some thing shock me!!!!
http://www.oilofscotland.org/scottish_politics.html
And the writers of that web site are not at all biased then
lol you do realise thats an SNP website? they're not biased at all
i'd doubt theres a whole lot of fact in there...
And where does their Govt money come from? AFAIR, the Westminster administration provides a substantial wadge for the Holyrood lot to use as they wish.
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Originally posted by Dick Axtell
And where does their Govt money come from? AFAIR, the Westminster administration provides a substantial wadge for the Holyrood lot to use as they wish.
scotland is part of great britain, you dont have a choice about that just like us in Yorkshie (note my first capital letter there 
) have no choice
about going it alone. Hence its not scottish oil, it GB oil.
From the linked article-
"Scotland's dreadful housing, unemployment, drugs; drink and health problems have deliberately never been addressed in an attempt to keep
our population drugged, drunk, unhealthy and poor."
It's not the government's fault if people drink, take drugs or feck up their own environment, that's down to the people themselves.
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"Scotland's dreadful housing, unemployment, drugs; drink and health problems have deliberately never been addressed in an attempt to keep our population drugged, drunk, unhealthy and poor."
hadrian had the right idea ....... build a wall..... ginger haired freckle faced skirt wearing chaps
............................ i can be
ridiculus to !!! ...... thought it was norwegian money and know how that drilled for the oil
..... thinking about it the scots had the last laugh they gave us Gordon Brown
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Originally posted by JoelP
scotland is part of great britain, you dont have a choice about that just like us in Yorkshie (note my first capital letter there
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Originally posted by tomprescott
I have yet to meet a scottish person that I like, not saying that decent scottish people don't exist - just that I haven't met any.
Keep it clean guys. This is what nationalism does - it makes devisions amongst people, for me rabid nationalism ranks along side fascism.
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Originally posted by oldtimer
Keep it clean guys. This is what nationalism does - it makes devisions amongst people, for me rabid nationalism ranks along side fascism.
i know what tom means about miserable scots, you get the feeling they all hate us. Fortunately through this site ive chatted with some very nice
scots, and also calvinx. Its important to remember there are idiots everywhere and the distribution follows no physical boundaries.
Except in parliament, which seems to have more than its fair share
[Edited on 9/5/09 by JoelP]
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Originally posted by JoelP
i know what tom means about miserable scots, you get the feeling they all hate us.
(seeing as less than about 10% of the population live in scotland)
thats why the grass is greener up there , there all down here trampling on ours !!
ive met some nice scottish people , but they all insist home is better .
I remember Andrew Marr (I Scot, you'll recall) looking at the financing of an independent Scotland. He concluded after much research that the amount that the UK subsidises Scotland is about as much as the highest year's revenue of North Sea oil. North Sea oil production peaked a few years ago (independant data from Arup) and will only ever go down. With the best will in the world, Scotland will be poorer as an independent nation and will continue to get poorer. If they really want independence that much, let them. Personally I think we're stronger as a United Kingdom than as independent parts but If they want to go their own way ...
Definition of a Scottish Gentleman?
A man who can play the bagpipes but doesn't.
Would love to see an invasion force being led into battle by a man playing a ukelele :-)