Scottish Referendum / Independence - Vol 6
Discussion
GadgeS3C said:
simoid said:
A council spokesman said:
A highly placed council source denied that having a bridge which didn’t actually join up in the middle was a blow to the city’s integrated transport strategy, saying: “Drivers will barely feel the gap in the road surface as they drive over it. At 14 inches wide, the gap is much smaller than many of the potholes in Edinburgh’s roads.”
That bit is very believable!4v6 said:
The irony of what may be about to transpire, I find delicious.
The self interested politicians on all sides who fought tooth and nail to keep the scots from leaving the union may now be subject to rule by the same people they bribed to stay in.
Bet they never saw that coming and wish theyd kept their noses out of the referendum.
So whilst you are busy chortling and rubbing your hands in glee at the chaos the SNP is causing, and the angst that rUK is going through as a result, you are conveniently forgetting that as a direct result of that exact same chaos and angst:The self interested politicians on all sides who fought tooth and nail to keep the scots from leaving the union may now be subject to rule by the same people they bribed to stay in.
Bet they never saw that coming and wish theyd kept their noses out of the referendum.
1. People are suffering unnecessarily in hospitals in Scotland
2. Healthcare in general in Scotland is suffering relative to the rUK
3. Vital jobs are under threat in Scotland
4. Investment in Scottish jobs for the future is on hold by many major firms
But hey ho eh? Maybe you see that as a price worth paying for a second go at the thing you failed at last September?
Oh, and noses out of the referendum? really? Salmond BEGGED DC to come to Scotland. No, what you mean is that you wish the rUK and those in Scotland on the NO side of the fence had not so comprehensively dismantled the lie-fest and general b
ks that amounted to the SNP YES campaign. simoid said:
Would you agree that this is disgusting behaviour for a politician, "arp1"?
Edited by simoid on Wednesday 1st April 08:02
simoid said:
Editing out an apology after gunning for the wrong poster and then falling for an April Fool's joke, you're not having the best of days, are you Hemorrhoid?Strocky said:
simoid said:
Would you agree that this is disgusting behaviour for a politician, "arp1"?
Edited by simoid on Wednesday 1st April 08:02
simoid said:
Editing out an apology after gunning for the wrong poster and then falling for an April Fool's joke, you're not having the best of days, are you Hemorrhoid?Eta: call it quits if you apologise once to me.
Strocky said:
Editing out an apology after gunning for the wrong poster and then falling for an April Fool's joke, you're not having the best of days, are you Hemorrhoid?
Am I reading this wrong, it looks to me like stroppy edited out the apology himself in quoting?And missed the wink smileys?
blinkythefish said:
Fear not, our huge whisky exports will pick up the shortfall from any drop in the oil price:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-busin...
"SWA blamed the decline on "weaker economic conditions and political volatility" in some markets."http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-busin...
aka the referendum. The SNP and the referendum have been and may continue to be a near on disaster for Scotland.
simoid said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Am I reading this wrong, it looks to me like stroppy edited out the apology himself in quoting?
And missed the wink smileys?
Strocky's just having a double comprehension fail it would seem And missed the wink smileys?
Either that or he has had a bit of a lapse.
But... hey we are all human.
Strocky said:
simoid said:
Would you agree that this is disgusting behaviour for a politician, "arp1"?
Edited by simoid on Wednesday 1st April 08:02
simoid said:
Editing out an apology after gunning for the wrong poster and then falling for an April Fool's joke, you're not having the best of days, are you Hemorrhoid?Lol at this:
https://www.facebook.com/Yesnpbrigadoon/posts/7691...
arp1 said:
How have they failed? They have been the best government we have had so far!
The primary role of any government is to defend its people. The Scottish 'government' cannot. Nor can it address immigration, benefits, energy etc etc.It's not a government. It's a poxy talking shop of glorified local councillors and should be abandoned post haste.
barryrs said:
arp1 said:
How have they failed? They have been the best government we have had so far!
Here's 100 failures from 2011 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/15_04_1...I would also assume that even the most inept government would render a 4 year old list obsolete
Rick_1138 said:
Just to give a bit of real world example of why Scotland going Independent would have been a clusterfk of final proportions.
My GF works at a charity in the NE of scotland, the land they are based on is owned by Crown Estates, they are in the middle of a large investigation into the feasibility of expanding the centre and making some construction expansions to the site etc.
However due to the Nats going a bit funny and wanting independence from the evil Westminster they didn't get the result they wanted but they were thrown a bone by the govt of some new powers, which the nats were frothing at the mouth about so much because they 'Vow' wasn't in place in about 3 seconds.
