Tory Hypocrisy?

[gynn]

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

If cmonstanley is right and the result of any referendum would be to maintain the union, can we hope then the the Scots would drop the chipiness and the perpetual sense of victimhood?

Doubt it. Hating the English is a national pastime north of the border. Its why we love them so much. and they will also still cheer on whoever England are playing against in World Cup matches. They are the rebellious teenagers of the family.

If they vote to retain the Union, it will be like the old saying.....

Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em!

[mobertol]

They do plan to wait till after Wimbledon before they decided, don't they?

Wouldn't like to have waited all my lifetime to see a British man win, only for it to be an independant Scotsman.

I'm betting on Murray this year now he's got Lendl as coach.

[Acrylic-bob]

Interesting comment on the issue in the Telegraph and one that Call-me-Dave would do well to take notice of...

"I believe it's important for the English to have as little to do with this as possible, otherwise if it all goes pear-shaped it will all be our fault.
Let the Scots make the running"

[Acrylic-bob]

Originally Posted by mobertol

They do plan to wait till after Wimbledon before they decided, don't they?

Wouldn't like to have waited all my lifetime to see a British man win, only for it to be an independant Scotsman.

I'm betting on Murray this year now he's got Lendl as coach.

Hope springs eternal, I suppose. But Monotonic Murray has about as much chance as Henman.

[gynn]

Originally Posted by mobertol

I'm betting on Murray this year now he's got Lendl as coach.

The Lendl who never won Wimbledon? I'd keep your money in your pocket lol.

[Tealeaf]

I wonder if any of you lot know the story of how the Jocks managed to get a couple of Panda bears shipped over to Edinburgh Zoo? I doubt if it is many of you, but it’s an interesting tale; to cut my typing short, I've stuck a few links in which give some of the detail.

Anyway, here we go. The Nobel Peace Prize, as you are aware, is awarded by a committee of five Norwegian parliamentarians (the other Nobel’s are awarded by the Swedes). Two years ago, the prize was awarded to the human rights campaigner, Liu Xiaobo. As you can guess, he's Chinese and his government were not exactly happy bunnies over this. So peeved off were they that they retaliated by effectively blocking the export of Norwegian salmon to China. Read about it here:

AFP: Norwegian salmon off the menu in China

The only other major supplier of farmed Atlantic salmon is, of course, Scotland. Now, you would have assumed that Scotland, being a good neighbour of Norway and sharing many of its maritime bounties, would have sought not to take advantage of this. There are, after all, certain principles at stake. But that is not quite what happened. Read on:

BBC News - Chinese appetite for Scottish salmon leaps

As part of the deal, Salmon got his Pandas.

Anyway, if there is a lesson to this story, it's this: Never thrust the Jocks - they are as morally bankrupt as they are financially and the sooner we have a referendum in England on whether to continue our union with them, the better. Lets end it now and the only question that will then remain will be how high we build the frontier walls to keep 'em out
.

[Tealeaf]

...and I'll stick to the Norwegian stuff.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by mobertol

They do plan to wait till after Wimbledon before they decided, don't they?

Wouldn't like to have waited all my lifetime to see a British man win, only for it to be an independant Scotsman.

I'm betting on Murray this year now he's got Lendl as coach.

Na you've got that wrong mobertol, when he wins he's British when he loses he's just that useless jock

[DaveinGermany]

Must admit, it does seem a bit ironic that he's prepared to let the Scots decide their future & allegiances but the English don't get a say in their own future. Still as to the Jocks & their plans, it appears it won't be the damned English throwing spanners in the works :-

Spain could wield veto over Scotland's EU membership - UK Politics - UK - The Independent

[Margaret Pilkington]

And British Embassies around the world would cease to promote Scottish products.
It may seem a pretty small knock, but it would still have an economic effect.

[gynn]

The Scots are stuck with us and want to get away. The Falkland Islanders are wanted by someone else but want to stay with us......

...could we possibly give Scotland to the Argies?

Just a thought.

[Margaret Pilkington]

What have the Argies done to deserve lumbering them with Scotland?

[gynn]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

What have the Argies done to deserve lumbering them with Scotland?

We never ever got our own back for Maradonna's 'Hand of God'.......

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by gynn

We never ever got our own back for Maradonna's 'Hand of God'.......

And it's a pretty good bet the Jocks were cheering it on too.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yeah but c'mon.....No, you are right! (it was the C'mon that swung it)