People of the north, it's time to choose. English? Or Scottish?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/01/scotland-vote-yes-scottish-independence?CMP=twt_gu
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
The guy writes with that breezily chummy style that bugs me so much on comment is free... but he's actually really good at it, and it makes all the difference.
The idea seriously makes sense as well.
― Eyeball Kicks, Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/poll/2014/feb/26/poll-british-flag-scotland-independent
Clearly 7 is the best.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
5 would make a good techno album cover, but not national flag.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
8, 9 and 10 are hilariously bad. 5 is awesome.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
I like the scandinavian simplicity of 2
― he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up (NotEnough), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
1 looks like a tea tray you might find at your gran's house.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Anyway my support for 7 comes from the fact that if we're going to live in an anachronistic monarchy we may as well have some hardcore medieval looking shit on our flag.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
I'm embarrassed not to know this, but where does the yellow come from on those flags?
― eardrum buzz aldrin (NickB), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Don't say dog piss
The Carling vomit littering the streets of our fair coastal towns.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:02 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Saint_David (also explains the black.)
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
it would be pleasing if there actually was some black in the union jack
― ogmor, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
oh thanks merdeyeux! seems like 12 would be the most sensible option then, but with black instead of blue
― eardrum buzz aldrin (NickB), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
On a similar note here are some early designs for the Union flag from I guess the 17th Century.
http://www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/articles/jacks.jpg
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
Anyway my support for 7 comes from the fact that if we're going to live in an anachronistic monarchy
Don't forget Scotland's going to be part of the same anachronistic monarchy after independence
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
And I fully expect their flag to be an image of the Queen enjoying a can of Irn Bru.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
you can check out any time you want
― The Buzzing of Summer Tweets (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
That won't leave Rangers' fans with very much to sing about to keep their spirits up
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
12 but black instead of blue
― conrad, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Oh no, just what we dont need in the referendum debate http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/orange-order-may-stage-pro-union-march-on-eve-of-scottish-referendum.24188536
Apparently they also have a campaign called British Together
― ۩, Sunday, 11 May 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
Darling losing his cool here
― paolo, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
i would be watching but stv player is knackered. what am i missing?
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Not much. Salmond's voice is a bit more nasal than I remember but I'm not holding it against him
― paolo, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
would an independent scotland have shit streaming?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
There are some dodgy looking individuals in the audience there
― paolo, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Salmond seems to be trying to stare Darling down
― paolo, Monday, 25 August 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
And he's doing his thing of walking out from behind the podium again
― paolo, Monday, 25 August 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
idk just kinda feel its unseemly all this demanding independence from the Brits without yknow actually yknow, v unceltly imo
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Monday, 25 August 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Audience seems to be mostly pro-independence
― paolo, Monday, 25 August 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
It's balanced, it's just the No side aren't making themselves heard. Interesting, that
― stet, Monday, 25 August 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
eck much better this time around i thought
― sktsh, Monday, 25 August 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Classic
EU >>>> UK
― paolo, Friday, 24 June 2016 08:12 (seven years ago) link
Except last time round the assumption was England would be in the EU. Now have to choose trading partner: England or eurozone?
― stet, Friday, 24 June 2016 08:14 (seven years ago) link
So classic that I believe Scottish voters should have voted for it first time. Salmond is saying the second Scottish independence referendum should happen within the next two and a half years, which I think is very likely.http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1819E/production/_90081789_eu_ref_results_map_promo976.png(map in the middle is the actual result - blue = leave, yellow = remain)
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Friday, 24 June 2016 08:17 (seven years ago) link
god, remember when nationalism was awful and only a Tory would want to secede from the UK? crazy times
― http://www.jhbooks.com/pictures/137370.jpg (Noodle Vague), Friday, 24 June 2016 08:45 (seven years ago) link
Scotland wanting to stay with a broader group of broadly enlightened neighbouring countries is not traditional 'nationalism', though
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Friday, 24 June 2016 10:09 (seven years ago) link
What are the maps on either side?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 24 June 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link
Remain % and Leave % - the darker the colour the higher the percentage.
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Friday, 24 June 2016 10:34 (seven years ago) link
Scotland's first minister has said a second independence referendum is "highly likely" after the UK voted to leave the EU.
Nicola Sturgeon said it was "democratically unacceptable" that Scotland faced the prospect of being taken out of the EU against its will.
She said the Scottish government would begin preparing legislation to enable another independence vote.
Scotland voted in favour of the UK staying in the EU by 62% to 38%.
The UK as a whole has voted to Leave, prompting David Cameron to announce he would stand down as prime minister by October.
At a news conference at Bute House, Ms Sturgeon said the Scottish cabinet would meet on Saturday to discuss its next steps.
― paolo, Friday, 24 June 2016 10:52 (seven years ago) link
Nicola Sturgeon has a valid point. Why go down with the ship when you can take a few steps and get back onto relatively solid ground?
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 24 June 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
bump
― stet, Thursday, 13 October 2016 12:48 (seven years ago) link
^
― conrad, Thursday, 13 October 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
we need to be independent because we're better together in the eu iirc
― doo-doo diplomacy (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:00 (seven years ago) link
hope the independence brigade has the guts to use "better together" as their slogan
― conrad, Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
that would be amazing
― doo-doo diplomacy (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
HA
― stet, Thursday, 13 October 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
I am so done with this happening again already.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 15 October 2016 08:52 (seven years ago) link
How amenable would the rest of the EU be to admitting Scotland? I would guess that Spain would veto pretty much anything and an independent Scotland stuck outside the EU is surely a disaster waiting to happen.
Inside the EU is an entirely different prospect obviously. Why go through the hassle of moving your headquarters from London to Frankfurt or Berlin when you can move it to Edinburgh or Glasgow and actually retain a lot of your staff.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 15 October 2016 09:06 (seven years ago) link
it would be so righteous if it worked which is reason enough to think it never will
― Master Ballsmith (ogmor), Saturday, 15 October 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link