yes the inner Hebrides are a part of Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Hebrides
so is the Outer Hebrides http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Hebrides
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yes the inner Hebrides are a part of Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Hebrides
so is the Outer Hebrides http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Hebrides
And so is St. Kilda.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda,_Scotland
And let's not overlook Rockall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
There are many teams that are known as Catholic and Protestant. The ones I read about are Dundee and Dundee United, Hibernian and Hearts and there was one or two others.
We've been this way before. The only real sectarian football issue in Scotland is between Rangers and Celtic. Although Hibernian in Edinburgh and Dundee Hibernian (who became Dundee United) were originally clubs for Irish Catholics, today there support is not sectarian. Dundee United even play in orange! Thre is no way that these clubs can nowadays be considered to be Catholic clubs or their counterparts to be Protestant. The rivalry is simply between two clubs in the same city like Inter Milan and AC Milan, Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid, Benfica and Sporting in Lisbon.
So what is going to happen?
I mean after the Commonwealth games, its now in sharp focus that this is coming up fast.
Darling v Salmon round one has happened and Darling was viewed to have won.
Has anyone got any new views on this given the last few months.
Personally I still struggle to see Scotland getting to keep pound sterling. They say its ours as much as yours, but the fact is it is the UK currency. If scotland, England, Northern Ireland or Wales leave the UK they lose the UK currency.
Us south of the Border really hope that you gain independence,and at last get the chance to stand of your own feet.You currency will be the Scroat,your lazy who don't intend to work and continue to live off benefits will have to get off their fat a*ses and work.The oil you have claimed as YOURS ,even before I lived and worked in Glasgow as a Driving Examiner in the 70s ,is not as prosperous as you are given to believe by Salmond and that Ginger haired bird .We really hope you follow your leader and vote to be independent,then us south of the border can get ALL our taxes reduced,and you can all vote Labour or SNP .Even in the 70s when I worked up there ,there was SO much animosity toward myself and the English . If I failed a driver ,I was an "Engish Bastard" .Hope you find peace whichever way you all decide to vote,I do know the older,Scottish people I have spoken too will vote NO and think Salmond is a baboon !
Yes, and whatever happens, you're not going to have your taxes reduced. These days taxes don't get reduced, period.
Rudi ,Everybody in Scotland has a vote .
Lets hope its a good turn out and they get WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM !
Us south of the border dont get to vote,and all the older people i speak with from Scotland ,have NO time for Salmond or Sturgeon and will not be voting yes !
There has been animosity towards the English for many years ,but I really hope they are happy with the voters decision ,and those that arent can buy in England and call Pickfords !
One of the worst things for the UK would be a 51% vote to stay. That would mean Scotland stayed part of the UK which is good, but 49% of the population would be anti UK and feeling hard done by.
http://www.news.com.au/world/tony-ab...-1227026919893
“As a friend of Britain, as an observer from afar, it’s hard to see how the world would be helped by an independent Scotland,
I think that the people who would like to see the breakup of the United Kingdom are not the friends of justice, the friends of freedom, and the countries that would cheer at the prospect ... are not the countries whose company one would like to keep.”
- Australian PM Tony Abbott, as quoted in the Daily Telegraph, quoting the The Times, 16th Aug 2014
Well done Tony. Your austerity budget might not be passed because you refuse to work with the Senate, your government has enacted cruel policies with regards immigration and now you've just gone and insulted a great portion of Scotland.
I'm trying to interpret your post logically. On the one hand you're saying that "the older people i speak with from Scotland ,have NO time for Salmond or Sturgeon and will not be voting yes". Then you state that "there has been animosity towards the English for many years". Now, whose animosity has it been? If it's been around for many years, then it must be the animosity of those older people who are going to vote NO. The younger crop of England haters wasn't around back then. So what you have is a generation of people who show animosity towards England but don't want to severe ties with it. That's too bad. If I were you, I would go on to expel Scotland from the UK.
If Scotland do vote for independence then we can at least thank them for making sure we never have another Labour government.
