Scotch Independence - the countdown

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Should Scotland be an Independent Country?

  • Yes

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Archers Road said:
Sounds like a currency union of sorts then.

Oh hang on, it can't be...
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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)
 
MalteseMick said:
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 f**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 f**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 f**ing clueless, and that top-down economic technocracies actually work)
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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.
 
Jock **** said:
I'm one of life's natural pessimists so I'll say Naw.
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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.
 
MD 20/20 said:
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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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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Not being played on the radio until after the referendum or included in the download chart thingmy.
 
MD 20/20 said:
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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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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