tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1677633336653024124..comments2024-03-28T13:41:46.546+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: The UDI that dares not speak its nameJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-37515444151139746622019-02-07T17:04:52.784+00:002019-02-07T17:04:52.784+00:00Peter Bell is now a serious liability to Independe...Peter Bell is now a serious liability to Independence. At a time when Independence hinges on persuading former No voters with well defined and good argument he goes around abusing everyone who doesn't bow down to his drunken ill thought out rants. Stewartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09503179236174545623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-49674930363887428922019-02-01T05:51:55.845+00:002019-02-01T05:51:55.845+00:00More drunken racism from Cordelia.
For its next tr...More drunken racism from Cordelia.<br />For its next trick, it'll be screaming insults at its cat for voting Remain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-29481514322623726962019-02-01T05:48:53.865+00:002019-02-01T05:48:53.865+00:00In its usual state of utter confusion mixed with t...In its usual state of utter confusion mixed with turps, Cordelia seems to have conveniently forgotten that it's been calling the SNP Nazis for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57532305767616142732019-01-31T22:31:42.554+00:002019-01-31T22:31:42.554+00:00I have no loathing for the SNP just pity. They are...I have no loathing for the SNP just pity. They are Tories, libs, Labour and Greens. All Tories and screwing the working classes. Have to get back to the sink. Cordelianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20835730933875433152019-01-31T17:58:55.990+00:002019-01-31T17:58:55.990+00:00Poor Cordelia, hammered and vomiting racial abuse ...Poor Cordelia, hammered and vomiting racial abuse again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57271488240841536312019-01-31T17:57:49.308+00:002019-01-31T17:57:49.308+00:00Cordelia, there, once again sharing entirely too m...Cordelia, there, once again sharing entirely too much of its bizarre and degraded fantasy life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-64179791359481745022019-01-31T16:20:30.003+00:002019-01-31T16:20:30.003+00:00You go offline for a couple of days and all hell b...You go offline for a couple of days and all hell breaks loose! Got a bit of catching up to do...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887273324804904884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-92149855569243848442019-01-31T13:19:49.769+00:002019-01-31T13:19:49.769+00:00Niko and Cordelia could still exchange notes on th...Niko and Cordelia could still exchange notes on their loathing of the SNP. Niko hasn't changed his views on that; merely on the constitutional question. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21211613356467208062019-01-30T21:46:54.746+00:002019-01-30T21:46:54.746+00:00A marriage made in Hell.A marriage made in Hell.Rear-Admiral Ranulph G. Scatterpouchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33711196228512894882019-01-30T07:35:52.374+00:002019-01-30T07:35:52.374+00:00Poor Cordelia doesn't like to read.Poor Cordelia doesn't like to read.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-86331591743724192712019-01-30T07:34:24.904+00:002019-01-30T07:34:24.904+00:00Poor Cordelia, hammered and vomiting racial abuse ...Poor Cordelia, hammered and vomiting racial abuse again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-73927812298608554252019-01-30T07:33:10.274+00:002019-01-30T07:33:10.274+00:00Niko's pro-independence now.Niko's pro-independence now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-58552895746398622892019-01-30T07:31:28.485+00:002019-01-30T07:31:28.485+00:00Poor Cordelia must have been bevvying all afternoo...Poor Cordelia must have been bevvying all afternoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-39356537709688996342019-01-30T07:30:09.292+00:002019-01-30T07:30:09.292+00:00Poor Cordelia thinks it's a socialist. Hilario...Poor Cordelia thinks it's a socialist. Hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-79445428328956109692019-01-30T01:38:13.981+00:002019-01-30T01:38:13.981+00:00I gave up reading Peter's stuff a long time ag...I gave up reading Peter's stuff a long time ago, finding him patronising and misogynistic - and more than a little up his own arse. http://jmnboxy123.blogspot.co.uk/https://www.blogger.com/profile/14358351851726794433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-43595850261615041512019-01-30T01:14:53.289+00:002019-01-30T01:14:53.289+00:00In August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. W...In August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. War is something done by Declaration, because it does not require the agreement of the other party. However, when it was announced that there would be an Armistice from the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, this was an "Announcement", not a "Declaration", because Germany had agreed. <br /><br />When I declared my house a smoke-free zone, that was a Declaration. I did not consult my neighbours. I did not ask anybody likely to visit my house if that would be okay. I just declared that, if they were visiting my house, and they wanted to smoke, they would have to go outside.<br /><br />Declarations are ALWAYS "unilateral". Saying "unilateral declaration" is like saying "wet water". The first word is superfluous.<br /><br />So, what's the point of this stupid expression?<br /><br />The expression "UDI" was invented in 1965. It did not exist at all before that year. I was in my mid-20s, and I was already a "veteran" of five years in the British armed forces, when the expression "UDI" was first invented. I can remember the exact circumstances of it being invented very well. There was a lot of talk in the press and media about a "Unilateral Declaration of Independence" by the racist government of the apartheid regime in Rhodesia. <br /><br />Rhodesian "UDI" did in fact happen. But in the end the country got into such a mess, they had to ask the British Government to step in to help to sort it out. As a result. "UDI" carries connotations of both illegality and failure.