Will you vote for independence?

[two sheds]

Bloody tempting I have to say. I did think of way up in the North West - 'Oban and the North' which along with the west of Ireland is God's own country - before I moved to Cornwall. I've become a wimp though - an extra months of summer and not freezing my nuts off in winter has spoiled me .

 

[danny la rouge]

Bloody tempting I have to say. I did think of way up in the North West - 'Oban and the North' which along with the west of Ireland is God's own country - before I moved to Cornwall. I've become a wimp though - an extra months of summer and not freezing my nuts off in winter has spoiled me .

You could come for long enough to get citizenship, then move back to Cornwall. But with your dual citizenship, you'd have an NHS to fall back on once the English one is fully privatised.

 

[two sheds]

My dad was a scot if anyone wants to bet a hundred against that

 

[weepiper]

We've been waiting for a false flag. D'you think this might be it?

 

[Quartz]

We've been waiting for a false flag. D'you think this might be it?

No. I frequent a left-leaning American BBS and every election there the Democrats predict an 'October surprise' from the Republicans; it never happens.

 

[danny la rouge]

We've been waiting for a false flag. D'you think this might be it?

Could be. Or could just be the so called "SNLA" (actually non existent figment of Busby Snr's imagination), which means a lone nutter inspired by Busby Snr or Jnr. (Adam Busby Jnr sent letter bombs to Salmond and SNP headquarters a few years ago, and bullets to various other people).

 

[DairyQueen]

We've been waiting for a false flag. D'you think this might be it?

Depends if there is even a conviction. If not, anyone could have sent the e-mail.

A no voter who sent that dodgy e-mail to Yes Scotland was actually convicted. I posted the link up a couple weeks ago. I imagine the press will be finding any excuse to report on these kinds of things from the Yes side. Facebook is rife with death threats against Alex Salmond from no campaigners and Labour candidates . I would dismiss it as harmless banter if the British press reflected the fact that the yes campaign is squeaky clean in comparison.

The danger is if they actually encourage some poor sod to do something stupid.

 

[DotCommunist]

It won't break camerons heart. It'll break his ego and fuck his legacy and make him the tory who lost scotland.

also, get in Nigel

 

[DairyQueen]

Cameron would never be able to show his face again at the annual Conservative Party fundraiser. And that is the party to be at for posh right-wing blokes.

 

[DairyQueen]

Bloody tempting I have to say. I did think of way up in the North West - 'Oban and the North' which along with the west of Ireland is God's own country - before I moved to Cornwall. I've become a wimp though - an extra months of summer and not freezing my nuts off in winter has spoiled me .

Could you vote for Mebyon Kernow? They seem like a nice bunch of lefties that enjoy a warm cider .

 

[DotCommunist]

he doesn't have a heart anyway, just a shrivelled black canker.

 

[Quartz]

It won't break camerons heart. It'll break his ego

Same thing, surely?

 

[danny la rouge]

Same thing, surely?

It's interesting you should say that. Go on...

 

[geminisnake]

I actually wondered that when I saw it, too. Unfortunately having just turned 60 and so statistically coming into the expensive time for NHS costs I don't think they'd want me .

Of course we would, you are LOVELY!!

 

[two sheds]

awwwwww

 

[Frankie Jack]

I've just had a 'moment'.

I'm sat at the end of the bar in my regular pub for the football, drinking too much cider and enjoying the usual banter.

Up walks a guy with a Yes badge on. I strike up a conversation.

Turns out the guy has just moved here from Leeds, having turned down a council property to do so. He's now living in one of Edinburgh's homeless hostels.

"Why did you move up then?", I politely enquire.

"So I can vote Yes in September, and live in a fairer country.", he responds.

This principled guy has made himself homeless and moved a couple of hundred miles so that he can vote Yes and help create a society to actually be proud of

I'm still grinning now!

https://www.facebook.com/IndependentScotland/posts/250564518400967

 

[Frankie Jack]

Bloody tempting I have to say. I did think of way up in the North West - 'Oban and the North' which along with the west of Ireland is God's own country - before I moved to Cornwall. I've become a wimp though - an extra months of summer and not freezing my nuts off in winter has spoiled me .

