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[GreenerGrass]

Now where would you have been without Scotland?

http://www.magicdragon.com/Wallace/thingscot.html

King Arthur - What a load of brownian movement

hypodermic syringes - yes, they certainly get through a lot of them

[Baobab]

I am waiting on the piece of coal up the arse joke now

[Ardesco]

Artificial Diamonds



In the mid 19th Century, a Scottish scientist managed to produce some tiny artificial diamonds by a secret process that has never been duplicated.




Forgers!!!!

[Cliphead]

Now where would you have been without Scotland?

http://www.magicdragon.com/Wallace/thingscot.html

[Hart-floot]

England has over three times more operational nuclear power stations than Scotland and whilst Labour would like to build more, Scotland is unlikely to bend over and lift the kilt on that one.

They'll just build new ones on the Torcross and Dounreay brown-field sites!

Anyway the French would gladly sell us nuclear power. Who needs Scotland

[Cliphead]

I'm in favour of maintaining the union so we can build lots more nuclear power stations in Scotland. You can then still be our "energy bitch".

England has over three times more operational nuclear power stations than Scotland and whilst Labour would like to build more, Scotland is unlikely to bend over and lift the kilt on that one.

[expat]

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So I guess you're in favour ofScottish Independence? Or do you insist on continuing to protect us from our own inability to look after ourselves?

I'm in favour of maintaining the union so we can build lots more nuclear power stations in Scotland. You can then still be our "energy bitch".

That's a nice irony considering that Scotland doesn't need it!

[Jesus]

Doncha just hate these dudes who think Americanisms are kool?

[GreenerGrass]

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So I guess you're in favour ofScottish Independence? Or do you insist on continuing to protect us from our own inability to look after ourselves?
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I'm in favour of maintaining the union so we can build lots more nuclear power stations in Scotland. You can then still be our "energy bitch".

[expat]

The gas and oil is running out, that balance of taxes has shifted in the complete opposite direction since 1999.
They can't have their cake and eat it (total autonomy from England, a Scottish Prime Minister of England and yet still have the English tax payer bailing the ungrateful pale f*ckers out).

I don't want to have a cake and eat it:

- Prime Minister of England is the affair of the English. The English having a Scottish PM does nothing for me.

- the whole point is that the English taxpayers do not "bale out" Scotland.
It only seems so if you look at one identifiable movement of money in one direction, but ignore the larger movement in the other.

An equivalent for me on the client's site would note that the only visible cash flow is me buying lunch in the office canteen, so apparently I subsidise the client!

As Schumacher said a while ago in Small Is Beautiful,

It is a common fallacy held by larger central territories that they subsidize smaller provincial territories. Normally they exploit them.

It seems just as relevant today.

Schumacher went on to note that, as an example, that if any of Germany's attempts to integrate Denmark had succeeded, we should now be doubting ability of the province of Denmark to stand on its own feet as a separate nation. I believe the Danes can, and are quite happy not to be German. I believe Scotland can too.

So let's just do separate budgets and then we can both stop complaining. If we had the autonomy, there would be no question of you bailing us out. So I guess you're in favour ofScottish Independence? Or do you insist on continuing to protect us from our own inability to look after ourselves?

[Jesus]

If you had a Scottish person that didn't work with a watch and an Englishman with a Watch that lost a second every hour but he did work. Which one would turn up for work on time? And which one would moan the most?

That should sort the men out form the bhoys tee hee

[Paddy]

My daughter has pointed out that next year marks the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, politically linking England to Scotland. We all agreed this is likely to become more of a debating point with the pending coronation of the Scottish Socialists and their Trades Union clique.

Still, I suppose the whole point of the Union is that power is shared. I guess we have no alternative but to submit and take the pain (as, Mr Smith so wittly pointed out, did the Scots under the Baroness)

Wake me up in 2009

If you analyse history I think you will find that England is liked to Scotland and it if Scotland that is ruling England from London.

[GreenerGrass]

Y'all could start with sending Scottish regiments home from various frontline duties where they've been baling the english out for centuries.

I couldn't agree more, get them all out. And the English ones.

[Troll]

Y'all could start with sending Scottish regiments home from various frontline duties where they've been baling the english out for centuries.

We need cannon fodder in the armed forces - also keeps your unemployment down

See Ghurkas, Fujians etc.

[Cliphead]

Y'all could start with sending Scottish regiments home from various frontline duties where they've been baling the english out for centuries.