Frankie Jack
Not a bloke..
Huge turnout for Rory the Tory's stone laying.
Will you vote for independence?
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Frankie Jack
Not a bloke..
The Tory Rory Stewart Cairn plus short interview
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Better Together would kill for this kind of support
(the opening of the Yes shop in Leith)
Better Together would kill for this kind of support
(the opening of the Yes shop in Leith)
The Better Together shop in Aberdeen always seems empty.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Daft Tory gobshite and "public relations consultant", Brian Monteith, wails that the Beatles would have been foreign if we'd been independent in the 60s.
"Had Scotland been independent in 1962 when The Beatles had their first hit, it would have been as foreign a cultural influence to us as they were to Belgium; an influence, yes, but not one of our own. Not part of the family. And all the inspirational Scottish achievements of the last 50 or so years – ranging from Dolly the Sheep to countless medical advances – they too would no longer have been available for Liverpudlians to claim as part of their culture, their family."
Scotsman.
"Had Scotland been independent in 1962 when The Beatles had their first hit, it would have been as foreign a cultural influence to us as they were to Belgium; an influence, yes, but not one of our own. Not part of the family. And all the inspirational Scottish achievements of the last 50 or so years – ranging from Dolly the Sheep to countless medical advances – they too would no longer have been available for Liverpudlians to claim as part of their culture, their family."
Scotsman.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
no it's not.DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
seriously the irony of a tory talking about other people being divide and rule is killing me
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
I had a wee surge of 'ohhh we are actually going to do this!' on Saturday when Anas Sarwar got heckled mercilessly and eventually booed off during his speech at the Palestinian solidarity demo. A sitting Labour MP, in Glasgow, getting booed off by a large proportion of a 3-4000-strong crowd. Those are the voters whose minds we need to change and it's working.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
And I'll watch it again later when I get home Either the sound quality or my hearing was too poor to make out what he was saying and why the 'Off' chant started, but are you sure he wasn't being booed for being a hypocrite (bedroom tax etc) rather than being a Unionist or Labour MP? And if he was being booed for being a Unionist or Labour MP, that's poor form, and could push undecideds into the "For my own safety, I'll say I'm voting Yes but actually vote No" camp.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
From what I could hear from where I stood (and he was heckled from the minute he came to the mic) he was mostly being booed for the Labour Party's stance on Israel. So yes, hypocrisy. There were many people there with a more legitimate right to speak than him. The difference in the crowd's reception to the Palestinian Archbishop Atallah Hanna, who was speaking through a translator, was stark. You could hear a pin drop for him.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Better Together would kill for this kind of support
(the opening of the Yes shop in Leith)
There are shops??
What do they sell?
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Yes and No themed stuff
http://shop.yesscotland.net/
I can't find an online Better Together shop but I imagine it's much the same kind of thing
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Cheers - that's quite interesting. Wonder what would happen if we had Tory and Labour shops in the run-up to a General Election...
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Vandalism on an unprecedented scale
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
People would put stickers on the windows.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Which I've just done and I said to mr snake what are they chanting? Greedy Bastard was the reply
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Oh...Wings over Scotland is now totally blocked on HMRC computers.
(And I remembered last night that I actually know Rev Stuart Campbell, he stayed near me and used to come down the computer shop where I sat and took the protection out of games, 25 or so years ago.)
(And I remembered last night that I actually know Rev Stuart Campbell, he stayed near me and used to come down the computer shop where I sat and took the protection out of games, 25 or so years ago.)
DairyQueen
Well-Known Member
Can you access Guido Fawkes blog?
DairyQueen
Well-Known Member
... or pretty much any tabloid. I can't believe they blocked it. Did they give a reason?
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gosub
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Got a response from the Spectator's Leith correspondent.
p.s that shoppe is 1/2 a mile inside the Edinburgh border, not Leith
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
More and bigger Yes windows appearing day by day.
So far I have only seen two (2) No window posters in total (UKOK ones). Lost count of the Yes ones. This probably just means Yes voters are more likely to shout about it than No voters. I just hope whatever the result all these people carry on feeling strongly about politics.
So far I have only seen two (2) No window posters in total (UKOK ones). Lost count of the Yes ones. This probably just means Yes voters are more likely to shout about it than No voters. I just hope whatever the result all these people carry on feeling strongly about politics.
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gosub
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I saw a No window in Culross, Fife.
One. Once.
Might that be an indication that No supporters, although perhaps more numerous, are less motivated? Maybe less inclined to actually vote? Don't know.
I meet plenty of No supporters, and they aren't shy. In fact, they're usually genuinely surprised if you say you're voting Yes. Those I meet seem to naturally assume everyone is No.
One. Once.
Might that be an indication that No supporters, although perhaps more numerous, are less motivated? Maybe less inclined to actually vote? Don't know.
I meet plenty of No supporters, and they aren't shy. In fact, they're usually genuinely surprised if you say you're voting Yes. Those I meet seem to naturally assume everyone is No.
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