Scottish Independence - classic or dud

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only a limited amount of coins and only in payment of certain kinds of debt. a shop, of course, has no obligation to trade with a customer at all.

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The Queen would still be our sovereign, so the Kingdom would still be United, I assume

I was wrong..

Bank of England notes are legal tender in England and Wales and are issued in the denominations of £5, £10, £20 and £50. English banknotes can always be redeemed at the Bank of England even if discontinued. Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes are not legal tender in any part of the United Kingdom.

Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes are not legal tender in any part of the United Kingdom.

LOL, yeah, thanks for that guys

Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes aren't backed by anything tho? They're the equivalent of Disneyland fun money or something.

maybe Scottish bank notes cd be backed by the RBS oh wait

They say Sterling on them... maybe as a tribute to Sterling Morrison, Glasgow having more Velvet Underground albums per household than any other city in Europe

Out of interest, what would the UK be called if Scotland weren't part of it?

at the moment it is the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland (I think). I suspect rump UK would be called the United Kingdom of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, UK for short.

I don't know why the Labour Party would support restricting the referendum to yes/no

because the Scottish Labour party pathologically hate the SNP and see them as the 'enemy' and not the Tories. Any defeat for Salmond would please them. Despite cutting their noses off etc.

In a Scottish context, the SNP are the Labour party's main enemy.

If Scotland did become independent, its politics would be a bit strange. Three left or centre left parties taking up almost all the votes, and a tiny right wing party waving its "we're here too" flag. This is a bit odd for somewhere that has an economy heavily based on financial services (and shortbread).

Cue blah blah blah posts about how the Liberals and/or Labour are not really left or centre left.

Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes aren't backed by anything tho?

I hate to break it to you, but the Bank of England went off the gold standard in the 1920s, so English bank notes are not backed by anything either.

Cue blah blah blah posts about how the Liberals and/or Labour are not really left or centre left.

You missed out the SNP. Have you seen where there parliamentary constituencies are? You think Moray, Perth and North Perthshire, Banff and Buchan are hotbeds of socialism?

Tories are the second placed party in 4 out of the 6 SNP Westminster seats

"polls have hovered around 35% in favour for years"

i'm guessing pro independence people are probably significantly more likely to get out and vote. i'd say we're perilously close to saying yes to this madness.

it is true that since the UK government went off the gold standard Sterling has been a purely imaginary currency, tbf

Is Paxman on drugs or something?

I know fuck all about the local conditions.

What's motivating Cameron to make this an issue?

Gus O'Donnell. The Civil Service. Osborne. Until a couple of weeks ago Cameron thought Scotland was some place up north where his friends go to do some grouse shooting once a year.

I remember reading about how some Scottish people were annoyed because Paxman referred to Burns as a writer of doggerel. I thought.... mmmm.

tbf i think Paxman was on drugs or something

I remember reading about how some Scottish people were annoyed because Paxman referred to Burns as a writer of doggerel. I thought.... mmmm.

― The New Dirty Vicar

whether or not you agree with that as a description of his work it was in step with several jibes he is known to make at scotland in general, the most notorious being his comparing the preponderance of scots in westminster to british rule of india. a very enjoyable experience for me was watching him on "who do you think you are?" crying when he found out his great, or great great, grandmother had been a destitute glaswegian. take that paxo, you cunt.

Paxman's talent for zinging scumbags is frequently mistaken for genuine positive genius by a chunk of the chatterati, but i've rarely seen evidence of his towering intellect.

Would this in any way affect the 2012 shooting schedule of Doctor Who? I think that's probably the most important consideration...

Paxman's talent for zinging scumbags is frequently mistaken for genuine positive genius by a chunk of the chatterati, but i've rarely seen evidence of his towering intellect.

― summer sun, something's begun, but uh-oh those tumblr whites (Noodle Vague), Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:32 PM (38 minutes ago)

rarely have i seen the word never more unfortunately elided

paxman is a cunt, a doughy minded lowland british shithead, and i hope he distends so i can call him a fat cunt

I just watched part of that. Wtf?! Paxman comes across as a total twat.

plue sa chonge

Cameron launching his campaign to break up the Union

First Rangers, now the United Kingdom... what fresh hell awaits for Unionists?

SO glad that other people hate Paxman. Dude is a fucking bully.

LOL stupid pic on BBC site

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58536000/jpg/_58536850_014020987-1.jpg

man i could murder a bowl of porridge

When the oil runs out the porridge will still be, uh, flowing

snp's campaign should be to get everyone drunk before the poll and play them "letter from america".

Poll date: 01/01/2014, 1am-4am

Apparently the unionist campaign better together think this is a good reason to vote no to independence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asD_fBJeEg4

wee dugs and sausage rolls. I bet thats convinced you noo..

tbf i'm pro independence because fuck england, i don't seriously believe there are many compelling arguments on either side

a piece & sausage sure isn't one though. Honestly is this the level of discourse we're reduced to in this country though? I dread to think what this guy is a student of.

what next? a fight between chips n sauce , chips n curry sauce or chips n gravy?

You should poll it.

dont want to start a glasgow vs edinburgh war

i'm afraid you're gonna see arguments at that kind of level throughout the campaign, exactly the same as the stupidity during the AV vote in Britain, because pro politicians and PR firms have nothing but contempt for humanity

anyway, curry and chips or gtf

all the schoolkids in Hamilton have chips n curry sauce for lunch as the tabac at the railway station sells it (open 24 hours if you want some). None of them talk as much pish as Ryan or Better Together.

And NV is right, politicians always treat us as morons. But thanks to the likes of Ryan its no wonder.

btw nv did I ever tell you that a supporters club in Forfar I think it was sold a roll and mince?
I await the Dictator Salmond Will Ban A Roll & Mince headline from The Daily Record.

you can't even get a decent pie at a ground any more

I heard the Killie pie is extortionate

(brown sauce or ketchup on your pie?)

didn't used to have either at a match but i'll have brown at home, i'd rather have nothing than ketchup on a pie

scotch people say this and English people say this amirite /votes furiously