Comment Re:Probably a bad idea, but... (Score 1) 192
It was Labour who decided that only those living in Scotland got a vote not Alex Salmond. That's been the position since 1998.
The irony being that the Scots seem to believe the lies that Labour come out with.
We'll see if the Scots believe Labour's lies in about 6 hours.
Not quite as ironic as the fuckwits going, "We need to be independent so that we don't have a Tory government we didn't vote for imposed on us" when it's Scottish Labour votes that imposed Gordon Twatface Brown on the rest of the country.
Labour was elected with a majority in England, no one imposed anything on them
Whatever the outcome I just Alex Salmond doesn't get any actual power. His divisive politics and refusal to allow democracy have jeopardised my nation, my nationality and my future. I have considerable malice towards him.
Holding a referendum is a "refusal to allow democracy"?
Do it by stealth.
2016 Scotland becomes independent
2020 Wales follows and forms a federal state with Scotland
2025 Cornwall joins them
2030 The north of England
2035 The Midlands
2040 The south of England
Leaving London and it's loyal province of Northern Ireland as the UK.
Nobody's said that Scotland can't use the pound.
Q: What will the currency be in an independent Scotland?
A: No one knows but it won't be the pound.
Why? Under what treaty or agreement would the EU not be able to claim those oilfields? They are British oil fields, hence part of the EU at the moment. What law means that Scotland receives them if it chooses independence?
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
The EU hasn't actually said anything. Barroso has said a lot but his term of office is up and he has been contradicted by multiple experts.
There is no queue to jump, countries are admitted to EU membership when they satisfy the Copenhagen criteria. Turkey applied in 1987, numerous countries that applied after them have become EU members while Turkish membership is likely a decade away.
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