SNP

[eek]

I don't think it be deeply unpopular for most of England. A lot of English voters said on Twitter they wish they could vote SNP after Nicola Sturgeon was on Question Time, despite the audience being loaded against her. I didn't realise there were so many Tory voters in the north east of England.

There is a serious need for a left wing party in the North East that isn't Labour. You only have to look at any of the local councils to see a lot of job for the boys, in it for themselves, Labour councillors. The problem is that people cannot and could not bring themselves to vote Tory so Labour gets in by default.

You only have to look at Newcastle from 2004-2011 where the Lib Dems were in power as a plausible alternative to Labour. Once they were tainted with a blue brush Labour once again got into power....

[Batcher]

I wonder what the realities are for direct employment and economic activity around those boats being there and all the facilities.
I did see some estimates for how long it would take to relocate the lot and they were in years and billions.

The fact the submarines are there is stopping oil exploration on the west coast.

[TykeMerc]

Given the mottly crew of left wing idiots in the other parties the Tories best option would be to let them go ahead and ruin the country once again. Maybe then by the time of the next election the electorate would realise just how incompetent these people really are.

After B'liar and Brown that wasn't the case, no reason to expect that to change.

[minestrone]

The fact the submarines are there is stopping oil exploration on the west coast.

Not this made up tulipe again.

Anyway, nationalists claim there would be 500 job losses, others claim 25,000. Somewhere in-between but certainly more than 500, there is quite a bit of civilian industry around the places. A lot of pubs would shut that is for sure. They are always fighting in them, someone died a couple of years ago in one.

[Batcher]

Not this made up tulipe again.

Anyway, nationalists claim there would be 500 job losses, others claim 25,000. Somewhere in-between but certainly more than 500, there is quite a bit of civilian industry around the places. A lot of pubs would shut that is for sure. They are always fighting in them, someone died a couple of years ago in one.

You really are a dimwit. First hit on Google:

Trident removal may allow oil and gas exploration - The Scotsman

BP undertook seismic surveys south of Arran and east of Kintyre in the early 1980s, but concerns emerged that these could interfere with naval operations in the area, notably by the Trident nuclear-armed submarines based at Faslane on the Clyde.

The MoD is reported to remain “very strongly opposed to any drilling”, on the grounds an exploration programme would potentially cause problems to the Trident fleet.

If there's "always fighting in them" then the pubs should be closed down under licensing laws anyway

[minestrone]

Firstly probably the majority of Scotland was explored for oil since the 70s, there is no other noticeable deposits of oil the entire length of the UK on the west coast, there is feck all chance there is anything there.

Secondly as someone in the oil Industry said to me it would be quite possible get to the entire area with directional drilling from land, the fact that they have never even tried to do it says something.

What you have is a SNP politician trying to whip up the superficial minds of the nationalists with a tenuous link that the area was tested 30 years ago.

Nobody has ever said there was oil there, no objection has ever been made to any request not to drill there and no drilling will ever take place if trident goes.

[Batcher]

Firstly probably the majority of Scotland was explored for oil since the 70s, there is no other noticeable deposits of oil the entire length of the UK on the west coast, there is feck all chance there is anything there.
Secondly as someone in the oil Industry said to me it would be quite possible get to the entire area with directional drilling from land, the fact that they have never even tried to do it says something.

What you have is a SNP politician trying to whip up the superficial minds of the nationalists with a tenuous link that the area was tested 30 years ago.

Nobody has ever said there was oil there, no objection has ever been made to any request not to drill there and no drilling will ever take place if trident goes.

Scottish West Coast untapped oil and gas reserves worth trillions - Oil and Gas News

Professor Dorrik Stow, head of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, quoted in the report, said: “The major basins are filled with thick sedimentary successions – this helps produce and then reservoir the oil and gas. West of Scotland, the sedimentary basins are much closer to those of the North Sea and are a fantastic location for oil and gas.”


Kevin Forbes, CEO of Oilandgaspeople.com, said: “The report provides independent evidence that the frontier Atlantic Margins off the West Coast of Scotland are likely to hold large oil and gas fields that could well be the same size if not bigger than the reserves in the North Sea,” he said.

This is from an independent source. You really are too stupid for words.

[TestMangler]

Scottish West Coast untapped oil and gas reserves worth trillions - Oil and Gas News

Professor Dorrik Stow, head of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, quoted in the report, said: “The major basins are filled with thick sedimentary successions – this helps produce and then reservoir the oil and gas. West of Scotland, the sedimentary basins are much closer to those of the North Sea and are a fantastic location for oil and gas.”


Kevin Forbes, CEO of Oilandgaspeople.com, said: “The report provides independent evidence that the frontier Atlantic Margins off the West Coast of Scotland are likely to hold large oil and gas fields that could well be the same size if not bigger than the reserves in the North Sea,” he said.

This is from an independent source. You really are too stupid for words.

Aye, but these professor types know **** all, do they.

Our resident IRA Unionist is the expert in future voting patterns, coalitions and oil exploration, oh, and nearly forgot, affiliate links for payday loans.

[minestrone]

Oil and gas people are a recruitment firm with clear links to the SNP.

Anyway, I cant be arsed dealing with your inane ramblings and febrile imagination.

The referendum was lost and with the collapse of oil prices I cant see them getting any higher now. Scotland will be in the UK for a long time, longer than you are around.

[jamesbrown]

I don't think it be deeply unpopular for most of England. A lot of English voters said on Twitter they wish they could vote SNP after Nicola Sturgeon was on Question Time, despite the audience being loaded against her. I didn't realise there were so many Tory voters in the north east of England.

It's one of the few areas where the polls are decisive. The majority of English voters (IIRC around 70% after removing "don't knows") view a LabSNP coalition as undesirable.