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Scotch Independence - the countdown

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by stopmeandslapme, Feb 5, 2014.

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Should Scotland be an Independent Country?

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  1. Mick

    Mick Probably won't answer PMs
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    When I was living in Malta in 2006 they hadn't joined the Eurozone yet and they still had a central bank with control of their own currency. What you quickly realised about Malta was that nobody had a ****ing clue what they were doing at the best of times - when they moved to Euro in 2008 inward investment rocketed because people were not afraid of wild fluctuations in currency/capital because of mental Maltese central bankers ****ing about with rates.

    I can see how it could be beneficial for the likes of the UK with its big population and historically stable political system to have control of its own currency (sort of, I still think nobody really knows what they are doing) - but for small countries such as Scotland an independent currency just adds a huge amount of risk for inward investors. I can't see why an economist would believe that an independent Scottish currency would be useful at all (unless, of course, that economist still somehow believes that economists are not ****ing clueless, and that top-down economic technocracies actually work)
     
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  2. Spook

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    I'd like to think they can. Nietzsche's concept of Übermensch applies directly to this, but it will never happen because we're too suspicious of authority to trust the qualified elite, and rightly so after all the s**t with the banks.
     
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  3. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    Most common answer for Yes'ers

    **** it. See wit happens
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690, Sep 13, 2014
  4. The Raging Oxter

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    Cunts are s**tting it.
     
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  5. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Trevs chill oot Mon.
     
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    Ciaran, Sep 13, 2014
  6. ManDingo 20"/20"

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    Think it'll happen, ST?
     
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  7. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    I'm one of life's natural pessimists so I'll say Naw.
     
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    The Raging Oxter, Sep 13, 2014
  8. ManDingo 20"/20"

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    My stance as well.

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    My da served in NI and knows I'm voting Yes. Doesn't seem all that bothered to be honest, even though hes a No.

    Some serious pish getting spouted by the papers just now.
     
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  9. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Trevs chill oot Mon.
     
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  10. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Jocks will bottle it.
     
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  11. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    Windows round my way getting panned for No Thanks placards

    Yes voters are a separate breed
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690, Sep 13, 2014
  12. The Raging Oxter

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    It's been an affront to democracy. An utter disgrace. Voting Yes will cause an economic crisis in Europe greater than the Great Depression <doh>

    I didn't realise that a small country with a population of 5m on the edge of western Europe was that fundamental to the future of a whole continent.
     
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  13. The Raging Oxter

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    ^^^^

    S**tting it.
     
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    The Raging Oxter, Sep 13, 2014
  14. RebelBhoy

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    [video=youtube_share;gApwpSWAhbQ]http://youtu.be/gApwpSWAhbQ[/video]

    Not being played on the radio until after the referendum or included in the download chart thingmy.
     
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  15. Spook

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    I don't understand this. We united against fascism and defeated it, and we'll always remember that. The lives of British men (including Scottish) died to defend the country and its populace, but not the government, and the government is the problem right now. The Greeks also united against the Persians, but after the war the Spartans and Athenians went their separate ways. I'm proud of my ancestors that fought in both World Wars, but I don't really feel proud to be British unless the Olympics are on. I like the Welsh; really don't give a f** about Northern Ireland or the Jocks for that matter.
     
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  16. Ciaran

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    Jesus Christ how bias are the BBC!!
     
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  17. The Raging Oxter

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    Part of the establishment. Reminds me of the huns in 2012. Let's hope it ends the same way.
     
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  18. Girvan Loyal 1690

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    I am ****ting Donny
     
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  19. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    All Yes'ers are kilt wearing troglodytes with zero clue about anything. ***** chest beating Xenophobic separatists. Hateful ****s blinded by hate.

    SOBER
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  20. The Raging Oxter

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    "Me support Rangers. Me do as I'm told by powerful white man. Me scared".
     
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