I think there is so much money in sport, or success in sport now, that the idea of any team not using any and everything to give them even a slight, even perceived advantage is quite laughable.
I remember Australians lambasting us for using Saffers in our cricket team, but now look at their rugby union and league teams. Even this summers ashes featured a Pakistani whom they fast tracked through their residency conditions. Kiwis have been up to it for years.
I think Wilshere's suggestion is old fashioned, if not a touch naive. I'd also look at most people and ask them if they thought they were 100% english, as I know I am not, nor my wife, and you'd imagine us to be english as english could be.
Sorry, I just saw this in the footie gossip pages and it made me think how apt; I bet this discussion didn't happen in Norway, or maybe in one prison in Norway....
Feyenoord's Norway international midfielder Harmeet Singh, 22, has put English clubs on alert by declaring he wants to play in the Premier League.
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I don't think Sean knows what country he is in these days.
I do suspect he is going to take on for the team and die just before the referendum, then we will get a flood of 'Sean's message from the grave' type stuff from the SNP.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThe Scottish government may do what the US government does - tax people on their world wide income if they have a Scottish passport.
In fact if Mr Salmond doesn't think of it I will write to him to suggest it - it's only fair.
He even manages to make Gordon Brown look intelligent, he really does provide a credible reason for eugenics
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThe Scottish government may do what the US government does - tax people on their world wide income if they have a Scottish passport.
In fact if Mr Salmond doesn't think of it I will write to him to suggest it - it's only fair.
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Originally posted by Ticktock View PostBased on the evidence, it would appear that to some poor, misguided, near-illiterate fools, the only way to truly be Scottish is to leave Scotland as soon as possible, go live and work abroad, but constantly proclaim "I'm Scottish, gie us me freeeeeeeedom!"
In fact if Mr Salmond doesn't think of it I will write to him to suggest it - it's only fair.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostSo people in Scotland who vote conservative or liberal democrat can't be considered 'Scottish'?
You have some rather interesting ideas about how democracy will work in Scotland.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWell of course they can. But I'd bet a hefty portion of my income those residents in Scotland that voted Tory were not Scottish. Those that voted Liberal, well they did no expect to be lied to too.
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Based on the evidence, it would appear that to some poor, misguided, near-illiterate fools, the only way to truly be Scottish is to leave Scotland as soon as possible, go live and work abroad, but constantly proclaim "I'm Scottish, gie us me freeeeeeeedom!"
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Originally posted by mich the tester View Post'not scottish' by which standard?
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWell of course they can. But I'd bet a hefty portion of my income those residents in Scotland that voted Tory were not Scottish. Those that voted Liberal, well they did no expect to be lied to too.
I think it's fair to give the criteria for being considered 'Scottish' by the future Scottish government before people are asked to make an informed decision whether they want independence.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostSo people in Scotland who vote conservative or liberal democrat can't be considered 'Scottish'?
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Originally posted by doodab View PostYeah yeah whatever. The thing is that outside of football and rugby scotland don't have a team, and most people that come over and adopt their new homeland become English, they don't become Scottish because a big part of Scottishness is hating the English and they have no reason to. So they become British, yes, but when it comes to the home nations rivalries they usually become English.
Also, the only reason they have no reason to hate the English is because they've only recently arrived. Give it a few months....
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostNo. Just any of them that gets into bed with the tories. Do you think the same Scottish Liberal MP's currently in parliament will see a 2nd term? Not on your nelly, the electorate will make them pay for such traitorous behaviour. It's part of the reason why lib-dems (typically strong in Scotland) have suffered so much recently.
You have some rather interesting ideas about how democracy will work in Scotland.
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