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IndyRef2 : This time it's war!

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    #91
    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    wonder why the SNP haven't started running their own affairs with the powers they have got?
    They briefly had a go at organising a piss up in a brewery, and found that a bit of a struggle, so now they've reverted to type and gone back to slagging off the bastard English bastards.
    His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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      #92
      Originally posted by Batcher View Post
      Yes, but most of the rest is reserved. We can't change VAT, Corporation Tax, etc. We will be able to change the Air Passenger Duty rate. Our Police & Fire Services are liable for VAT but English/Welsh/NI are not - https://www.cchdaily.co.uk/hmrc-warn...ps76m-vat-bill

      "Once all of the powers are transferred the Scottish Government will have control of 15 per cent of current social security spend in Scotland"

      ScottishGovernment - News - Transfer of new powers
      And that's going to cover the 9% shortful in GDP?

      You and I know this is an anti-English thing. If the UK was so bad you'd have similar movements in Wales and Northern Ireland. It's a cult-like obsession.

      Like everthing in life some ideas would work and some wouldn't. It's just the bits that didn't would wreck Scotland. Everyone knows of two such events even in the last decade; RBS in 2008 and the collapse in oil price recently. Why not just get on with governing with the vast powers the SNP have? Probably because it'll show the SNP's faults.

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        #93
        Originally posted by Batcher View Post
        We are not pining after a long lost empire. We are not looking for political muscle. We only want to run our own affairs for the benefit of the people of Scotland. What''s so hard to understand?
        The fact that as a small insignificant member of the EU (always assuming you can grovel your way to the foot of their table!) you will be told what to do by the European Commission and will have even less rights than you currently do under Westminster.

        HTH
        “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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          #94
          Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
          The fact that as a small insignificant member of the EU (always assuming you can grovel your way to the foot of their table!) you will be told what to do by the European Commission and will have even less rights than you currently do under Westminster.

          HTH
          Yeah but their leaders will have even better pay & benefits than currently its always the way in these sell outs.

          I suppose its "I'm all right Jock!"
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #95
            Originally posted by Batcher View Post
            We are not pining after a long lost empire. We are not looking for political muscle. We only want to run our own affairs for the benefit of the people of Scotland. What''s so hard to understand?
            I think the problem is that people like you forget that you used to have a thriving fishing industry that employed thousands. That got wiped out buy the very political class that you are struggling to shackle yourself back to.

            If you think that you will be running your own affairs as a minor player on the out skirts of the EU you should probably be in a mental institution for your own safety.

            For the record I support full self-determination for Scotland Wales and Cornwall as they have proven that they are all far reaches that are forgotten by London unless its for a weekend break.

            If Scotland wants to go it alone then great but you shouldn't be doing it just to get in bed with and even more abusive partner than London.

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              #96
              Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
              Do a lot of that then do you d000hg?
              I wouldn't say a lot. It was an experience.
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #97
                Shocker - poll since yesterday

                "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                  #98
                  Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                  Shocker - poll since yesterday

                  Some Facebook page for the bereft of thinking was it?

                  “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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                    #99
                    Angry Gorilla on the loose in Scotland. Apparently.

                    Blunder as BBC Breakfast shows escaped gorilla instead of Nicola Sturgeon

                    Someone in the BBC retains a sense of humour at least....

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                      Originally posted by Flashman View Post
                      Angry Gorilla on the loose in Scotland. Apparently.

                      Blunder as BBC Breakfast shows escaped gorilla instead of Nicola Sturgeon

                      Someone in the BBC retains a sense of humour at least....

                      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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