Ah.. I remember those Southern extra months. My hair staying where I'd combed it without crash helmet hairspray to look respectable when I got into work.

Still, I won't care about our Scottish weather when It's no longer Wastemonster driven eat or heat.

 

[two sheds]

Ah.. I remember those Southern extra months. My hair staying where I'd combed it without crash helmet hairspray

Yep same here .

Six months in Scotland for the right timing and dual nationality bloody tempting I have to say.

 

[DairyQueen]

http://www1.politicalbetting.com/in...olling-methodologies-survation-puts-its-case/

 

[DotCommunist]

I'm not bailing on england to vote. I'm pro-indy but the bastards haven't won in my country yet. We'll get them

 

[DairyQueen]

I'm not bailing on england to vote. I'm pro-indy but the bastards haven't won in my country yet. We'll get them

Still a bit of time, and the two pollsters tend to underestimate yes, still a load of Don't Knows. There does need to be a bit of a swing quickly, but anything can happen up until referendum day.

 

[Quartz]

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-scottish-islands-edinburgh-london-devolution

ETA: forgot to add my own comment.

Anyway, a branch of my family hails from Barra, which is why I picked up on this.

 

[Quartz]

SNP's 'retribution threat' to pro-UK Scottish firms

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ribution-threat-to-pro-UK-Scottish-firms.html

 

[danny la rouge]

SNP's 'retribution threat' to pro-UK Scottish firms

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ribution-threat-to-pro-UK-Scottish-firms.html

Sounds far-fetched. Not least given the number of companies and CEOs who have come out for No, including the latest donations to Better Together from whisky firms.

 

[Quartz]

Sounds far-fetched. Not least given the number of companies and CEOs who have come out for No, including the latest donations to Better Together from whisky firms.

Maybe. It's a serious claim. I'll be watching the program tonight. Perhaps there's a recording of one of the telephone calls.

 

[danny la rouge]

Another view:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/lesley-riddoch-no-guesses-who-gets-the-funding-1-3468071

 

[Quartz]

Well, Dispatches was a bit of a hatchet job on both sides, but was particularly hard on the SNP. I've recorded it so I can watch it again - I missed ~5 mins after the break.

The reporter missed the fact that many of those who withdrew from the CBI had to withdraw after it took a side because they had to remain neutral, but he did demonstrate that Swinney did pressure them. The evidence of the Scottish Fisheries being bullied was pretty clear-cut: they showed a clip of the chairman being told he was 'on thin ice' by a SNP SMP in the Scottish Parliament (her words, not mine). I hope to be speaking to some senior Scottish fisheries people next week so I'll know more then. The whiskey claim of bullying was also pretty bad, but I note that nobody was prepared to come forward with concrete evidence.

As for the Unionist side, the two-faced nature of the government was clearly shown. But really, what do you expect? Of course they're fighting for the Union. And they should come out and say so. And then there was the dodgy maths, the dodgy dossier.

They gave the last word to the SNP, which I felt was itself biased.

Neither side came off well, but the Yes campaign has to show that it's better than the No campaign, and it's not doing it.

 

[8ball]

The reporter missed the fact that many of those who withdrew from the CBI had to withdraw after it took a side because they had to remain neutral...

It def said that in the programme - more than once if my memory is accurate, though I think that was in statements by the parties involved in withdrawing.

 

[pogofish]

I really should not open my email when eating a well ketchupped bacon roll!

Dear Mr Fish,

We now have several thousand people signed up to make calls with Blether Together, which is great news. However we have around 1.1 million swing voters across Scotland to reach between now and polling day on 18 September. This means we need more support.
With less than 73 days to go there is a lot of work to be done. With your help we can ensure people in Scotland say No Thanks to independence.
We have noticed that you are not one of our Blether Together approved callers and I wanted to ask if you would be willing to sign up to make calls for the campaign?

To sign up to make calls please click here : http://www.bettertogether.net/page/s/blethertogethersignup

Thank you in advance.

Rob

Rob MurrayDeputy Director of Operations (Grassroots)
Better Together

0141 332 4634

Now need to clean monitor and keyboard!

 

[danny la rouge]

You should sign up. To make calls. To make calls.