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3 hours ago, Barney63 said:
I voted Remain, and I get why it suits some people to present the result in those kind of terms, the numbers were there for all to see. But I find the idea that somehow 'Scotland' voted a bit disingenuous; it undoubtedly ignores the constitutional fact that the referendum was just that - a uk-wide referendum based on the aggregated result of individual votes across the country as a whole - no constituencies or regional votes involved. Strictly speaking where the votes came from is largely irrelevant unless people are suggesting that some votes carry more weight than others?
Stop talking common sense or you will get copious verbal abuse. Democracy is a real shit when a minority within a clearly defined and constituted country loses the vote. 'We wuz robbed' came the plaintive cry. I don't vote but would have preferred Remain because as I predicted the Angela led hordes are putting the boot in. We should be making contingency plans for the inevitable collapse of the EU. Why the SNP wants to become a miniscule voice in the undemocratic shambles that the EU has become amazes me. But doesn't completely surprise me. They want independence at any cost.
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10 hours ago, oaksoft said:
Neither of you has the decency to present a balanced argument by mentioning that May herself told Gordon Brown that he should call an election under entirely the same circumstances.
The only point I was trying to make, which I don't think you understand, was that the electorate has virtually no say in the choice of PM. If they really hate a PM they have the option not to vote for his or her party. Of course it would never come to that. The party concerned would drop he or she like a hot potato.
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2 hours ago, Bud the Baker said:
Yes and I'd dispute the subjective language used in the question.
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Are you happy at the prospect of parts of N'orn Ireland seeking to rejoin an independent Scotland?
Don't care about your opinion on what is or isn't subjective. I think Scotland and Northern Ireland are crackers for sucking up to the EU and they will come to regret it. As will Eire.
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On 11/07/2016 at 11:23 AM, Bud the Baker said:
Whether or not Scotland is left wing is irrelevant (I'd put Salmond & Sturgeon at the old right wing of Labour - say Roy Jenkins & Shirley Williams) what matters is that politically & culturally we're different from the English and that's not my view but held and publicly declared by much of Scottish Labour and now a senior Scottish Tory.
Despite 10 years of Holyrood government the SNP can still command 46.5% of the popular vote (the SNP constituency vote actually increased in 2016) it was only tactical voting and a system designed to stop one party gaining overall control that left the current minority status. How many other governments can say that after 10 years in power?
As for the assumptions you are making about barriers to trade with rUK - that all has decided by future negotiations and if rUK ends up in EFTA then there will be no barriers anyway.
As for your opinion that a Scexit would "decimate investment in Scotland" that's only an opinion an it's not held by ex-UK Treasury head Gus MacPherson.
All in all I'd far rather be governed by the likes of Salmond & Sturgeon within the EU than Theresa May with a Cabinet which includes members of the free market Ultras of Britannia Unchained.
Are you happy with the level of democracy demonstrated by the terminally ill EU?
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Any bloody MP can theoretically become PM. MPs and party members pick them, not the general voting public. We don't need a general election to change the PM.
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Worked that time. Bloody baffled!
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On 11/07/2016 at 9:52 AM, div said:
Really sorry to see posts like this but I'm not really sure what's changed in terms of making posts. It isn't really any different than it was before mate?
And the fact you've made that post suggests you do know how to do it!
Trying again to simply respond. What can go wrong?
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3 minutes ago, shull said:
Aye, put your glasses on.
Promise I've got them on. Let's see where this turns up.
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Now I still accept I must be doing something wrong but I can promise I ticked the quote on Div's quote, not Shull's. Any ideas?
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On 09/07/2016 at 9:51 AM, shull said:
FFS Rick
You have just postit correctly.
Persevere.
The Forum has had a great upgrade.
I'm trying to respond to Div's post sent at 9-52 yesterday. Let's see if it appears as normal. Believe me I want it to!
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2 hours ago, shull said:
FFS Rick
You have just postit correctly.
Persevere.
The Forum has had a great upgrade.
I agree it all looks great but I am simply having trouble replying to posts. I'm posting this now to see if it goes through.
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On 07/07/2016 at 2:57 PM, HSS said:
I hate the new look.I'm out except for Farmer Johns thread.
I like the look of it but I just can't get my head round how to post properly. I hate change which I know is an age thing. I would literally need a training course to get going properly but that's not available. So reluctantly I'm out now too. I'll still read the forum but won't/can't contribute.
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On 26/06/2016 at 1:48 PM, RickMcD said:
Grasping at straws.
On 26/06/2016 at 1:48 PM, RickMcD said:On 05/07/2016 at 11:32 AM, FTOF said:If I'm on that list, I can always find solace in the fact that you'll be on the bottom rung, way below myself.
What is funny that you actually think you know more than a guy who has been n the financial sector for more than 40 years.
Grasping at straws.