Anyway, as a result of these new powers the Scottish crown estates are now o be run separately in Scotland, the issue with this is, no one at the crown estates has any fking idea how this is going to operate as there is no Scottish head office, and as a result the plans that are being looked at are now on hold indeffinately while they sort this out, which means no new content for the centre, which is bad news for a visitor attraction.
This is expected to go on for 2 years before they understand who is running what and even then the Scottish run crown estates may want to do something entirely different with the money\land.
This means visitor numbers will go down (this is a fact when new attractions aren't rolled out frequently) so my Mrs is worried that the centre will lose money hand over fist, she is now worried for her job.
All this because some fat tt wanted his name in history. Imagine if the vote had gone yes and this complete lack of knowledge going between the old English based systems and the new Scottish ones. Imagine if HMRC had split, how long would it have been till they sort all that out.
Yes its just conjecture but it says a lot when one relatively large organisation doesn't know its arse from its elbow as to whats going on, imagine how the country would be getting run.
I realise the yessers will decry what I have said as fanciful bks but this is exactly the reason I voted No.
I was under the impression that the Crown Estates issue was far from devolved or solved?k of final proportions.My GF works at a charity in the NE of scotland, the land they are based on is owned by Crown Estates, they are in the middle of a large investigation into the feasibility of expanding the centre and making some construction expansions to the site etc.
However due to the Nats going a bit funny and wanting independence from the evil Westminster they didn't get the result they wanted but they were thrown a bone by the govt of some new powers, which the nats were frothing at the mouth about so much because they 'Vow' wasn't in place in about 3 seconds.
Anyway, as a result of these new powers the Scottish crown estates are now o be run separately in Scotland, the issue with this is, no one at the crown estates has any f
king idea how this is going to operate as there is no Scottish head office, and as a result the plans that are being looked at are now on hold indeffinately while they sort this out, which means no new content for the centre, which is bad news for a visitor attraction.This is expected to go on for 2 years before they understand who is running what and even then the Scottish run crown estates may want to do something entirely different with the money\land.
This means visitor numbers will go down (this is a fact when new attractions aren't rolled out frequently) so my Mrs is worried that the centre will lose money hand over fist, she is now worried for her job.
All this because some fat t
t wanted his name in history. Imagine if the vote had gone yes and this complete lack of knowledge going between the old English based systems and the new Scottish ones. Imagine if HMRC had split, how long would it have been till they sort all that out.Yes its just conjecture but it says a lot when one relatively large organisation doesn't know its arse from its elbow as to whats going on, imagine how the country would be getting run.
I realise the yessers will decry what I have said as fanciful b
ks but this is exactly the reason I voted No.http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2015/mar/west...
technodup said:
he primary role of any government is to defend its people. The Scottish 'government' cannot. Nor can it address immigration, benefits, energy etc etc.
It's not a government. It's a poxy talking shop of glorified local councillors and should be abandoned post haste.
Hence why they fought (and are fighting) for Independence It's not a government. It's a poxy talking shop of glorified local councillors and should be abandoned post haste.
The Unionist's can forget their wee wet dream of Holyrood being dismantled, once the devolved parliament was setup the genie was out of the bottle, it's not a matter of if Scotland will be an independent country, it's a matter of when, thanks to the bungling of Labour, Tories & Lib Dems in Westminster
Strocky said:
I apologise that your atrociously formatted edited post missed out your apology to ARP1 when I pressed quote rather than quote all, as for the April fool, methinks you got all excited when you read about a 12" gap that had to be filled in with some steel and forgot yourself
Nats and numbers eh barryrs said:
Strocky said:
I apologise that your atrociously formatted edited post missed out your apology to ARP1 when I pressed quote rather than quote all, as for the April fool, methinks you got all excited when you read about a 12" gap that had to be filled in with some steel and forgot yourself
Nats and numbers eh 
Strocky said:
I apologise that your atrociously formatted edited post missed out your apology to ARP1 when I pressed quote rather than quote all, as for the April fool, methinks you got all excited when you read about a 12" gap that had to be filled in with some steel and forgot yourself
It wasn't atrociously formatted at all - I apologised at the head of the post then supplemented that with the mistake. I then edited to add a footnote - fairly standard and easily understood to most. Understandably not to you though Yes I always put 3 winking faces when I'm being serious
As for your apology - I'd like one since you mistakenly called me a liar. Poor form, even for a cybernat.
Strocky said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Am I reading this wrong, it looks to me like stroppy edited out the apology himself in quoting?
And missed the wink smileys?
Simmer down and take your tinfoil hat off, there's a good ladAnd missed the wink smileys?
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