Tomorrow is the day Scotland would've become independent. How about we just declare independence anyway?
The Tories and Labour are in too much of a mess to do anything about it even if they notice 😉
How about we just declare independence anyway?
You could start by asking the majority who said no?
Why Not.
Doodle Pip Shcotlansdshyre.. 😆
Free from the tyranny and oppression of fully encased pastry pie fanatics?
Able to freely exprees ourselves with a tin ashet, a pound of steak, some beef links and a packet of Bells puff pastry for a lid?
I'm in. Vive la revolution.
We could always go for partition. It worked for India and ****stan.
We could always go for partition
A pie-tition. 😀
Proper pies, though.
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You pastry lid types are clearly a self selecting elite sitting on top of the ordinary filling of this world. Only with full pastry cases are we truly "all in it together"
If there's pie involved count me in 🙂
We should just have 2 systems in Scotland, one funded by the taxes of those who said yes, one by the taxes of those that said no. Likewise one funded by the benefits of being in the uk, one by the benefits of being independent. Seperate schools, healthcare ...the works...
I know which side I'd be wanting to be on...
Possibly a bit complicated however...probably just easier to build a big wall around Glasgow like they do in numerous zombie apocolypse movies and let the place rot...
probably just easier to build a big wall around Glasgow like they do in numerous zombie apocolypse movies and let the place rot...
I heard that.
Tomorrow is the day Scotland would've become independent. How about we just declare independence anyway?
Democracy?
But Ben quite fitting from YS eh? You should be looking tomorrow with massive relief.....
We'd still have been arguing about who gets to keep the CDs tbh.
just easier to build a big wall around Scotland like they do in numerous zombie apocolypse movies and let the place rot...
FTFY you have just described uk government policy
But why would you leave the Union after Cameron gave you all those extra devolution powers he promised...
Oh wait,
Any day now, bound to be eh?
We'd still have been arguing about who gets to keep the CDs tbh.
Doubt it - Deacon Blue, Simple Minds and The Proclaimers?
It's OK loves, you keep the CDs we'll have the Breville.
This thread makes baby Jesus cry. I do hope it goes on for at least 15 pages
It's oil powered though, that's what keeps them going so well it's so damm cheap.
Is Will Smith going to be there?
This thread makes baby Jesus cry. I do hope it goes on for at least 15 pages
No problem, just need to keep prodding THM occasionally, he's always good for several pages of arguments 😀
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Beetroot pie for all!
We should just have 2 systems in Scotland,
Why not? We already do for schools. Drive round Glasgow and you'll see pairs of schools right next to each other everywhere.
I miss your stuff Ben!!! I can never tell whether the irony (see second sentence in OP) is intentional or not !!! 😉
And this Bank Holiday Monday it will be 100 years since the uprising in Ireland for independence from English and Scottish imperialism.
There's a lot of people south of The Borders who'd love to vote themselves independent of the Tory government too.
Ah, that reminds me of the funniest bit of the independence campaign:
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and Friday is when it would have declared itself bankrupt thanks to SNP lies about oil.
Tomorrow is the day Scotland would've become independent. How about we just declare independence anyway?
At times like this I ask myself 'what would Bjork do?'
Would an independent Scotland force Greggs to re-introduce the Macaroni Pie.
I'd move up there in a shot using t'other halfs Visa. Deep Fried Black Pudding from the chipper. Be dead in a year 🙂
Better option is just get Scotland to Annex the north of England.
Would an independent Scotland force Greggs to re-introduce the Macaroni Pie.
Tesco's do one, but it's just not the same.
Tomorrow is the day Scotland would've become independent
So it's dependence day then?
I am glad tomorrows papers in Scotland will not be awash with jingoistic nationalist flag waving, or articles on junior doctor's pay, disability benefit and an EU referendum affecting me that I have no vote in consigned to the 'Around the World' section.
I love this from Stewart Lee
Makes you think doesn't it. Scotland could've been independent with oil at thruppence a barrel. We certainly dodged a bullet on that one.
