tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post7423439185334331483..comments2024-03-29T00:45:59.964+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: For the Yes movement to stay behind them, the SNP must have a crystal-clear manifesto commitment to an early referendum - with no caveats or get-out clausesJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-80384740031991525972020-07-23T00:56:18.962+01:002020-07-23T00:56:18.962+01:00Aha - the old support is never enough punt. When i...Aha - the old support is never enough punt. When it's getting near 60% it will suddenly become 65% is needed because ----------- fill in the blanks. <br /><br />All that is needed is to use the 2021 election and put in the madate that > 50% vote share is a mandate for independence. If the Britnats don't turn out then they ain't gonna gave many MSPs.ScottytheScotinScotlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-37882769705805134442020-07-22T23:55:12.816+01:002020-07-22T23:55:12.816+01:00It is UK laws and you are perhaps a citizen of the...It is UK laws and you are perhaps a citizen of the United Kingdom. Ireland is a foreign country.GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-59203068221490536742020-07-22T23:38:43.472+01:002020-07-22T23:38:43.472+01:00This site is biased. James makes this clear. Any...This site is biased. James makes this clear. Anyone reading his posts will fully understand that he is biased on the side of Scottish independence and is trying to influence people by his blog posts. You don't seem to have a problem with this. <br /><br />You seem to favour the type of culture that communist states use in regards to discussion and media. You don't want 'foreign' media and don't want people from other countries putting their view across incase this differs from your own biased views. You also seem to constantly highlight other countries failings but never say anything positive about these countries in order to project a biased impression of them. As I say this suppression of the media and discussion as well as a biased impression of other countries is regularly used by communist states - North Korea and China are good current examples. The USSR a good example of a historic use. Your way of thinking /acting would fit in well in any of them to be honest.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14111890812937057972020-07-22T21:54:35.053+01:002020-07-22T21:54:35.053+01:00The UK allows for multiple citizenship. I am Scott...The UK allows for multiple citizenship. I am Scottish & Irish under your British laws.<br /><br />There's even a free travel area. :-)Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-65481839851928422242020-07-22T21:27:31.071+01:002020-07-22T21:27:31.071+01:00You cannot be part anything. You are Scottish or n...You cannot be part anything. You are Scottish or not.<br /> GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-1357525212882521702020-07-22T21:20:48.954+01:002020-07-22T21:20:48.954+01:00Not posted for a while but here is my contribution...Not posted for a while but here is my contribution to the debate<br />IMHO We are at a crucial moment in Scotland's history and it takes level heads and clear thinking take the wrong course now and Indy could be gone for generations .<br /> Catalonia should serve as a warning . For those who say Catalonia is different get real the International community couldn't give a f@@@@ monkeys about the constitutional differences between Scotland and Catalonia and the ins and out of Scots constitutional law .<br /> Lisa Nandys comments give an insight into the minds of the British political establishment . Those who shout UDI now or dissolve the Union , do they really believe that the 40% to 45% of Scots who wish to remain in the Union and Westminster are going to sit back and say that's that. Almost immediately Westminster would move to assert its authority and yeah if it came to it I think they would use the military and arrest the Scottish Government.<br /><br /> The only court that matters here is that of International opinion .Catalonia made two crucial errors firstly a referendum with a 45% turnout is as good as a chocolate teapot it did not demonstrate to the International community that a clear majority of Catalans wanted Indy . Secondly the Catalan Government could not convince the International community that it had control over the civic authorities within its territorial boundaries . As was made clear when the Police and government bodies all obeyed the Spain and the Independence movement leaders ended up in jail.<br /><br /> Westminster will never agree to Indyref2 especially if looks likely Yes will win. We therefore are going to have an Indyref without one. To render a Unionist boycott pointless we then need to ensure that a minimum of 50%+1 registered electors turnout to vote 2.1 million. That is a tall ask given that the MSM the BBC will continually pump out the message that its a wildcat referendum no legal standing etc .. To win such a referendum under those conditions we need support a bit higher than it is now around 60% .<br /> To get such a result would place a hell of a lot of moral pressure on the courts civic bodies like the Police Civil servants and it would demonstrate to the International community that a majority of Scots wanted Independence . Backed up by a campaign of civil disobedience and non cooperation with Westminster and demonstrations not just of 100k but 250K the pressure on Westminster to negotiate would become overwhelming <br /><br />Rocksie67https://www.blogger.com/profile/02387835714238123741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32384375661304817252020-07-22T20:51:55.455+01:002020-07-22T20:51:55.455+01:00GWC carries his daily shopping - 8 cans of tennent...GWC carries his daily shopping - 8 cans of tennents lager - in a Union flag bag. Saddo.ScottytheScotinScotlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-20827959461710730552020-07-22T20:49:04.430+01:002020-07-22T20:49:04.430+01:00Yes, you have.
