tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post840893725250532123..comments2016-07-26T11:00:26.240-07:00Comments on jrbrownlie: If I was Salmond.......John Brownliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-86676819511878125822013-06-10T14:45:21.272-07:002013-06-10T14:45:21.272-07:00Aye she's not a bad old thing.
Flower is a b...Aye she's not a bad old thing. <br /><br />Flower is a bit of a dirge you are right. I'd be happy with Scotland the brave, or something entirely new, but not weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-58911161713907389072013-06-10T12:48:45.586-07:002013-06-10T12:48:45.586-07:00Dear me, I understand it is internationally known ...Dear me, I understand it is internationally known as well!John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-66461622201602706542013-06-10T01:46:44.236-07:002013-06-10T01:46:44.236-07:00Tris,
If we must have royalty I would vote for Pr...Tris,<br /><br />If we must have royalty I would vote for Princess Anne - if nothing else she knows and can sing the words of Flower of Scotland. I personally think it's a dirge and would prefer Auld Lang Syne which is internally known as endorsing friendship and neighborness to all!John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-57184552873199715122013-06-10T01:44:00.252-07:002013-06-10T01:44:00.252-07:00Brilliant, I think that should be repeatedly point...Brilliant, I think that should be repeatedly pointed out by the Yes campaign.John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-41716374599091097572013-06-10T01:42:10.430-07:002013-06-10T01:42:10.430-07:00Sorry for not replying before as I was busy and on...Sorry for not replying before as I was busy and only able to pop in now and again. I seem to recall that the SNP said that they would hold a referendum before joining the euro. If that is a prerequisite to remaining in the eu I should imagine the referendum would go ahead. The reasoning behind my post, however, is that it would make it impossible for the No campaign to be critical of the aspirations of the Scottish public rather than that of a political party.John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-81863852702715625182013-05-13T11:52:50.282-07:002013-05-13T11:52:50.282-07:00Vote Yes, choose your next Scottish Government. Vo...Vote Yes, choose your next Scottish Government. Vote No, have it chosen for you.Jutemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061671774494923407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-91425511964691034712013-05-13T07:01:41.083-07:002013-05-13T07:01:41.083-07:00Pa. I think Salmond has pointed this out on a few ...Pa. I think Salmond has pointed this out on a few occasions, but obviously he can't go around shouting it from the rooftops. Most politicians don't even think about the possibility of defeat.<br /><br />But I think that Yes Scotland could make a lot more of it.<br /><br />There seems to be a perception amongst some people who are maybe not thinking it through, that a yes vote means that Mr Salmond will be first minister for life, sort of Mugable style.<br /><br />I don't think that there will be much renegotiation going on in the EU. The most important people to persuade are the big countries and Cameron pissed off President Hollande big time by inviting rich Frenchmen to tax dodge in England. I can't see Mr Hollande looking favourably at the UK getting to cherry pick the parts of the EU it fancies and leaving the rest.<br /><br />Mr Cameron is not destined to leave anything much behind him, except a sort of a laughable period of history when the Tories tried to resurrect the Eton cabal of yesteryear. The days when you could get by as PM because you knew the right people, spoke Latin and had a good knowledge of when to wear a white tie, are long since gone. Today you need brains and Cameron hasn't got any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-12478005155409553262013-05-13T06:51:57.183-07:002013-05-13T06:51:57.183-07:00I think that that is sensible.
A new country; a n...I think that that is sensible.<br /><br />A new country; a new start.<br /><br />Nato; EU; EFTA; and all the other organisations of which we might of might not want to be members, could be put to the Scottish people, before we apply to join them as an independent nation.<br /><br />I don't know how difficult that would be, but it would make sense to me to try it.<br /><br />We might also like to ask the people who they want as head of state. Personally, although I'm a republican I've no particular desire to see Elizabeth decrowned, but I do have very serious reservations about King Charles and Queen Mrs Parker Bowles.<br /><br />But I'll go along with what the majority wants. Charlie and Mrs PB shouldn't be around for long I'd think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967924368047168083.post-64250805308789960452013-05-13T06:37:52.353-07:002013-05-13T06:37:52.353-07:00This is one of the things which would raise the SN...This is one of the things which would raise the SNP in my estimation (for what that's worth); if they said more often that they won't necessarily form the first Independent Scottish Government.<br /><br />(I mean, I think they will anyway because the rest are so utterly dismal, but its the sentiment that counts.)<br /><br />On the EU, its impossible to say because there will be a renegotiation anyway; perhaps a referendum on that then?pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.com