tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post1484851250289558952..comments2024-03-19T07:34:16.716+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: On the subject of blogging etiquette...James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91790166752729748432019-01-28T18:37:27.777+00:002019-01-28T18:37:27.777+00:00In unrelated news from an alternative reality.
...In unrelated news from an alternative reality. <br /><br /> Duncan Hothersall. Yes THAT drinking weathershield, stated outright that he has NEVER worked for the labour party.<br /><br /> Was he not an election agent for ian murray? Did he not campaign as a labour member of worse together? I saw him and a mob of the labour youth stormtroopers delivering leaflets and harassing old people.<br /><br /> But he has literally NEVER WORKED FOR LABOUR! <br /><br /> The man has something wrong with his head. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-645243572927566662019-01-25T08:02:42.143+00:002019-01-25T08:02:42.143+00:00It kind of looks that way. In a totally unrelated ...It kind of looks that way. In a totally unrelated manner, I'm reading the biography of Casement with half an eye on the film Groundhog Day.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23509563930971461222019-01-24T19:03:02.929+00:002019-01-24T19:03:02.929+00:00I chose 'fascist' carefully actually. Exac...I chose 'fascist' carefully actually. Exactly the same people have been ranged against Chavez and Maduro from the beginning, all that has happened is that they have found a new figurehead.<br /><br />Their opposition to the government is motivated by both class and racial hatred, and they have repeatedly used violence to try and bring it down, for example as in this case: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Youth-Burned-for-Being-Chavista-Dies-from-Injuries-20170604-0011.html.<br /><br />This has all also been carefully co-ordinated with Washington. (Treason?)<br /><br />The huge problems with the Venezuelan government don't mean that any and every attempt at replacing it should be supported.Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-31110065250766073602019-01-24T17:59:52.841+00:002019-01-24T17:59:52.841+00:00Yup, in return for assets of countries that were p...Yup, in return for assets of countries that were part of USSR. I'm sure the rUK would do the same in exchange for a percentage of an Indy Scotlands oil revenue for example.<br /><br />Of course the debt issue has nothing to do with originator and successor states mentioned in the original comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21309769621193704012019-01-24T16:50:32.641+00:002019-01-24T16:50:32.641+00:00Russia also took all the debt of the original stat...Russia also took all the debt of the original state too.HandandShrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-90720032898785851502019-01-24T16:14:57.250+00:002019-01-24T16:14:57.250+00:00International law and precident is clear on this. ...International law and precident is clear on this. If Scotland became independent it would form a new state and have to join international bodies (UN, EU, WTO etc etc) as that new state. <br /><br />The 'UK' (or what ever it becomes called) which will be the UK as it is now minus Scotland, retains membership of all international organistations (NATO, UNSC etc).<br /><br />A good example is the Russia, when the USSR broke up it retained its seat at the UNSC because it was the original state.<br /><br />A google search of 'successor states' brings up a host of further clarification if needed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65978310370148772642019-01-24T15:44:39.121+00:002019-01-24T15:44:39.121+00:00Well, seems the internal polling is looking bad fo...Well, seems the internal polling is looking bad for the unionists going by today's news.Scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-77655522872310734882019-01-24T14:25:13.890+00:002019-01-24T14:25:13.890+00:00Well, blow me down. No-one could have foreseen tha...Well, blow me down. No-one could have foreseen that. What next, Wotherspoons HQ flitting to Croatia?Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22695510551976612722019-01-24T14:16:17.117+00:002019-01-24T14:16:17.117+00:00I agree with you that it would be a coup d'eta...I agree with you that it would be a coup d'etat, and the fact that Trump is on one side gives me an overwhelming urge to identify with the other side. But let's face it, neither the Maduro government nor the alternative have much democratic legitimacy at the moment. Chavez was broadly a democrat, but that seems to have gone completely out of the window since his death.<br /><br />The word "fascist" is over-used. It's possible that Venezuela could go the way of Brazil if the government falls, but that remains to be seen.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264559835025144323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-91840568758245836332019-01-24T14:00:47.984+00:002019-01-24T14:00:47.984+00:00No one should legitimise the fascist coup d'et...No one should legitimise the fascist coup d'etat currently being attempted.Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14396195871528825552019-01-24T13:41:56.850+00:002019-01-24T13:41:56.850+00:00It is a recurring theme I have seen spouted that I...It is a recurring theme I have seen spouted that I'd leaving the EU is so hard imagine leaving the Union. <br /><br />This is of course nonsense. <br /><br />1) The SNP are not divided on independence like the Tories are on the EU. <br /><br />2) By aiming to rejoin the EU Scotland does not need to forge dozens of trade deals.<br /><br />3) Scotland has no GFA to backstop or DUP wingnuts to appease.<br /><br />4) It is improbable that the any negotiations for the next 50 years anywhere in the world will be as incompetent as the Brexit ones.HandandShrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-40516519481957424232019-01-24T13:08:59.749+00:002019-01-24T13:08:59.749+00:00More drunken over-sharing of repressed fantasies f...More drunken over-sharing of repressed fantasies from poor tormented Cordelia.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-26720337969953102802019-01-24T13:06:38.170+00:002019-01-24T13:06:38.170+00:00State of this drunken mess, screeching about perso...State of this drunken mess, screeching about personal responsibility as if it's ever shown any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-60008303590749384932019-01-24T13:04:20.717+00:002019-01-24T13:04:20.717+00:00Cordelia's accusing someone else of senseless ...Cordelia's accusing someone else of senseless ranting.<br />*sounds the irony klaxon*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-43027041743430254712019-01-24T12:18:46.227+00:002019-01-24T12:18:46.227+00:00And what has that senseless rant got to with an ov...And what has that senseless rant got to with an over abundance of politicians! Dare I ask. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-58301477813116777072019-01-24T12:11:34.846+00:002019-01-24T12:11:34.846+00:00Just another yoon troll telling outright lies.