Ok, for clarity, I support the ab...Yes, you have. <br /><br />Ok, for clarity, I support the abolishment of any politicians in the EU who are able to vote on laws yet are unelected. <br /><br />Currently, no such people exist, but I support them not existing.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48676164878800316962020-07-22T20:47:54.970+01:002020-07-22T20:47:54.970+01:00Anonymous - 6.28pm - an English dictatorship from ...Anonymous - 6.28pm - an English dictatorship from day 1 in 1707.ScottytheScotinScotlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-50257824144469657652020-07-22T20:31:09.924+01:002020-07-22T20:31:09.924+01:00Ladies and gents, I give you racist British nation...Ladies and gents, I give you racist British nationalism. Still alive and well.<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-53498493<br /><br /><b>UK citizenship test 'misleading' and 'false' on slavery</b><br /><br /><i>The information about British history given to people who apply for citizenship is 'demonstrably false', according to a group of academics.<br /><br />In an open letter published in an academic journal, the historians and authors accuse the government document of misleading applicants about several aspects of British history.<br /><br />They claim the UK's role in the international slave trade is downplayed, and that the end of the British Empire is described as "mostly peaceful" when it was not.</i><br /><br />Most of the world thinks Churchil was a racist out first and foremost to protect the English/British empire. The idea that he was great liberator is comical. If he was, he'd have ended colonial rule across the British empire, taking his jackboot off the faces of the natives.<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-53405121<br /><br /><b>Churchill's legacy leaves Indians questioning his hero status</b><br /><br /><i>I first learnt about Winston Churchill as a child. A character in an Enid Blyton book I was reading kept a picture of him on the mantelpiece in her home because she 'had a terrific admiration for this great statesman'.<br /><br />As I grew older, and had more conversations about India's colonial past, I found most people in my country held a starkly different view of the wartime British prime minister.</i><br /><br />As part Irish, I can confirm that Brits live in a complete fantasy land on this topic. Nobody admired imperial Britain apart from other brutal emperors like Hitler. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-89473077177633658012020-07-22T20:28:05.689+01:002020-07-22T20:28:05.689+01:00I reckon I have been consistent in the abolishment...I reckon I have been consistent in the abolishment of the Lords. However you have not reciprocated this in the abolishment of the EU Lords.GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-75571570526854090142020-07-22T20:21:02.637+01:002020-07-22T20:21:02.637+01:00They don't get a lawmaking vote in parliament....They don't get a lawmaking vote in parliament. Botham, Mone etc and the bishops do. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-37295677988677071072020-07-22T20:17:58.276+01:002020-07-22T20:17:58.276+01:00I wasn't telling you to do anything. It's ...I wasn't telling you to do anything. It's you doing that. I merely suggested you might adopt the approach nice, polite people adopt. Why not call yourself 'Bob from Surrey' or something. I am honest and don't hide; I'm Scottish (resident/voter) and a keen skier. <br /><br />You don't live in Scotland, yet you are trying to influence how its run by actively seeking out and putting across your opinion to its voters from a biased perspective. You also don't make it clear you are not even in Scotland when do this (although credit for being honest when asked). You claim to be Scottish, and have even insisted on this, as if you give you rights on the matter, yet legally you are not, and are even against internationally recognized legal Scottish nationality existing in the first place (at least Wings says he wants such a thing). <br /><br />The fact you don't reside here is very obvious in your posts of course, you don't seem to know much at all about Scottish politics, just as I am no particular expert on the politics of Ireland (even though I actually am a citizen). Certainly, you seem in no position to judge whether Scotland would be best independent or not. How could you judge that from England? Of course some who are less clued up might think you were a voter here and listen to what you were saying, ergo be influenced.<br /><br />And you are here a lot doing this. Just about every day. There's no doubt about your attempts at outside influence. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-12583247135983823992020-07-22T19:23:47.029+01:002020-07-22T19:23:47.029+01:00Nope I will continue to post however I like. If y...Nope I will continue to post however I like. If you want to set the rules on how people should post then set up your own blog forum. I'm not telling anyone what to do, just posting on comments section.<br /><br />I have made it clear that I do not live in Scotland, i'm not hiding anything. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23956403344588318362020-07-22T18:28:24.382+01:002020-07-22T18:28:24.382+01:00Ian Botham the ex cricket player is now an unelec...Ian Botham the ex cricket player is now an unelected Lord and now has more power than an elected SNP MP<br /><br />Isn't English democracy great, certainly better than those Brussels people who actually are elected by their own countries just like UK representatives were until the Tory Nazis conned the gullible into believing they weren't <br /><br />Who elected Dominic Cummings to be overlord of the UK<br /><br />England voted for it so England should get it, Scotland didn't vote for it and it's being imposed by England, that's dictatorshipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-2320982061149937342020-07-22T18:24:55.991+01:002020-07-22T18:24:55.991+01:00That's still interfering in the political deba...That's still interfering in the political debate. You are deliberately seeking out Scots voters on political sites to put across ideas and concepts which might sway how they vote. It's no different to Russian agents pushing stories on UK facebook or similar.