?

 

[coley]

The amount of tired stereotyping and cliched ignorance that's been bandied around by people the last few weeks - even here on supposedly enlightened Urban - makes me surprised more of them don't want to leave tbh

Some of us don't take the idea of a 'yes' vote seriously, the Scots aren't stupid, hence the mild ribaldry

 

[coley]

But according to Salmond (and at least one person on this thread) all that will simply be ignored and an independent Scotland will be welcomed into the EU on whatever terms it chooses on day 1.

Aye, but Salmond seems to have managed to make a lot of scots put on a pair of rose tinted specs,despite the evidence to the contrary! The boss of the BoE says no currency union, Salmond says 'no problem' the prez of the EU says " Scotlands admission to the EU is not guaranteed" Salmond says no problem! Etc etc.

 

[coley]

Yes silly me, so I did. Salmond wants to retain the Queen, the pound, membership of the EU and Nato ..

And the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_formula
No doubt

 

[Celyn]

.... A nation that dreamt for so long of Braveheart Mel Gibson, but despite it all, can only ever have Mad Max Mel Gibson

I'm not sure that Scotland has dreamt "for so long", or indeed at all, about bloody "Braveheart", really.

 

[spring-peeper]

Aye, but Salmond seems to have managed to make a lot of scots put on a pair of rose tinted specs,despite the evidence to the contrary! The boss of the BoE says no currency union, Salmond says 'no problem' the prez of the EU says " Scotlands admission to the EU is not guaranteed" Salmond says no problem! Etc etc.

No, he said that a currency union is incompatible with sovereignty. Which it is.
He has been through this before.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

i heard someone saying that you dont need permission to use another currency...for example there are a number of countries around the world that use the US dollar as their primary currency... i dont really know enough about it to know if thats a good counterargument or not

very true . Cuba uses the US dollar in all its international dealings. But to do that you need a large cash reserve so that you are credible as the lender of last resort. Hong kong does this with the us dollar. We're talking a sizeable percentage of gdp here with the cash reserve, too , which is why all scots should be sceptical about any snp spending promises.

The alternative is to persuade the bofe to act as scotland's lender of last resort. And according to the head of the bofe that will require scotland agreeing to common tax policies with the uk.

 

[Celyn]

I take it that the 'Yes' people will find it unbearable to be in Scotland when they lose? Where could they go I wonder? The Utter Hebrides is fairly empty, perhaps they could go there?

[QUOTE="Sasaferrato, post: 1339

I think the Hebrides are still part of SCotland, you know. You might have to look further afield for somewhere to deport 'Yes' voters to. Canada, USA, Australia, Van Diemen's Land?

 

[Celyn]

For what it's worth, if we can persuade Cumbria (for geographical continuity purposes), I'm all in favour of Merseyside going Scottish. I've had quite enough of Tory cunts.

I'm afraid we have Tories in Scotland too. Merseyside, eh? Building ferries to crosss the Mersey might be good work for the shipyards. I'd prefer you not to bring Paul McCartney with you, though.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

very true . Cuba uses the US dollar in all its international dealings. But to do that you need a large cash reserve so that you are credible as the lender of last resort. Hong kong does this with the us dollar. We're talking a sizeable percentage of gdp here with the cash reserve, too , which is why all scots should be sceptical about any snp spending promises.

The alternative is to persuade the bofe to act as scotland's lender of last resort. And according to the head of the bofe that will require scotland agreeing to common tax policies with the uk.

your fingers must be sore from all that googling you've done between posts?

 

[Theisticle]

Holy crap. This is so awful.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics...n-no-scotland-fewer-walls-barriers?CMP=twt_gu

 

[butchersapron]

Holy crap. This is so awful.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics...n-no-scotland-fewer-walls-barriers?CMP=twt_gu

She says fricking in the very first sentence.

The same para has:

"groaned my friend Hugo."

 

[Obnoxiousness]

http://wingsoverscotland.com/and-then-my-heart-went-boom/#more-61698

BBC allegedly not reporting accurately shocker!!!

 

[Theisticle]

She says fricking in the very first sentence.

The same para has:

"groaned my friend Hugo."

Third paragraph:

"As a wishy-washy liberal who holds fast to the two great central political tenets of our time, as expressed by David Mitchell of this paper – "I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that" and "it just goes to show you can't be too careful""

It's all too much.

 

[butchersapron]

The latent bit is vote lib-dem. Like me and the other boy.

 

[Obnoxiousness]

Wales is stirring it up too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-29189446

Campaigners say a Yes vote in Scotland would be the spark to do things differently in Wales

Continue reading the main story
Scotland Decides - where does it leave Wales?

• Young people debate UK's future
• For Wales 'don't read Scotland'
• Union greater than sum of its parts
• Scotland urged to 'stay in family'

About 400 people have been taking part in a rally in Cardiff to urge Scotland to vote Yes in next week's referendum.

 

[butchersapron]

Wales is is it?

 

[Sasaferrato]

Yes silly me, so I did. Salmond wants to retain the Queen, the pound, membership of the EU and Nato ..

Indeed, states that the Queen will be head of state. I wonder if treasonous bastardly has actually asked her Majesty what she thinks. I should imagine She thinks that his head would look good on a pike at Traitor'a Gate.

 

[butchersapron]

Indeed, states that the Queen will be head of state. I wonder if treasonous bastardly has actually asked her Majesty what she thinks. I should imagine She thinks that his head would look good on a pike at Traitor'a Gate.

Yeah? You think she'll refuse to be Queen of Scotland and refuse to appoint Salmond as PM? You're wrong. But if there were a chance she would act like that that would be a good reason to vote YES.

 

[weepiper]

Indeed, states that the Queen will be head of state. I wonder if treasonous bastardly has actually asked her Majesty what she thinks. I should imagine She thinks that his head would look good on a pike at Traitor'a Gate.

Whit. Seriously.

 

[DotCommunist]

is it mental sunday or something

 

[ddraig]

nah, silly snday
then MENTAL MONDAY, TUESDAY TWITS, WANKER WEDNESDAY and THREAK OUT THURSDAY!!!!

 

[andysays]

But will they all be followed by Freedom Friday?

 

[DotCommunist]

count won't be in that quick

 

[weepiper]

count won't be in that quick

They're talking about announcing it Friday morning.

 

[ddraig]

that table someone posted of times of expected results had some late ones but not that late, ie 7am etc iirc

 

[butchersapron]

The BBC results program is supposed to go to 6.30 AM if no problems with counts.