Salmond "We can take Scotland in two weeks"

[Unix]

Do you think that when you're ruled from Edinburgh, it will be by an elite?

Nope, did Salmond or Sturgeon go to Eton?

[minestrone]

Nope, did Salmond or Sturgeon go to Eton?

I don't think they would have been clever enough.

[Unix]

I don't think they would have been rich and privileged enough.

FTFY

[scooterscot]

Do you think that when you're ruled from Edinburgh, it will be by an elite?

It'll be a different kind of elite. Posh Scot's. Gosh they're the worst. Did you know Edinburgh has more private schools than of any city in the UK?

Regarding this CU business and economic argument. 300+ years of union will never end 'well'. There's no such thing a smooth transition from one to the other. All the take just blankets people from the fact that a lot will change. It's silly to suggest nothing will change.

Imagine the CU is blocked. Okay, Scotland uses the pound anyway. Nothing can stop that.

Or Scotland adopts the euro (which is fine for wealthy nations will good accountants that don't cook the books).

Imagine the pressure on businesses in the south with trading partners using the euro in the north. That is the one thing Westminster will not want. It's bad enough traders in England have to contend with exchange rates when exporting to the EU, but also in these islands in the north?

The PM will be the most unpopular individual ever for forcing more pressure on small businesses in the north of England into the ground.

There's so many dynamics, but the path of least resistance shall prevail. It always does in nature. A CU is that path, whether you like it or not.

[DodgyAgent]

Nope, did Salmond or Sturgeon go to Eton?

Elitism is not defined by where people go to school.

[Old Greg]

Nope, did Salmond or Sturgeon go to Eton?

Is that what you defines elitism?

[Batcher]

Errrr what about the peoploe who just don't want to be in an Independant Scotland, who are quite happy being British, who see this bizarre nation as model for cooperation? For those people who don't buy into your understaning of what it is to be Scottish?

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Again, this isn't about nationalism. It's a grassroot movement to get away from Westminster and the fact they dance to the corporate tune. Big business runs the country and Cameron et al are just puppets who will retire into a very well paid consultant's job with the same corporate firms.

An independent Scotland will have the chance to start from scratch to build a better system. The financial sector is huge and will probably have to find it's level.

[CheeseSlice]

Nope, did Salmond or Sturgeon go to Eton?

erm, isn't Eton a boys-only school?

[Old Greg]

Imagine the CU is blocked. Okay, Scotland uses the pound anyway. Nothing can stop that.

Or Scotland adopts the euro (which is fine for wealthy nations will good accountants that don't cook the books).

Imagine the pressure on businesses in the south with trading partners using the euro in the north. That is the one thing Westminster will not want. It's bad enough traders in England have to contend with exchange rates when exporting to the EU, but also in these islands in the north?

The PM will be the most unpopular individual ever for forcing more pressure on small businesses in the north of England into the ground.

There's so many dynamics, but the path of least resistance shall prevail. It always does in nature. A CU is that path, whether you like it or not.

Panama: what level of currency reserves will Scotland need?
Panama: will Scotland be allowed into the EU?

[Batcher]

Do you think that when you're ruled from Edinburgh, it will be by an elite?

The thing is, with the partial PR system we have in Scotland, it's a much fairer system and one the people can influence.