<br /><br />I'm not stifling anything; just pointing out the reality of the situation. You were the one that started responding to my posts on the issue.<br /><br />You might want to add 'I'm an English voter, so it's not really my place to tell you what to do, but if I were Scottish I think I'd probably....' to the start of posts. That's what I'd do if I did decide to butt into Irish political debates. It's the polite thing to do at the very least, and makes clear you not Scottish (politically) so people can account for your lack of knowledge of the country and life in it. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-36322053610482642072020-07-22T17:54:13.394+01:002020-07-22T17:54:13.394+01:00Eat your cereal.Eat your cereal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-72098012253664150792020-07-22T17:38:40.155+01:002020-07-22T17:38:40.155+01:00I'm just putting my opinion across on a public...I'm just putting my opinion across on a publicly open comments section. You are choosing to read and respond to them. What I say on here has no influence on the political process. <br /><br />Quiet telling that you are trying to stifle discussion, ties in with wanting to stop news broadcasters you don't agree with broadcasting. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46118846504835799072020-07-22T16:31:51.206+01:002020-07-22T16:31:51.206+01:00Clever politics loser.Clever politics loser.GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-52813615549834893422020-07-22T16:20:32.559+01:002020-07-22T16:20:32.559+01:00I well remember us all standing at the door and cl...I well remember us all standing at the door and clapping for McAlpine and Campbell.Irregularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-26082002289359311922020-07-22T15:32:39.482+01:002020-07-22T15:32:39.482+01:00Being part of the UK isn't independence GWC. Y...Being part of the UK isn't independence GWC. You brexiters don't know what real independence is. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-37891753727824455972020-07-22T15:07:47.664+01:002020-07-22T15:07:47.664+01:00I am saying broadcasting becomes completely contro...I am saying broadcasting becomes completely controlled by an independent sovereign Scotland / Scots (instead of England controlling it, so interfering), and e.g. Ofcom Scotland becomes an independent Scottish regulator overnight. Sorry if you misunderstood.<br /><br />Do you see CNN as news from your country? What about France 24?<br /><br />I see these as foreign news stations and all that comes with such a status. But e.g. BBC Scotland is supposed to be my national broadcaster and STV is supposed to be nationally regulated and impartial ergo I should be more trusting of them? Except they are regulated by a foreign country with respect to Scottish politics, one which is bringing democracy to an end (no Section 30).<br /><br />Incidentally, are you the English anon who's not registered to vote here? If that's the case, you are interfering the Scottish political process by being on here arguing different positions. Only those with a vote here should be trying to influence what we Scots think about such things / vote.<br /><br />If not, apologies. Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-14781198375335296172020-07-22T14:07:59.101+01:002020-07-22T14:07:59.101+01:00You'd just need to transfer oversight to Holyr...You'd just need to transfer oversight to Holyrood.<br /><br />Erm i'm talking about an independant body like the ISPO and offcom. your not seriously suggesting that the Scottish goverment has control over the media without indipendant regulators are you? <br /><br />I'm really struggling to see the point to be honest. I mean even if it was disolved I would still be able to watch UK BBC/ITN/Sky News in Scotland right. In just the same way that I can watch CNN/Fox news/ France 24 now. Same with the papers. I would still be able to go into a shop a buy a English paper right, just like a can buy an American, French, German paper now?<br /><br />And obviously I would still be able to access the BBC/Sky News etc internet sites from Scotland.<br /><br />Seems like alot of time and money for no real purpose to be honest. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-57944751022520735802020-07-22T13:57:05.687+01:002020-07-22T13:57:05.687+01:00You are on waffle mode again Skier. You Nat sis wa...You are on waffle mode again Skier. You Nat sis want interference from the EU. You would comply with EU rules. That is not independence.GWCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-21461334716508650732020-07-22T13:25:26.046+01:002020-07-22T13:25:26.046+01:00Because Scotland has a different legal system / is...Because Scotland has a different legal system / is run semi-autonomously, it already has most of the bodies needed. It's just a matter of transferring control of Scottish 'divisions' to Scots / Holyrood. The Scotland office for example should move to Holyrood control.<br /><br />Also, to ensure the democratic process is sound, Scotland should become an internationally recognised independent / sovereign state, albeit within an EU-type UK going forward, handing full control of the political process to Scots. That is the only way to stop interference from e.g. Wales, England etc.Scottish Skierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584099659760612109noreply@blogger.com