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Standard Life make plans to leave Scotland for England
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Originally posted by Troll View PostPerhaps the London media have an agenda to encourage you to go - why is the perception that the Union is of value only to the English and the Scots would be doing us a monumental favour in staying?Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThe London media baffles me to the n'th degree. It really does. Have they stopped to think for a moment why residents in Scotland this morning reading this story might not consider this news as positive reason to stay in the union?
Why should those in the media ask themselves what the people of Scotland think when reporting the news? Stuff happens whether the residents of Scotland like it or not.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostIt baffles you because you have a woeful misconception of what news is that appears to be founded on a persecution complex.
Why should those in the media ask themselves what the people of Scotland think when reporting the news? Stuff happens whether the residents of Scotland like it or not.
I din't see residents in England queuing outside the doors of no. 10 pleading with the PM to stop this attack on city banks. Quite the opposite.
What next are those hypocritical protagonists going to convince me of, that black really is white?"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThat's the point. Is it really news to anyone? London institutions have been delivering the same rhetoric for years. If the UK adopts transaction taxes, if the UK leaves the eurozone... etc etc
I din't see residents in England queuing outside the doors of no. 10 pleading with the PM to stop this attack on city banks. Quite the opposite.
What next are those hypocritical protagonists going to convince me of, that black really is white?merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostWhat has Scottish independence got to do with the City of London?
I'd be worried."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostApparently 5000 angry Scottish employees are heading to the city in the event of a yes vote.
I'd be worried.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostApparently 5000 angry Scottish employees are heading to the city in the event of a yes vote.
I'd be worried.
They will soon turn back once they see the price of booze in the pubsLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostBring on Scottish Independence I say - should secure us IT work for at least the next 10 years!Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostApparently 5000 angry Scottish employees are heading to the city in the event of a yes vote.
I'd be worried.Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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