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Supreme court judges rule unanimously that the holding of a referendum is a reserved matter and thus permission is needed from the UK government.
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You're at it again, Corby, and your constant stirring isn't helpful. Unlike the contributor who just joined us again and, once again, is no more, TTT is not a troll.
12:07 Wed 23rd Nov 2022
@12.45 & @12.46.The brexit referendum vote up here in Scotland was-SNP voters who voted for Brexit(29%),Scottish Tory voters who voted for Brexit(27%),Scottish Labour voters who voted for Brexit(19%).Up here in Scotland the main Brexiteer party was the SNP.Figures from the Guardian newspaper,by the way.
By the way just loving your discomfiture,as i [email protected].
//Which encourage undecided Scots that independence might not be such a bad thing, but perhaps that is your intention//
I really don’t care that much one way or another. The UK Government wastes enough money and a few quid extra given to the Scots is neither here nor there in the overall scheme of things. I don’t see that Scotland adds anything particularly to the strength of the UK and with about 8% of the population there is undue attention given to such a small minority. They were forced to form a Union with England because they were skint and if they leave (owing to the RUK 8% of the £2trillion debt) they will be equally so.
// NJ, why do you think the Supreme Court should not have accepted the Lord Advocate's referral?//
Because Constitutional matters (of which there can be no doubt that the potential break up of the UK is one) are clearly reserved for Westminster.
//"They would have left the EU in 2014 if they had won the independence vote."
Where did you get that claim from?//
Well, let’s ask this question then, Corby: If Scotland had voted to become an independent country in 2014, do you believe they would be a member of the EU by now? I certainly don’t. The UK was the EU member at that time and if they left the UK they would have left the EU. Further, I could not see the EU immediately accepting them as a member because they simply did not (and still do not) meet the entry criteria. Yes, the EU may have “fudged” their entry (as it did that of Greece to the euro) but I doubt it.
I really don’t care that much one way or another. The UK Government wastes enough money and a few quid extra given to the Scots is neither here nor there in the overall scheme of things. I don’t see that Scotland adds anything particularly to the strength of the UK and with about 8% of the population there is undue attention given to such a small minority. They were forced to form a Union with England because they were skint and if they leave (owing to the RUK 8% of the £2trillion debt) they will be equally so.
// NJ, why do you think the Supreme Court should not have accepted the Lord Advocate's referral?//
Because Constitutional matters (of which there can be no doubt that the potential break up of the UK is one) are clearly reserved for Westminster.
//"They would have left the EU in 2014 if they had won the independence vote."
Where did you get that claim from?//
Well, let’s ask this question then, Corby: If Scotland had voted to become an independent country in 2014, do you believe they would be a member of the EU by now? I certainly don’t. The UK was the EU member at that time and if they left the UK they would have left the EU. Further, I could not see the EU immediately accepting them as a member because they simply did not (and still do not) meet the entry criteria. Yes, the EU may have “fudged” their entry (as it did that of Greece to the euro) but I doubt it.
ynnafymmi "...and?....any nationalist is a bad nationalist...."
You are very hot on folk being accurate and have accused at least one other member of lying.
I am merely attempting to establish whether Nicola Sturgeon was, in fact, ever leader of the YSN as you claimed but you appear unable to provide confirmation.
You are very hot on folk being accurate and have accused at least one other member of lying.
I am merely attempting to establish whether Nicola Sturgeon was, in fact, ever leader of the YSN as you claimed but you appear unable to provide confirmation.
I am relishing your discomfiture,TCL.Every cloud,eh.As for your lying comment,JNO stated"for some time after Mandela was freed,there was no shortage of ABers denouncing him as a murderer".Mandela was released in 1990.Answerbank wasnt founded till 2000.So how the hell did ABers denounce the release of Mandela when AB wasnt founded till 2000?Did some ABers have a time machine.Every cloud,eh?
//...but why do i get the impression that you hate Scotland just as much as i love Scotland?//
I've no idea because I don't. I've no particular feelings one way or another. I've been there quite a few times and have some friends who run a Shortbread business near Loch Lomond. Scotland is a nice enough place and like other parts of the UK has its good parts and bad parts, some nice people and some not-so-nice people.
What is getting on my nerves is the constant whining of some (not all) Scots, perpetually moaning about how they have suffered three hundred years of oppression by the English and how their interests are not considered by Westminster. They have a devolved administration with powers that far exceed that of the London Assembly (the population of which is far greater) and receive far more in public spending per head than most parts of England do. Scotland has an independence referendum eight years ago and gave its answer. The notion that the EU referendum changed all that is specious. Far more and a similar percentage of people in London voted to Remain and I have not heard any calls for London's independence from the UK recently.
I've no idea because I don't. I've no particular feelings one way or another. I've been there quite a few times and have some friends who run a Shortbread business near Loch Lomond. Scotland is a nice enough place and like other parts of the UK has its good parts and bad parts, some nice people and some not-so-nice people.
What is getting on my nerves is the constant whining of some (not all) Scots, perpetually moaning about how they have suffered three hundred years of oppression by the English and how their interests are not considered by Westminster. They have a devolved administration with powers that far exceed that of the London Assembly (the population of which is far greater) and receive far more in public spending per head than most parts of England do. Scotland has an independence referendum eight years ago and gave its answer. The notion that the EU referendum changed all that is specious. Far more and a similar percentage of people in London voted to Remain and I have not heard any calls for London's independence from the UK recently.
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