Education will also become largely centralised like is has here in Wales once the Welsh Assembly (not government as they are not) took charge of it. Schools held to ransom over funding and local authorities with experience of the region having their hands tied over what decisions come from the capital. Salmon and Co will be reinforcing their positions even more should they get power and it will be good for some and bad for others. I hope they get what they want and those who choose to move should the vote go in favour like a friend of mine, we will accept them with open arms.
Why is this so hard?? Would you rather have a single malt or a beef and kidney pie :)
Only a few days to go till the big vote and latest polls are very close. Voter turnout is expected to be very high (around 90%). I reckon that the population that doesn't usually vote will sway this and I think they are more likely to vote yes, as they may not usually vote because they are disillusioned by Westminster politics.
So the Scots will end up 'independent' with the Pound as their currency with interest rates set by the Bank of England.......:erm:
Good point Jon Brow. But we don't really know how the regular non-voters will vote. Have they previously not voted out of disillusionment with Westminster or because they are generally happy with the status quo and feel that whichever part is voted in makes very little difference to them?
If the vote is in the affirmative, you guys are going to have fun over the next few years sorting everything out.
Or else they'll establish the Pound Scots, which would initially be tariffed at 1:1 with the Pound Sterling and in effect create one of the hardest currencies in Europe.
A few countries around the world have their currencies pegged to the US dollar and a few more are pegged to the Euro. Belarus even pegs its Ruble to a basket which includes the US Dollar, the Euro and the Russian Ruble.
I don't think that Scottish currency is as troublesome as what is being made out. Australia and New Zealand both survived quite happily for the best part of a century, with their Pounds and Dollars pegged against Sterling and then the Greenback.
Well most of the issues will be for Scotland to solve. But it seems the nationalists are deluding people that they can keep the pound, leave the debt, control their own fiscal policy, take all the North Sea oil and be prosperous even when all the Scottish banks move to London.
The only major issue for the rest of the UK is redesigning the Union Flag and finding an arrangement for our military assets in Scotland.
Good remembering... close ^_^
In 1707 the rate of exchange when the Pound Scots was replaced with the Pound Sterling was 12:1.
The Scottish Shilling would have been worth an English Penny but the Pound Scots would have been worth 20 pence or 1/8 (1s 8d.)
That was 1707. The tariff rate for a new Pound Scots would be 1:1 initially.
Re RBS:
I hope you leave Scotland...
If you do that, you'll lose your charter to print currency because only the Bank of England can issue currency in Pounds Sterling under the Banking Act 2009. If you relocate to England, oh great and powerful RBS, you'll lose that right immediately and technically all of that currency in Scotland which you've printed is unbackable.
I seriously hope that this causes a run on you RBS as you'll be forced to buy back all that currency.
Do it. Blow yourself up.
That way, the UK Government can sue the pants off you and whilst we're at it, throw the entire board in gaol for negligence.
How's that for a Banker's Bonus? Being an inmate at Her Majesty's pleasure. :D
So the polls are closed!!!
And a whole nation (one nation for now) holds it breath. We all could go to bed as British and wake up as citizens or the Former United Kingdom, or FUK for short.
Exits Poll: No 54% - Yes 46%
Is this what we'll wake up to?
http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/a...2_1437682a.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx2KfvCCEAA9vCl.jpg
110% :laugh:
^Welcome to the future under Emperor Salmond. Who says the elections aren't rigged !!!
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...y-alex-salmond
The Grauniad is reporting in its special 04:30am that Scotland has voted "ON".
Belarus is ready to take refugees. Single malts are welcome, too.
55% for NO.
All very sad :(
Yes this is great!
My country will no longer be condemned to eternal Tory rule. I always feared that the north of England would be the biggest losers out of Scottish Independence as the north is politically more similar to Scotland than it is to the South of England.
I think one soluton to consider would be to have London as a principality or a separate state within the UK.
Alex the Salmon has decided to step down as First Minister!
Sensible for him to go. I bet he's feeling rather gutted today to put it mildly.