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Alan Cumming on Sturgeon... Quote:
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#2277 |
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Alan Cumming on Sturgeon...
Pass the sick bucket... |
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#2278 |
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Alan Cumming on Sturgeon...
Pass the sick bucket...
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Don't forget he's one of the people who loves Scotland so much he has US citizenship and lives in LA.
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There is a missing comma on the first line.
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#2282 |
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There is a missing comma on the first line.
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#2283 |
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Don't forget he's one of the people who loves Scotland so much he has US citizenship and lives in LA.
If I remember correctly wasn't he at one of the SNP's conferences? ie Independence (thats the one I remember -- him taking a "selfie" with Salmond or it was someone else?) |
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Overall, I can't really moan about the Scottish budget. I would have been happy to pay a couple of pence more for good education or social policies but I do disagree that we are very much more taxed than the rest of the UK.
http://www.itv.com/news/border/2016-...-tax-scotland/ The budget did confirm the fact that on taxation there really is no big difference in the thinking between the UK and Scottish Government. That we are not seeing progressive policies from a Party who claim to be progressive is not a surprise here. Another note is that if Councils want to raise extra revenue then they will have to raise council tax which, with a council election looming might be a vote loser. I am however surprised that the more left wing SNP supporters support what is an essentially Tory direction in taxation given their model for Scotland is a higher taxation one. Then again, I'm sure there will be comments about economic levers and such. |
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I see the SNP are claiming that more folk voted to remain in the EU than voted to remain in the U.K.?
http://www.snp.org/scotland_will_unv...lan_on_tuesday Is that the case or is it pure spin? Scottish Ref https://www.theguardian.com/politics...esults-in-full Brexit ref in Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-36614284 It seems when it comes to Scotlands wishes only the wishes of the SNP count. |
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I see the SNP are claiming that more folk voted to remain in the EU than voted to remain in the U.K.?
http://www.snp.org/scotland_will_unv...lan_on_tuesday Is that the case or is it pure spin? as a % of the votes cast it was higher but in terms of actual votes cast it was quite a bit lower over 330,000 fewer votes were cast for remain in scotland than voted NO in 2014 |
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as a % of the votes cast it was higher but in terms of actual votes cast it was quite a bit lower over 330,000 fewer votes were cast for remain in scotland than voted NO in 2014 I wonder what they would do if Westminster called an Indyref for the first week in March 17? |
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I find the SNP article interesting because they have clearly set out to fail in this mission of theirs and at the end have stated the Ball is in the other political Parties Court. In other words, no matter what happens the SNP will claim that it was Westminsters fault.
I wonder what they would do if Westminster called an Indyref for the first week in March 17? |
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Scotland has the lowest turnout in the UK in the EU referendum IIRC (wasn't Glasgow something pathetic like 56%?), so hardly something to shout about.
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I can hear it now "how dare the Westmonster establishment dictate to the Scottish people the date of their independence referendum...".It would certainly wipe the smile from smug Salmonds face. |
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More people in Scotland were eligible to vote in the Scottish referendum than for the EU referendum.. Also, over 200,000 people dropped off the electoral register after the Westminster Government changed to individual registration.
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I wonder what they would do if Westminster called an Indyref for the first week in March 17?
They would likely ask does the UK Government have a mandate to do that? We all know the answer to that one.
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They would likely ask does the UK Government have a mandate to do that? We all know the answer to that one.
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It would be fairly amusing actually watching the FM trying to get out of holding one. We all know though that it's extremely unlikely in the life of this Parliament.
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You should get out there and tell all those unionist politicians on their street stalls campaigning for 'no more referendums'. Go tell them they should stick to their day jobs.
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More people in Scotland were eligible to vote in the Scottish referendum than for the EU referendum.. Also, over 200,000 people dropped off the electoral register after the Westminster Government changed to individual registration.
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Well it would be interesting to see how the Unionists on here would react. I assume they would be opposed to any referendum regardless of who called it. After all it would be rather hypocritical to support it.
In fact the SNP haven't even commissioned anyone to find out what went wrong as far as I am aware. |
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Well it would be interesting to see how the Unionists on here would react. I assume they would be opposed to any referendum regardless of who called it. After all it would be rather hypocritical to support it.
i think NO would win by an even bigger margin and it would kill all the neverendum talk for the foreseeable future |
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You should get out there and tell all those unionist politicians on their street stalls campaigning for 'no more referendums'. Go tell them they should stick to their day jobs.
Meanwhile , lets see what the SNP say today about the UK retaining no access to the EU and what parameters they put on Scotlands position. |
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I haven't seen any politicians doing what you claim on any streets near me. Can you give some recent examples?
Right now, the SNP seem to be going down the same old route of driving a wedge between Scots and the English, hoping that just enough people will be annoyed by them to vote to leave just to spite them. |
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