"Never let facts stand in the way of a good whine"

I'm not a fan of nationalism or rabid nationalists , people with empty lives imo.

Hells_Bells said:

If I was Scottish I would vote "yes". Just saying  ;))

I'm on my way round with the rack !
Good luck to them to be honest. It is their choice and if they think they are better off out of the Union then that is that.  However, if they break, they break; they don't get to cherry pick the good bits and once out, the're out for good.
The interesting thing is what is 'Scottish'? As I said at the start of this thread, I have cousins that have a Scottish Mother and English Father, and there are more of those than you can shake a stick at.  Also, there are more Scots living outside Scotland than live in it, but they have no say, yet foriegn nationals do just because they are residing there at the time of the vote. I also think Salmond is a repugnent slug who will say whatever he wants people to believe to get what he wants.  The PM, Dep PM and Leader of the Opp were on a hiding to nothing today.  They went to show support for the No vote and are depicted as being weak and desperate.  If they had not gone, this would have been respun as them being complacent and not interested.
All be over soon.

I have heard nobody....not a single person...having a conversation about it . I don't know whether it's apathy, indifference, complacency, ignorance...what? Meanwhile, ( being the paranoid conspiracy theorists that we are!) Catherine and I were debating whether the potential economic meltdown in the Scottish banks means we should shut our RBS bank accounts! I think it's bloody serious!! Watched Channel 4 news last night and the debate amongst young Scots was very interesting. Nobody referred back to history though UT, the Yes group all just seem to be obsessed with the impending cuts from Westminster ( hello! Aren't we all facing those...?!) and that they'd be financially stronger alone. Where do they get this information?!!!
I'm worried anyway. Worried for all of us, esp worried for the No voters if they lose. They'll be an exodus of half of Scotland South!
Just my views anyway...

Interesting statement this week by the Governor of the Bank of England (a Canadian!) Scotland cannot be a Sovereign Country without monetary independence.

Well, I have hope....I was teaching a group of 5 teenage lads this afternoon about the role of Government and how Parliament operates. My opening q to them was, could they tell me what big national issue is in the news at the moment? And a lad explained to me all about the Scottish referendum, with no prompts. Another stated his belief that Scotland " can't afford" independence ( he meant financially). Bearing in mind these were 15 year old English lads with learning difficulties, I was so impressed and so chuffed. Good for them having some current affairs awareness and an opinion!

The latest political viewpoint from our friend Mr Salmond. I think the only way this chuff is getting away with it is by playing the racist card. He has Scots so fired up about giving the English a bloody nose over this that they have become blinded to the fact that he is a complete *unt with no fucking idea how to run the country once he has hoodwinked them into supporting him. His view on an Independant Scotland's position on the national debt they will have to accept from the overall UK debt if they leave is summed up by the article below.

"Alex Salmond has reportedly taunted the Westminster government over whether an independent Scotland should take on its share of the national debt, saying: “What are they going to do – invade?”
The First Minister was said to have made the comments when pressed about how the Government would react to a decision by a newly independent Scotland to leave the Union without shouldering its share of national debt.
The comments were reported by ITV News, citing sources close to the First Minister, although they were dismissed as “total nonsense” by Mr Salmond’s spokesman."

Would you vote to support such a wooly brained toss-pot? I think not. It's a bit like when in a pub, and it's time for your round and you say 'Oh, I think I've left my wallet in the glove box if my car! ' except this round is likely to be worth around £100 billion pound.
The above scenario re the wallet happened to me once. True! Mrs Appy made the midget armed/clowns pockets twat in that case go to his car and get it out.
£100 billion? Invasion would probably be worth it !

Pet said:

If I was Scottish I'd vote 'yes'.

If there was a referendum for London to leave the UK, I'd vote 'yes'.

Hardly. London is the UK !
Funny how some people never listen to the arguments or the facts and just vote the way they always have. I know people who, if the Conservatives put up a pig as a candidate at the next general election, they would vote for it as long as it had a blue rosette on it.

In a word, yes sweetie !
Remember I said a pig in a blue rosette? In the Scotland vote, that pig is Salmond !