Scottish independance

[d000hg]

If England says we're out then Scotland will have to follow suit, trigger a new referendum (please get it right this time) and negotiate re entry back into the EU as a bankrupt nation

That's the part I meant - would a leave the EU vote constitute a valid cause for another referendum legally?

[Troll]

That's the part I meant - would a leave the EU vote constitute a valid cause for another referendum legally?

I'm no lawyer, but since the Act of Union predates the EU gubbins I would imagine the answer to be no

[Bluespider]

Perhaps not a legal case for a referendum but it would be a mandate to push for one.

[MicrosoftBob]

I'm no lawyer, but since the Act of Union predates the EU gubbins I would imagine the answer to be no

Couldn't they do a S660a and reinterpret it to mean what they want, or is it only taxation whey're they're allowed to be dishonest

[scooterscot]

The UK will not leave the EU. Simples. The UK is bankrupt. I repeat bankrupt. Debt to GDP is sailing north of 90%. We're completely exposed to external forces. The economy is not based on real skills but rather house prices, retail therapy, and shelf stackers. We've less gold than DA fillings. Assets prices over inflated.

The reset button needs to be pressed. Right now we have the luxury of saying when it'll be pressed or we can QE ourselves out of existence. We've never needed the EU more.


Germany debt to GDP 75%. Gold reserves 3381 tonnes
UK debt to GDP 91%. Gold reserves 310 LOL

[MrMarkyMark]

I really don't know what happened to all our lovely gold

[LondonManc]

The UK will not leave the EU. Simples. The UK is bankrupt. I repeat bankrupt. Debt to GDP is sailing north of 90%. We're completely exposed to external forces. The economy is not based on real skills but rather house prices, retail therapy, and shelf stackers. We've less gold than DA fillings. Assets prices over inflated.

The reset button needs to be pressed. Right now we have the luxury of saying when it'll be pressed or we can QE ourselves out of existence. We've never needed the EU more.


Germany debt to GDP 75%. Gold reserves 3381 tonnes
UK debt to GDP 91%. Gold reserves 310 LOL

Have you deliberately snipped the US's claimed reserves from the top to add credibility to the list?

[scooterscot]

Have you deliberately snipped the US's claimed reserves from the top to add credibility to the list?

Now corrected. The rest of Europe has far more gold than the US. If the EU became federal the US would be up tulip creek and the euro would replace the dollar.

[d000hg]

How does staying in the EU help with the bankruptcy you claim? You think the UK is going to ask for a bailout?!

[OwlHoot]

The UK will not leave the EU. Simples. The UK is bankrupt. I repeat bankrupt. Debt to GDP is sailing north of 90%. We're completely exposed to external forces. The economy is not based on real skills but rather house prices, retail therapy, and shelf stackers. We've less gold than DA fillings. Assets prices over inflated.

Germany debt to GDP 75%. Gold reserves 3381 tonnes
UK debt to GDP 91%. Gold reserves 310 LOL

Half the countries in the EU are bankrupt too, and so is the US pretty much, and China believe it or not. In fact, there aren't many countries that are not!

Also, it is claimed that the UK is growing faster than the EU (although I suspect most of that is not healthy private sector growth but feverish swelling caused by Government spending to artifically boost GDP)