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UndercoverElephant wrote: The relationship has already been changed to an adversarial one by the Scots. Specifically, by the large number of yes voters who have enthusiastically repeat the outright lies of their leaders.

I think there may have been a wee bit of tension before that...

[ There will be a near unanimous feeling in the rest of the UK that the Scots should be given no breaks whatsoever - that they should be absolutely shafted at every turn during the negotiations. What, after all, would happen if the negotiations were so tainted with mutual dislike and such an unwill...

[ There will be a near unanimous feeling in the rest of the UK that the Scots should be given no breaks whatsoever - that they should be absolutely shafted at every turn during the negotiations. What, after all, would happen if the negotiations were so tainted with mutual dislike and such an unwill...

In this particular case they're also owned by the UK government. Might be avoiding a compulsory buy back of shares in the event of separation?

Generally PowerSwitch doesn't delete posts. I never used a forum so reluctant to delete posts or ban members - it's probably to our detriment. So I do find it odd when folk complain about posts being deleted here! That statement does not tally with my experience. I have had quite a number of my pos...

It was a bit repetitive, and protracted bout of "Yes it is", "No it isn't" but don't approve of deleting posts wholesale on the grounds that they were dull.

A common measure of the wealth of a nation is how few of the country's population are engaged in primary industry such as agriculture and mining. The bottom line is the only credible plans for reducing greenhouse gases involve at least limiting, if not stopping or reversing, growth and those plans i...

A little like the problem of aid dependancy, as a result of our interference the middle east now has a security dependancy. On a hundred year timeline you may say the best response is to cut them off and let the system normalise itself, but who but the most psychopathic of us could maintain their re...

I understand the old Hebrew should read something more like "Thou shalt do no murder." Immediately upon descending from the mountain with this commandment Moses put 300 of his men to slaughter for worshiping calves, which was not murder but a lawful punishment for idolatry.

If I'm not mistaken, Europeans, from a number of different countries, went to fight the fascists in he Spanish civil war. Were they "messed up"? That thought has occurred to me on a few occasions - whether in another culture joining ISIS might be romanticised in the same manner as walking...

When dismissing a policy it may be helpful to actually read it. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/energyrevolution/ The relevant section starts on page 55. No I'm not wading through fifty five pages or even one page with a book mark. If you have a point to make or ...

When dismissing a policy it may be helpful to actually read it.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international ... evolution/

The relevant section starts on page 55.

Devo Max for Scotland requires the political support of the rest of the population of the [current] UK due to the implications it has for equity of power across that UK. It became very clear, very early on in the initial soundings of devo-max, that the rest of the UK population were not going to st...

UndercoverElephant wrote:
Probability of a yes result in the Scottish referendum: NIL.

Bookies are offering about 3-1, with 1-5 on being offered for a 'no'.

Despite all the heat and nosie about it up here and in the press it's almost a non-issue. Before the referendum was reduced to Yes/No there was a devo max option, which had overwhelming support in all the opinion polls. Now the most likely outcome is more devolution and (probably) something like a f...