I am glad tomorrows papers in Scotland will not be awash with jingoistic nationalist flag waving
They will union flags.
graph time! 🙂
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Though considering how completely wrong the OBR have been every other time they've forecasted oil revenues, we really have no idea where we would be. Basically, they're guessing. Badly.
Still, just as well the Scottish economy isn't reliant on oil.
You keep repeating that claim as if you really believe it.
Shh, don't you lot know it's not about the money? Having the government that you voted for is far more important than being able to pay the bills.
As compared to now, where we don't have the government we voted for, and still can't pay the bills?
Dammit, got caught up again - this was meant to be a silly amusing thread.
Happy Dependence Day Subsidy Junkies!
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DP
Keep it coming
I am glad tomorrows papers in Scotland will not be awash with jingoistic nationalist flag waving
For all the faults of the Scotch nats, it was never on the cards that iScotland would have had much interest in invading or bombing anyone (if only for financial reasons).
There's a lot of people south of The Borders who'd love to vote themselves independent of the Tory government too.
They don't matter. They are all Tory scum by simple fact of being English or Welsh, so they can rot.
more graphytime
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I think Fraser Nelson might have an axe to grind 😀
I think Fraser Nelson has a woodshed full of axes to grind. Even the IFS must have noticed that."Scotland" achieved these figures under a UK government. As for the figures based on Osbornes budget No holes in that at all
Bit of an odd argument there.
Clearly it doesn't matter so much if a region of a country is in deficit, as long as the whole country isn't. This is a pro-union argument I think.
molgrips - MemberBit of an odd argument there.
Clearly it doesn't matter so much if a region of a country is in deficit, as long as the whole country isn't. This is a pro-union argument I think.
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Don't be daft,the truth is there for all to see
C. Teamhavermore
Oh of course, there it is 🙂
Not odd at all David Cameron had promised a 200billion oil bonanza if Scotland voted no. [url= http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/24/david-cameron-north-sea-oil-scottish-independence ]Guardian [/url]
Secondly most of the levers of economic policy remain in Westminster so Scotland can't fully develop it's own economic policies.
Though considering how completely wrong the OBR have been every other time they've forecasted oil revenues, we really have no idea where we would be. Basically, they're guessing. Badly.
I guess the OP's ignorance could be excused by the fact that he's been relying on Russia Today for news for the last ~18 months.
The Scottish Government's own figures (via [url= http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS/GERS2016xls ]GERS[/url]), rather than the the OBR, show that Scotland would have been up a £15 billion deep **** creek if it hadn't been for the sensible, silent two million strong majority.
In what way were they silent?
gordimhor - Member
In what way were they silent?
By not starting endless whinging threads about not getting any pudding
Scotland can't fully develop it's own economic policies.
An independent Scotland would have been hamstrung by it's deficit that it would have had no chance to "develop" anything except high unemployment and austerity like you've never imagined in your worst dreams.
More reading for you from the [url= http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/8218 ]IFS[/url]. I appreciate you like to maintain your student style political stance, overthrow the old order and all that, but in the face of financial reality it's as unrealistic as those cretins with "Don't blame me I voted Yes" stickers on their cars.
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Couldn't give a fig about pudding, its just desserts. It's not even about the main course, more about building the house and growing veg in the garden.
If there was an independent Yorkshire it would be very successful. We'd not spend owt on nowt, what would be important is what's in mattress and in bank. It'd be a great example to Scotlandshire to follow.
Free Yorkshire!
C. Teamhavermore
You are on a roll this morning, ducks.
Interesting to listen to Today on R4 this morning and the tax policies. At least Labour are actually clear on raising taxes but those left-of-centre (sic) nationalists seem remarkably reluctant to do the same - how odd??? Rhetoric v reality??
Anway happy dependence day - a toast to the 55%. Well done, canny as always!!
[quote=gordimhor ]Keep it coming
The subsidies?
There are subsidies? How much have we given you so far?
Wasn't their a thread about this shit?
Even Nicola and Eck himself are no longer publicly saying that Scotland would have "an economy in the top ??", or saying that "the oil is just a bonus".
That should tell you something.
I'll just leave this here,
[url= http://chokkablog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/the-price-of-independence.html ]Stuff about scotland n'money n'that.[/url]