Scottish independance

**geneandbolly** · 19 August 2014, 19:30

nuff said! the guy is a **** and quite frankly all i see is a bunch of scottish ******s doing much the same as the london has been doing to us forever. why fix it if it aint broken? i think that we rely far more on london than london relies on us!

oh and can scotland really survive on whisky and north sea oil revenue? i highly doubt it.

**Cottis** · 19 August 2014, 19:36

I feel for the regular Scottish person who is being asked to cast their vote.

For the next few years, it may well make sense to go for independence but this is not a vote for the next few decades. It is a vote forever.

Currency issues and emotional crud aside, clearly we are better off together. The banter is just that and I reckon all the countries in these Isles compliment each other quite nicely.

Personally, I think you are lucky to be so far from London and therefore as far away as possible from Westminster. Mind you, you do seem to have your own bunch of tosspots as Gene mentions ha ha.

Good luck to everyone involved but it has to be a no for me.

**Vorsprung durch Technik** · 19 August 2014, 19:55

Originally posted by geneandbolly

nuff said! the guy is a **** and quite frankly all i see is a bunch of scottish ******s doing much the same as the london has been doing to us forever. why fix it if it aint broken? i think that we rely far more on london than london relies on us!

oh and can scotland really survive on whisky and north sea oil revenue? i highly doubt it.

Well said Craig. I spoke with my Glaswegian buddy born and bred Robert Malcom today and in his opinion Nicola Sturgeon is a poison dwarf and Alec Sammond is well a........ ****! He drives a black cab in Glasgow and said if they get independence he's leaving Scotland.That shocked me somewhat.I remember when his son was born 21 years ago he made sure Kate gave birth in a Scottish Hospital which we all found hilarious at the time as he was living and working with us in London. Anyway which team is yours up there as through Robbie i know it's extremely tribal.

**geneandbolly** · 19 August 2014, 20:05

it's funny as the divide isn't as obvious as you lot thought.

when this vote was announced there was a joke going around:

"did you hear that sean connery always maintainted that if scotland gained independence, he would move there in an instant from his carribean home?

he must be shyting himself now!"

mind you, who would come back to this ?? > > >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huK0mIDAl30

as far as teams are concerned, i'm one of the few who hates glaswegian football for the trouble it causes. i remember starting a job in the east end of glasgow as a parts delivery driver many moons ago. i was accosted and asked, "whaur's yer culurrs?" "whaur ur ye fae??" "whit team d'ye support??"

i thought the safe bet was to say "partick thistle" to which i was slapped on the back and called "an effiin' fanny" as their laughter rang in my ears.

oh well, at least i wasn't stabbed to death for saying the wrong team...

**Vorsprung durch Technik** · 19 August 2014, 20:30

Originally posted by geneandbolly

it's funny as the divide isn't as obvious as you lot thought.

when this vote was announced there was a joke going around:

"did you hear that sean connery always maintainted that if scotland gained independence, he would move there in an instant from his carribean home?

he must be shyting himself now!"

as far as teams are concerned, i'm one of the few who hates glaswegian football for the trouble it causes. i remember starting a job in the east end of glasgow as a parts delivery driver many moons ago. i was accosted and asked, "whaur's yer culurrs?" "whaur ur ye fae??" "whit team d'ye support??"

i thought the safe bet was to say "partick thistle" to which i was slapped on the back and called "an effiin' fanny" as their laughter rang in my ears.

oh well, at least i wasn't stabbed to death for saying the wrong team!

Aye

your so much like my mate with the lingo, he used to crack us all up.Bet you come from same part of glasgow. Love it, miss working with him to be honest. Anyway very occaisionaly when his team were playing "shyt" we could sometimes hear him singing down the corridor in our Kodak dark rooms and it would go....There blue..there white and playing like ....... shyt... glasgow rangers.....glasgow rangers. I remember saying to him....what teh are yooouus talking about. And he might reply, yoous you finian get teh ....

He still cracks me up today.Top man.

Anyway were better together and if truth be known and a no vote comes Scotland will gain some more powers from London anyway and be better of. By the way Robbert hated thatcher for making the scotts guinea pigs over the Poll tax.

Edit.Missed the youtube vid you put up. Quite...who would want to come back to that.!

**Michael S2** · 19 August 2014, 20:53

Gene and Cottis summed it up well for me. UK government is not perfect but I just can't see Salmond and co doing any better. Stick to what we know works, I think we do ok as it is. Not willing to bet our future on whisky and oil.

**DJones** · 20 August 2014, 00:28

A good Scottish friend of mine said "it's a good job it's not you lot (meaning the English) voting on our behalf as we would definitely be independent"...

Made me laugh anyway.....

**mike74** · 20 August 2014, 07:29

Personally, I think they're all a bunch of lying barstewards who are out for 'number one'. I particularly enjoy the way that when asked a straight, simple question they waffle on for ages and point blank refuse to answer the question at all. I'm pretty sure if I/we did that at our own job's we'd be sacked pretty quickly!
It really boils my p!$h something terrible

**montyrs2** · 20 August 2014, 07:55

I don't normally get involved in politics but.....

OK, firstly if Scotland vote for independance than they should get it. No shared currency or tax support etc and if they end up in a ditch then England, Wales and NI do not bail them out.

If they do vote for independance and it fails the crew that pushed for it are held responsible. Maybe bring back public floggings. I fear that if it happens and fails they will retire on some cushy final salary pension in a nice house in Surrey.

I also get annoyed by the whole situation that these people find themselves in. In this case they are made either way and probably don't care which way the vote goes. If it goes yes they take control, pay themselves a nice salary and butter their bread before retiring, if it goes no they simply continue to campaign for yes paying themselsves a nice salary.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens.

**mike74** · 20 August 2014, 09:19

I DO like the sound of public floggings. That would shake the f'kers up I'm sure!

**dm80** · 20 August 2014, 09:30

What a pile of mis-informed utter bull*****.

**Colesy** · 20 August 2014, 09:46

Originally posted by dm80

What a pile of mis-informed utter bull*****.

I guess you'll be voting yes then?!

It would be a shame for the union to be broken up. But one good thing that would come of it is that Labour would loose 41 MP's in Westminster! So the chances of Millipeed ever getting in and wrecking the economy again would be even less! So it's win, win from where I'm sitting. Although saying that I struggle to see the benefits of keeping Scotland as a dependent if you vote no.

**dm80** · 20 August 2014, 10:31

Originally posted by Colesy

I guess you'll be voting yes then?!

It would be a shame for the union to be broken up. But one good thing that would come of it is that Labour would loose 41 MP's in Westminster! So the chances of Millipeed ever getting in and wrecking the economy again would be even less! So it's win, win from where I'm sitting. Although saying that I struggle to see the benefits of keeping Scotland as a dependent if you vote no.

Really?

Two words: Oil, Trident.

**Vorsprung durch Technik** · 20 August 2014, 10:38

Lets all remember why the union was formed in the first place!! Union was formed in 1707 as Scotland was bankrupt through it's endeavours overseas and needed English help to bail them out.Fact! No arguments about it!

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