Sc...Just another yoon troll telling outright lies.<br /><br />Scotland and england are the only signitaries to the treaty of union. When Scotland becomes independent then the UK no longer exists. At that point either Scotland and england inherit membership of the EU or both are kicked out. <br /><br /> The good Lord Tebbit made this exact point in a HofL debate a decade ago. And it remains unchallenged to this day. <br /><br /> Why did cameron not ask for a ruling from the EU to clarify this matter? He knew the answer but having it confirmed would have destroyed the lies and fear campaign against Scotland.<br /><br /> Yoons are fond of that letter which tells us what happens when PART OF A STATE leaves an existing member. That tells us nothing about Scotland as WE ARE THE STATE. <br /><br /> Funny how unionists don't seem to care about being an actual union but actually claim that we are just part of england or some colony.<br /><br /> You'll have to try harder. English Ally Cameron won't be happy with your SIU productivity. No bonus for you this week.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-55448980122848851252019-01-24T12:01:28.845+00:002019-01-24T12:01:28.845+00:00The HofL and the EU Parliament are not required. H...The HofL and the EU Parliament are not required. Half of the MSPs could be done away with tomorrow and no one would notice. The taxpayers are being ripped by this gravy train. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6030648160637615172019-01-24T11:47:47.758+00:002019-01-24T11:47:47.758+00:00Ah yes, the House of Lords. Bigger than the PR-ele...Ah yes, the House of Lords. Bigger than the PR-elected EU parliament, yet for a population 1/10th of the size.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-86101017871228972842019-01-24T11:32:22.993+00:002019-01-24T11:32:22.993+00:00The reason for independence is to be independent a...The reason for independence is to be independent and not dictated too by an elitist unelected foreign body. GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53586920689569891792019-01-24T11:23:17.899+00:002019-01-24T11:23:17.899+00:00Yes, that's the reason for independence; so Sc...Yes, that's the reason for independence; so Scotland can (re)join the EU relatively easily as you say.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-6681593275380553582019-01-24T11:17:51.339+00:002019-01-24T11:17:51.339+00:00Scotland won't be in the eu if either brexit o...Scotland won't be in the eu if either brexit or independence come to fruition. Scotland is in the UK, and the UK is in the EU. If either of those 'in the' links break then scotland is not within the EU. It's pretty simple transitive logic. Sure it may be easier to apply to join afterwards, but scotland would be out.alex salmond's defence lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-54456448584034785822019-01-24T10:50:09.066+00:002019-01-24T10:50:09.066+00:00You will find that the USA has a helping hand in t...You will find that the USA has a helping hand in trashing Venezuela. Marxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-33449008113789388472019-01-24T10:27:47.969+00:002019-01-24T10:27:47.969+00:00Yes, they'll leave Scotland for e.g. Ireland o...Yes, they'll leave Scotland for e.g. Ireland or the netherlands if we stay in the UK.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-4597518308479003362019-01-24T09:49:12.051+00:002019-01-24T09:49:12.051+00:00Do the nats not understand that what the companies...Do the nats not understand that what the companies in the UK are doing re: the EU, is exactly what companies in Scotland would do re: the UK? i.e. preserve their biggest market and stay in the stablest regime?alex salmond's defence lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-83972904361363514302019-01-24T08:49:40.060+00:002019-01-24T08:49:40.060+00:00So, in Venezuela, after the economy has been total...So, in Venezuela, after the economy has been totally trashed by one (with caveats) elected president, causing shortages of medicine/food, a mass exodus of people (like EU workers here) and public disorder, the world is now recognising a different president; one not elected to that office.<br /><br />This is how things work. <br /><br />You get 'recognised' if your opponent is trashing the economy and hurting the neigbours as a result, even if your opponent doesn't recognise you. Jeez, you don't even need to be elected technically, you can just UDI it sometimes.<br /><br />Independence comes from making friends and allies with your neighbours, not seeking the permission of your oppressor (which they must be if they don't recognise your independence).<br /><br />Worth keeping in mind. <br /><br />Makes you think e.g. of the praise Sturgeon has received for her very vocal defence of EU citizens living in Scotland. Quite the contrast to the xenophobic bile directed at these by the UK government. The £65 can't be undone; the true feelings are known.scottish skiernoreply@blogger.com