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25-01-2021, 07:00 AM | #76 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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...once in a lifetime could never be democracy and Boris’ NO isn’t democracy either...if the Scottish people want another referendum, if that’s the will of the people ...then I hope that they can get it...
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25-01-2021, 08:15 AM | #77 | ||
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Imagine if people had voted Boris into office in 2019 and it had been like "right, well, that's that then, Tories for the next hundred years! The people have spoken!"
That said, I do think it's too early, simply because of Brexit. Like it or not, we're on a small island with a land border with England, and being out of the EU now means that border gets very complicated (ESPECIALLY if Scotland was to rejoin the EU). Basically I think the trade situation between the UK and EU needs to settle down before it can even be considered, sadly. Secret option number 3 of course is staying outside of the "full" EU whilst having tailored deals with both the EU and England, allowing EU-England trade to flow through Scotland and making us super rich . We want our happy Scottish fish |
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25-01-2021, 08:49 AM | #78 | |||
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Its Not just the once in a lifetime, also, it's because of the Pandemic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic Last edited by arista; 25-01-2021 at 08:54 AM. |
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25-01-2021, 04:37 PM | #79 | |||
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I came across this article (titled 'Paean to Britain') by the TV presenter Neil Oliver that is basically what I think about all this.
Here it is - https://www.these-islands.co.uk/publ...o_britain.aspx Also I was thinking recently about how with the US election that some Trump supporters were supporting the idea that some states would breakaway from the United States, and how that is just as ridiculous as this. |
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25-01-2021, 05:50 PM | #80 | |||
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POW! BLAM!
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What's their end endgame? They want to be an independent country ... Under Nicola Sturgeon?
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25-01-2021, 06:14 PM | #81 | |||
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You know my methods
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Most scots think Nicola is doing a great job
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25-01-2021, 06:27 PM | #82 | |||
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POW! BLAM!
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Who am I to talk, we're ruled by Boris Bloody Johnson But at least the England part of the country sees him for the clown he is! (I hope)
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25-01-2021, 06:39 PM | #83 | ||
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I don't think so. It's really England that elected him. For me, Nicola Sturgeon is the only real states-person as to any part of the UK leadership. Which is also why in part she's hands down winning on the independence issue too. Because she's the only open and trustworthy leader in my opinion. |
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25-01-2021, 06:43 PM | #84 | ||
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25-01-2021, 06:50 PM | #85 | |||
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25-01-2021, 06:51 PM | #86 | |||
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Also, he was against Jeremy Corbyn. When there are two bad options, voting for a party headed by either of them is hardly a ringing endorsement. (For what it's worth, I spoiled my ballot. I wanted a hung parliament, I couldn't stand the thought of actively voting for either) Last edited by Oliver_W; 25-01-2021 at 06:52 PM. |
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25-01-2021, 06:52 PM | #87 | ||
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25-01-2021, 06:53 PM | #88 | |||
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Not to be one of those people who says "show your sources" but ... What is your source ?
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25-01-2021, 06:55 PM | #89 | ||
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Very strong point. |
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25-01-2021, 06:56 PM | #90 | ||
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25-01-2021, 06:56 PM | #91 | ||
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25-01-2021, 06:58 PM | #92 | |||
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Okay fairsquare, I was thrown off by the lack words like "I think"
Well, you're in the Scot"land" part of our country and I'm in the England bit, and I think he wouldn't get voted in again |
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25-01-2021, 07:05 PM | #93 | ||
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25-01-2021, 08:19 PM | #94 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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I honestly don't see how much better she has done?
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25-01-2021, 08:42 PM | #95 | |||
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It's almost impossible for a Scottish government to become unpopular because of the way the devolved powers were set up. The Scottish Parliament was given enough power so that it could look competent, but not enough that it could mess things up or do anything very controversial.
The previous Labour-led administration didn't get unpopular, it just lost power to the SNP because the UK Labour government at the time lost popularity. |
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25-01-2021, 08:42 PM | #96 | ||
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25-01-2021, 08:56 PM | #97 | ||
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25-01-2021, 09:26 PM | #98 | |||
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Nah, we're just one big happy country
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26-01-2021, 06:43 AM | #99 | |||
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26-01-2021, 06:48 AM | #100 | |||
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"Most Scots think Nicola is doing a great job,"
Sure LT, but on Independence. Not all Scottish want to be alone in the world. Last edited by arista; 26-01-2021 at 06:50 AM. |
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