Scotland's new currency

[doodab]

Salmond seems to have an abrasive dictatorial style that's entirely unsuited to being the weaker party in any negotiation. If they do vote yes they'd do well.to keep him well away from the ensuing horse trading.

[AtW]

Salmond seems to have an abrasive dictatorial style that's entirely unsuited to being the weaker party in any negotiation. If they do vote yes they'd do well.to keep him well away from the ensuing horse trading.

Yeah, it would help a lot to look and act weak when you are a weaker party.

Pwease kind master, muake us indepedent, pwetty pwease!

[doodab]

Yeah, it would help a lot to look and act weak when you are a weaker party.

Pwease kind master, muake us indepedent, pwetty pwease!

It helps not to actively piss people off. You can do that without acting weak.

[MicrosoftBob]

Salmond seems to have an abrasive dictatorial style that's entirely unsuited to being the weaker party in any negotiation. If they do vote yes they'd do well.to keep him well away from the ensuing horse trading.

Not dictatorial, more like a union negotiator who thinks they can bully their way to victory by throwing their toys out of the pram and looking like a fat looser

[MicrosoftBob]

Reading the papers today from my distance view it seems Scotland is being shown the door.

My French colleague was completely miffed on my behalf about the treatment residents in Scotland were receiving from the government.

But those cheese eating surrender monkeys hate us as a national passion, they've probably never forgive us for bombing the Vichy navy in WWII

[MicrosoftBob]

I have followed this thread with interest from the first post, and whilst I am not a political animal in any way, shape, or form, will add my tuppence worth.

What strikes me personally as bang out of order, the “white paper” that includes :

• It would be in Scotland's interest to keep the pound, while the Bank of England would continue as "lender of last resort".
• BBC Scotland replaced at the start of 2017 with a new Scottish broadcasting service, continuing a formal relationship with the rest of the BBC.

No advance agreement or support from the BOE, English Government, or BBC to this, so these were assumptions: hardly a white paper / blueprint if there were no alternative options offered up if assumptions failed.

I have yet to subsequently hear any SNP Minister Interviewed who offers up a plan B.

However, now we, (the English), have seen the assumptions and confirmed he assumed wrongly, we are being labelled a bullies and Salmond is trying to say " Don't worry, they will back down when it comes to the crunch ".

It is hardly inspiring leadership is it ? Really ? It's just a sad 's wet dream put onto paper - passion extinguished by other s who wouldn't let give him one with someone elses

Nuff said.

Don't forget the 'legal opinion' that Scotland would be entitled to join the EU that he'd made up, and then finding out even the socialists in the EU parliament laughed at his optimism and no not a chance

[AtW]

It helps not to actively piss people off. You can do that without acting weak.

Tell it to Russell Brand...

[scooterscot]

They are asking to leave and planning on taking the family jewels with them. I'd say were being quite polite about it. .

If an independent Scotland must walked away with 10% UK debt it makes since to me Scotland walks away with 10% of the assets, including the currency.

[zoco]

I'm not sure to be fair I'm Welsh

I always thought you were from the Philippines

[scooterscot]

What strikes me personally as bang out of order, the “white paper” that includes :

• It would be in Scotland's interest to keep the pound, while the Bank of England would continue as "lender of last resort". .

It's true. But so what? Just think of the interest you could charge on that overdraft, easy money.