<br /><br />But, of course, there have been other Declarations of Independence. Most famously, the one whose anniversary gets elebrated every Fourth of July. That one doesn't carry connotations of illegality and failure. Why not?<br /><br />The answer to the question, "why not?", is because, although the British Government refused to recognise that Declaration of Independence to begin with, it nevertheless succeeded. Within ten years, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts, was presenting his credentials to King George as the first Ambassador of the USA, and even lawyers in London were producing proofs that it had all been perfectly legal all along.<br /><br />But of course it was "unilateral". Declarations are ALWAYS unilateral. "UDI" is like saying "wet water". It's a bloody idiotic expression, and the only reason for using it is to link a Declaration with the Rhodesian failure, instead of with the American success. Stop it. Stop playing the game according to rules laid down by agents of the British State. Stop talking about UDI. It's stupid. Dave Coullnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91626724534765770182019-01-29T23:50:15.517+00:002019-01-29T23:50:15.517+00:00They would go down the pub and talk about importan...They would go down the pub and talk about important issues! GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4687730664161232912019-01-29T23:42:07.383+00:002019-01-29T23:42:07.383+00:00Cordelia and Niko up a tree,
K.I.S.S.I.N.GCordelia and Niko up a tree,<br />K.I.S.S.I.N.GRear-Admiral Ranulph G. Scatterpouchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84952616267044165392019-01-29T23:33:10.909+00:002019-01-29T23:33:10.909+00:00She's drinking again, folks. Poor Cordelia.She's drinking again, folks. Poor Cordelia.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-831072396104656412019-01-29T23:31:23.184+00:002019-01-29T23:31:23.184+00:00Cordelia darling. I know it's your fervent des...Cordelia darling. I know it's your fervent desire. After a few doubles.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-56072446681297427272019-01-29T23:20:43.116+00:002019-01-29T23:20:43.116+00:00The British Govt. Did nothing when Rhodesia declar...The British Govt. Did nothing when Rhodesia declared UDI from the British Empire. A whites only racist regime was tolerated by London.<br />Play by their rules if you like, and I'm not sure if UDI is the best tool to get us to indy.<br />The UK has had it's day. Let's keep the heid while others are losing theirs. ramstamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764651142754131538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6490238866136875112019-01-29T23:19:23.285+00:002019-01-29T23:19:23.285+00:00What would be the constitutional situation if the ...What would be the constitutional situation if the UK Parliament (or to give it its correct title,the English Parliament) was suspended and the government introduced martial law and rule by decree. Also if the government then moved to destablish the Scottish Parliament would not these two actions nullify the Act of Union as the UK Parliament would not be in existence and the claim of right of the Scottish people (expressed in a referendum to set up the Scottish Parliament) would be over turned therefore leading to defacto independence ?.jeans-jacqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209313475974449077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-1302394928443588422019-01-29T22:42:59.470+00:002019-01-29T22:42:59.470+00:00'Unilateral declaration of independence' i...'Unilateral declaration of independence' is a remarkably self-explanatory collection of words. Is what Peter is proposing a declaration? Yup. Would it be unilateral? Yup. Would the aim be to make Scotland an independent country? Yup. No box is left unchecked.<br /><br />The UK does have different constitutional arrangements from Spain, in the sense that there isn't a constitutional bar on independence. But that doesn't change the fact that only Westminster has the legal power to repeal the Act of Union.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264559835025144323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-17423312325121783402019-01-29T22:33:25.889+00:002019-01-29T22:33:25.889+00:00For what it's worth, I agree with Donald. He h...For what it's worth, I agree with Donald. He has written an article declaring that UDI is 'inappropriate and inapplicable' https://peterabell.blog/2019/01/19/stfu-about-udi/<br /><br />Yes, I've read what you think about it James but he has a different view. As far as I can see, he thinks UDI is something similar to what Catalonia attempted, and acknowledging that our position is contitutionally similar to theirs. He is arguing that the constitutional settlement of the UK is different (a fact which seems to be readily acknowledged, ironically, by Spain). <br /><br />It would be fair to point this out.<br /><br />But that does not excuse his behaviour and language. He has a fine mind, but is in danger of becoming a liability to the movement if he doesn't get a grip. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50537391965410746482019-01-29T21:44:44.000+00:002019-01-29T21:44:44.000+00:00I see MPs have backed everyone in England getting ...I see MPs have backed everyone in England getting a free unicorn with the f'n krauts and frogs having to pay for it, while paddy can go stuff himself.<br /><br />Now let's see what the EU thinks of this proposal.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Incidentally, I asked around at work / among friends from across the globe, and it turns out <i>nobody anywhere</i> outside of England uses the term 'mother of parliaments' in reference to Westminster. They were all like 'WTF are you on about?'. A quick google check and, aye, same result.<br /><br />Mind you, folks won't even be able to use it in England if a Section 30 isn't given. Obviously.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.com