Scottish Independence

[noel]

Here's a well balanced article from across the pond.

http://harddawn.com/why-america-must...great-britain/

Enjoy.

Fantastic.

"Street hooliganism, government welfare and alcoholism define much of Scottish culture"

Any Scots care to comment?

[shaunaneto]

The Irish also have some questions to answer.

http://harddawn.com/did-the-irish-invent-gonorrhea/

[noel]

I was particularly amused by the "related" section. From gems such as:
Richard Dawkins May Be Using the Shroud of Satanism to Cover His True Communist Agenda
...to the bizarre
Did Lady Gaga Kill Lou Reed?

[Hank]

Anyone ever see Darkplace on Channel 4? Totally genius comedy. Anyway, Rick Dagless MD's take on the 'Scotch':

"The cabin crew suggested we all go out and club it. I had no option. It was that or one of their B&Bs. I figured it'd be safer on the streets. For the first time ever I saw the Scotch in their natural habitat, and it weren't pretty. I'd seen them huddling in stations before, being loud but… this time I was surrounded. Everywhere I went it felt like they were watching me; fish-white flesh puckered by the Highland breeze; tight eyes peering out for fresh meat; screechy, booze-soaked voices hollering out for a taxi to take 'em halfway up the road to the next all-night watering hole. A shatter of glass; a round of applause; a sixteen-year-old mother of three vomiting in an open sewer, bairns looking on, chewing on potato cakes. I ain’t never going back… not never."

[Richard Shlong]

Let them go, lock the door, throw away the key and build a massive wall. Pah, we'l be better off without them. Hooligans!

[TheHeathens]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...e-economy.html

[Longdogs]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...-2014021283498

[Mark G]

Smacks a bit of "its our ball, we'll take it home". I think HMG is doing an excellent job of alienating the Scots and encouraging a 'Yes' vote.

[Hank]

How many of the Scots voting 'yes' (surely it should be 'aye') will really understand the economic implications of independence?

I'd have bugger all idea.

[dominion]

Smacks a bit of "its our ball, we'll take it home". I think HMG is doing an excellent job of alienating the Scots and encouraging a 'Yes' vote.

Or it smacks of Salmond cherry picking what he wants and not doing the complicated / risky bits. He doesn't seem to have a plan B for a yes vote without a currency union?