On 26/06/2016 at 2:22 PM, Isle Of Bute Saint said:Grasping at straws really? The Tory party are split down the middle while almost half the shadow cabinet have left. Scotland can veto the exit vote.
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It amounts to 100% of eff all. Stock markets have always gone up and down like a whore's drawers, even berore betting on markets and currencies became fashionable. It's all a big game. Life goes on and soon the current bollocks will fade. I just wish the inevitable demise of the EU would hurry up and come along.
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Premium bonds could turn out to be a better investment than the euro. That's an interesting bet George Soros has got on about a German bank going bust. The EU is on the road to No Town as is the euro. Do some serious reading and listen to respected City commentators both in the UK and abroad. The consensus used to be about five years but that was before Brexit. Do you think the kerfuffle last week was solely because of Brexit? The implications for Europe will be horrendous. The SNP can't see it but then they believed oil was enough to keep Scotland going ad infinitum come hell or high water. And hell came. Every European country should be making plans for the Armageddon that will inevitably come to Europe. The lovely Angela will be in denial of course and they will probably cobble together a smaller EU Mark 2, but it will only fool the naïve.
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2 hours ago, shull said:
I did.
A nasty rumour was once put about saying that bearing in mind the calibre of your posting, what would it be like if you were drunk? Of course we all recognise it was just scuttlebutt. Mind you, some of us occasionally have an excuse.
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Quite like the new strip even if it is a bit Dunfermlineish a la 60's. It's not the worst. How much do we get from JD? Now that we virtually own the club I assume we can be privy to the deal. We have to live with the logo, like it or lump.
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On 08/06/2016 at 5:23 PM, rabuddies said:On 08/06/2016 at 4:35 PM, Eric Arthur Blair said:
The Copper Coin was previously,I think, The Western Bar although I'm not 100%
It was indeed. Had my first pint in there one lunchtime (Tennants Light 1/10d, as I had double physics straight after lunch). Thereafter, lunchtime pints were in the Park Bar where a maroon blazer under a duffle coat was a common sight.
If you remember Tennants Light at 1/10d, you must be about the same vintage as me. My first regular pub was The Mayfair and I can remember light at 1/9d, heavy at 1/10d but Tennants lager was a staggering 2/3d. The old regulars (ie the over 21's) used to tell us they'd give up drink rather than pay over two bob for a pint. But they didn't.
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6 minutes ago, shull said:
Former PM of France, Michel Rocard has passed away, aged 85
R.I.P.
Would that be Rock Hard in English? Never heard of him but RIP anyway.
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On 30/06/2016 at 2:15 PM, div said:
Hi Rick,
If you can tell me exactly what the message is then I'll see if I can fix for you.
Div, I'm crap at sending anything with attachments so I got my son to send something to you. He sent it to your webmaster email address. Hope you can find it.
Rick
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41 minutes ago, Isle Of Bute Saint said:
Grasping at straws really? The Tory party are split down the middle while almost half the shadow cabinet have left. Scotland can veto the exit vote.
4 minutes ago, pozbaird said:Probably chinned him for the two bottles of Bollinger the mop-haired cnut still owes him from their last Bullingdon Club night out where they quaffed ten bottles of the stuff and attempted to shag the arse off the posh totty at the university ball.
Boris doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who buys his round.
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18 minutes ago, Isle Of Bute Saint said:
The UK is in total melt down politicaly thank God we have Nicola.
Grasping at straws.
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5 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said:
Let's face it the people's view on the mandate argument pretty much depends on where they stand on the independence vote.
I think Thursday's result gives a mandate and that if Westminster denies a quick one within the 2 year Brexit timespan then that'll just polarize things even further and we'll have one (and a more bitter one at that) after the next set of Holyrood/General elections.
As that great Scottish patriot MacBeth said "If it were done when 'tis done then 'twere well it were done quickly:"
I voted Remain on Thursday, didn't want this scenario but even less do I want to remain (sic) in the UK of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage.
Good post. I don't vote but my position was that my heart said leave but my head said stay. Listen to the jungle drums coming from Europe and America. It wasn't a fear campaign that Cameron & Co were spreading. It was the truth. I felt we could afford to hold on for a year or two until Europe expired which would have prevented the nastiness, but so be it. Does everyone who thinks a debate at least about immigration should be on the agenda a racist? I don't think so.
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I mentioned elsewhere that when I try to like a post, a bar comes saying I can't like that person. Well, something like that. I haven't seen an explanation. Is there one?
Eu Referendum
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This Dicko bating nonsense is simply tedious and can we not call a halt to it? Why can't you guys put him on ignore like most of us have presumably done a long time ago? He has successfully been making an idiot of himself for years and doesn't need any help. I find that some of you who I regard as good guys have become almost as boring as him with your repetitive cant. 'Thickasf**k' drives me nuts. Can we not have a rest from it? How about a short break until, say, Christmas next year?