Will Scotland Leave the UK?

Well, here's my 15 seconds of fame.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...te_13_01_2012/

I commented at a few points during the programme and actually wrote one of the other questions besides the one I read out ... but my main bit is at 38 minutes, asking about the currency of an independent Scotland, and a comment on that issue a little way after 42 minutes.

[LondonRoad]

You sound much taller

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by LondonRoad

You're right off course.

I'd be surprised if there was a majority of SNP voters who would vote for independence, never mind the majority of the electorate.

Most Scots Only voted for the SNP because they are Left-Wing, because they still remember what the Tories did in the 1980s

[TheDaddy]

As I said earlier in the thread wee Alec would be better of campaining down here

Support for Scottish independence is higher in England and Wales than it is north of the border, according to a poll published tonight.

Only 26% of voters in Scotland want to break up the Union, compared with 46% who do not, the Survation poll in the Mail on Sunday revealed.

In England and Wales, 29% felt Scotland should quit the UK, with only 40% feeling that it should not.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012...n_1206589.html

Tom Harris MP has become the latest to alter the subtitles of the Hitler movie, Downfall, for comic effect ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va6r5Ez-VF8

... losing his role as the party's internet and social media adviser in the process.

The background to the new subtitles is a minor controversy that blew up last week when a SNP MSP, Joan McAlpine, stood up at Holyrood and claimed that Labour and the Lib Dems were being 'anti Scottish' for opposing independence.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Most Scots Only voted for the SNP because they are Left-Wing, because they still remember what the Tories did in the 1980s

No most Scots only voted for the SNP because they weren't labour and were the only party with the slimmest chance of winning a majority.

There is very little appetite for independence among most Scots, Salmond is playing a very smart game by making it appear the big bad English Tories are dictating when and where a referendum can be held. I'm surprised he hasn't demanded Braveheart be played on repeat in the days leading up to the vote.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Derek

No most Scots only voted for the SNP because they weren't labour and were the only party with the slimmest chance of winning a majority.

There is very little appetite for independence among most Scots, Salmond is playing a very smart game by making it appear the big bad English Tories are dictating when and where a referendum can be held. I'm surprised he hasn't demanded Braveheart be played on repeat in the days leading up to the vote.

He has Braveheart on constantly in his office and expects the party to toe the line and paint themselves blue.

[LondonRoad]

The blue hue can be attained by simply standing outside for many months of the year in this neck of the woods.

There's something about Salmond that make me want to punch his smug face. At the same time I kind of admire what he has done for the SNP. He's clearly opportunistic but he is intelligent enough to continually outmaneuver his foes in both Scotland and those from Westminster.

Other than him, I don't see an awful lot of talent in the SNP, then again I could say the same about the Scottish Labour Party who seem to churn out factory produced replicas of what the perceive to be the ideal candidates.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by LondonRoad

There's something about Salmond that make me want to punch his smug face.

No surprise there then.

Now oddly I find Nicola Sturgeon interesting even in her bad business suits.

If and when Salmond quits politics he SNP is in dire trouble. Remember their previous leader was John Swinney, who is currently running the finance department. Under his tenure the SNP almost vanished from sight.

Attitudes towards independence in Scotland are completely disconnected from the popularity or otherwise of the SNP, which at the moment is for its devotees a personality cult centred on Wee Eck and for everyone else the only viable alternative government to Scottish Labour.

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Originally Posted by Peter_

No surprise there then.

Now oddly I find Nicola Sturgeon interesting even in her bad business suits.

If only she could kick her habit of head-butting the air to emphasise her oratory ...

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by Chris

If only she could kick her habit of head-butting the air to emphasise her oratory ...

Irritates the hell out of me that does. It's when the hands and heads go together the Thunderbirds tune goes through my head.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Chris

If only she could kick her habit of head-butting the air to emphasise her oratory ...

I think Mr Lovemonkey could see something naughty there with her head moving.

That sounds like a Glasgow kiss.

[Alan Fry]

When Labour finally becomes left wing again, then they would ditch the SNP and go back to Labour, and I also think that the Conservatives/Lib Dems should let Labour lead the Pro-union campain as they only have 20 MSP's and 12 MP's (which could fall even more come the next election)

[nashville]

I believe this is a waste of Tax payers money. I am so much against it & we will have it ramed down our throat for 2 years before we get a chance to say No

The SNP seems to have accepted that it's not a good idea to design a referendum with rules that would make a banana republic blush ... Instead of inventing his own body to 'supervise' the poll, he has now agreed that it's probably a good idea if the (shock, horror) Electoral Commission is allowed to do what it's paid to do.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-16659665