tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post1093339385142547847..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Scottish independence: Alex Salmond gets angry during SKY TV interview over his currency plans, political journalist Faisal Islam asks ‘would the Bank of England fund Scottish banks under his proposals without a currency union’, the answer is NoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-41495711035913995062014-09-04T19:30:59.730+01:002014-09-04T19:30:59.730+01:00I have been shocked at how people in this country ...I have been shocked at how people in this country have been willing to back this man despite what he has said and done. He has openly admitted that he has admiration for Putin and he has wasted huge amounts of public money on court cases. One to hide evidence that never existed and another to try and prevent the last general election debate being broadcast in Scotland. Freedom of speech anyone? The yes Scots are excusing their behaviour by saying that it is "not about Salmond." It is "everything to do with Salmond." Sadly none of them will listen as they trot forward to a one party state. I can only hope that there are others who can see through him but there is now "bandwagon jumpery"and the gap is closing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-81219895042785682482014-08-31T15:30:14.673+01:002014-08-31T15:30:14.673+01:00Interesting to me was the comment regarding the us...Interesting to me was the comment regarding the use of the euro. Salmond seems desperate to be part of the European Union and membership of this is that a country must have a proven central bank and must use the euro. If you cast your mind back to when Britain joined the Common Market we were forced to accept the common fisheries allowing European countries access to our fisheries. When Salmond says that any country would want our oil possibly he already knows the price of Scotlands entry into Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-44834238073870903412014-08-29T12:14:04.503+01:002014-08-29T12:14:04.503+01:00A good caller on the morning phone-in totally got ...A good caller on the morning phone-in totally got him, on whether he will accept a mandate given by rUK's people for their govt to decline a currency union.ternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710224070068773971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-63925890391222743272014-08-29T08:59:03.778+01:002014-08-29T08:59:03.778+01:00Anonymous @ 5.08 PM
I agree. I think people are se...Anonymous @ 5.08 PM<br />I agree. I think people are seriously underestimating the possibility of the last minute bounce and I am already preparing to remove my pensions and savings from Scotland. <br /><br />There is no question that the No campaign has been woeful. Independence is an emotional issue, but their concentration on mostly economic issues was never going to appeal to the poorly educated and, frankly, not very bright lower two quartiles in society. These voters are not worrying over future interest rates or matters of international security. The whole nationalist exercise seems more like a religious millenarianism cult. By blaming the English for every problem in Scotland, playing up the idea that the country has been a repressed colony for 300 years, and suggesting that continued membership of the UK will lead to increasing poverty and exploitation, they have deliberately created a false narrative, but one that appeals to those who wish they had a better life.<br /><br />If independence comes I can see a very fractured society. After the initial euphoric bounce of 'freedom' (a concept insulting to those who have really been oppressed), I visualise a country where disappointment sets in, the SNP seeks revenge on its opponents, and people start to leave (like Ireland in the 1920s). Anything that goes wrong will be blamed on the English and the City of London, which seem to occupy the same place in the SNP pantheon as the Jews did in Germany circa 1932.<br /><br />Given the SNP's determination to remain in power, I think we will see a continuation of the stitch ups visible in the current Scottish Parliament, such a complete domination of the committees. Excluding political opponents from meaningful criticism and intimidation of other parties may very well continue. <br /><br />The sheer nastiness of the Yes campaign and its determination to label its opponents as anti-Scottish suggest we may well end up with the SNP ruling in near-perpetuity (think of Mexico and Turkey). The physical threats and intimidation of No campaigners seen in recent months may well be a foretaste of what will happen in future election campaigns, where the SNP stormtroopers and rent-a-mob crowd will deter opponents from standing or from expressing 'anti-Scottish' views.<br /><br />Remember, a patriot is someone who loves his country, while a nationalist is someone who hates other people's countries and blames them for all the faults and shortcomings in society. No which one reminds you of the SNP and its modus operandi?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-43756197941020102762014-08-28T17:21:13.355+01:002014-08-28T17:21:13.355+01:00Entirely Right Councillor Kelly.
Watching the ...Entirely Right Councillor Kelly.<br /><br />Watching the 'debate' was depressing, it had all the characteristics of a stairheid rammy.<br /><br />As for Mr Salmonds 3 plan B's on currency can be summed up as;<br /><br />Bluff<br /><br />Bluster<br /><br />& <br /><br />Blackmail<br /><br />He prattles on about the 'Sovereign will' of the Scottish people giving him a mandate to have a currency union.<br /><br />Conveniently forgetting the 'Sovereign will' of the people south of the border to refuse a currency union.<br /><br />However the Nationalists are not interested in facts, they resemble one of those weird religious cults, where belief is more important than anything else.<br /><br />You know the kind, that promise paradise will arrive when the space ships land.<br /><br />They are invariably led by a charismatic leader, whose reputation implodes when the space ships fail to turn up. <br /><br />Leaving behind the believers who cannot accept that he was wrong, and who descend into paranoid conspiracy theories to explain the leaders demise.<br /><br />But when the solution to every problem is independence, I guess there are no such things as consequences.<br />Stuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-27027113350295826272014-08-28T17:08:53.930+01:002014-08-28T17:08:53.930+01:00I think you are seriously underestimating the YES ...I think you are seriously underestimating the YES campaign and I predict at least one poll showing them in the lead in the next 10 days.<br /><br />This is an argument between hard economic reality and nationalism. If the Scots were really as canny as they are made out to be then the YES campaign would have been dead in the water long ago.<br /><br />Its my opinion that nationalism will trump the former on the 18th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-77456229672255763082014-08-28T11:03:58.941+01:002014-08-28T11:03:58.941+01:00I think Alistair Darling totally missed the trick ...I think Alistair Darling totally missed the trick around not pressing home the points Faisal Islam and also Charles Kennedy made on the debate on Tuesday, around Bank deposit security, and debt default. Its all in the past now anyway, but YES seem to think that Monday night was the game changer they were looking for. All in all it was a shouting match in front of a baying mob and the 'real' Alex Salmond was exposed with the 'mask slipping'. Most people will I think say 'No thanks' when asked if they want to give carte blanche for their futures to this man. Salmond was looking more graceful since the first debate but the second one has reinflated his ego and he thinks he cant lose. Be interesting to see the next opinion poll but if theres a double digit lead for no in any, then its all over bar the Jolly Fat Man singing. J Fnoreply@blogger.com