Alibi

British values don't apply in Scotland. In fact what they mean when they say British values should be described as English values.

I had a similar situation where I was stopped by the polis who said my windscreen wasn't clear. I had warmed up the car before I set off so that the screen had cleared to the point where I could see fine (there were a couple of areas in the corners where it was still misted up a bit but the visibility was perfectly adequate to drive. I was fined £50 but no pints. I told the young policewoman (sorry, no photo...) that in my opinion with 45 years driving with no accidents or convictions I was better qualified to judge the situation than she was with maybe 10 years experience. I paid the fine because it wasn't worth the trouble as there were no pints involved, but I have since heard that they are trying to raise money and are patrolling up and down one of the better areas of town looking for minor infringements to raise money rather than patrolling some of the more drug-ridden areas where they don't like going. I came to the conclusion that there was no way it would be thrown out in court because it's their word against mine, and there were two of them.

At a stroke, the ludicrous "I can't stand Alex Salmond" excuse for voting No has been removed.

Matter of opinion. Probably depends on the mood you're in.

Can't be bothered posting a link but Sinead o'Connor's version of nothing compares to you is better than prince's original. Also IMHO Frankie miller's version of Caledonia is better than Dougie Mcleans's original.

I've given up reading the comments in the Scotsman. In fact I've pretty much given up reading the Scotsman website. It's like a loony bin.

I go into the Dumfries branch of Aldi quite often. I find the layout a bit confusing when trying to find a specific item but the prices are far far lower than Tesco and the quality of their fruit and veg is far better. Tend to use Aldi for most stuff and Tesco for anything more exotic that Aldi don't stock. Tesco prices, and the way they try to con people with higher unit prices for larger packs, annoy me.

The lower turnout is because it's not an official vote. A lot of people won't have bothered voting because of that. Of those who voted, it is a clear majority for an independent Catalunya. now they need to build on that and legitimise it. They have a more balanced media that we do, which clearly helps.

Brown, Hosie, Constance for me. I feel that having a leader who is an MP is not ideal, especially if Salmond goes for a Westminster seat. Brown always comes across well and talks sense with no bullsh1t.

Tesco's trick (probably the same in other big supermarkets) is to have larger packs of things costing more than buying the same amount singly or in smaller packs. Something like a 500g packet of pasta for 60p and a 1 kg bag of the same pasta for £1.50. I reckon they assume that a lot of people are too stupid to be able to work out that bigger packs are not always cheaper. I've also seen buy one get one free offers and people buying one item, or people buying 2 of a buy 2 get one free. What's that all about?

That makes no sense at all. What are the figures of 83%-98% for the SNP referring to? Percentages don't add up to 100.

I was in Dumfries High Street campaigning the week of the vote, and there was definitely a majority for Yes among those we spoke to. We were certain that we had about 50% of the vote at least and that would have meant a Yes win as D&G is less independence-aligned than most parts of Scotland. I still find the quoted result difficult to believe. No way was it 2-1 for no when you actually spoke to people.

There isn't a general division any more than there was before. I won't be coming together with any of these unionists who disgraced Scotland in George Square but I wouldn't have given them the time of day before the referendum campaign either. With friends who voted no, it's more a case of reminding them that they gave up the right to complain about any decisions made by Westminster when they voted no - frequent reminders of "don't blame me, I voted Yes". Pointing out every time another Better Together lie is exposed to public ridicule. We need some of these people to vote Yes next time, so best not to fall out with them but to gently persuade them that they made a mistake. "I told you so" repeated from time to time will be quite effective. They need to realise for themselves that they have been misled or conned.

There is another reason why the EU referendum is a problem for unionists. NI has an agreement (part of the Good Friday agreement I think) which means that in the event of a UK withdrawal from the EU, they would get a referendum to decide whether to stay in the UK or to re-unite with the rest of Ireland. In other words, NI has an inbuilt right to leave the UK. i was quite surprised to discover that (via Mike Russell in a debate during the referendum campaign).

This chimes with what I was hearing during the referendum campaign. Large numbers of people were saying that whatever the result, they would never vote Labour again.

I think it dates back longer than that, although originally it was probably more a case of not bothering to get involved in things that had no effect on Scotland.

Respect has to be earned. I can't respect people who think so little of their nation and their countrymen or countrywomen that they turned down the opportunity for us to be a normal nation. There is nothing to respect. I don't actually trust the result TBH. I don't know how they changed what was a clear Yes lead (from canvassing returns and private polling) into a No win, but something about the whole thing stinks. The only conclusion is that either a lot of people changed their mind at the last minute due to the vow, or there was something going on behind the scenes to ensure a no win.

Dumfries. You don't get much less fertile territory for Yes than this area, but the day before the vote I was handing out wee blue books in the High Street and practically everyone was saying they were voting Yes or had voted yes by post. There were some No voters of course (one or two quite aggressive) but the clear impression was that there were a lot more Yes voters than no voters passing through the town centre. If it was like that in this area, goodness knows what it must have been like further north. As I say, the result didn't seem to tally with the canvassing on the ground. Bit strange.

I have a couple of Yes t-shirts and I'm going to get "I voted" added above the Yes. The no voters have shamed Scotland in the eyes of the rest of the world. For me, there will be no reconciliation with them as far as matters political are concerned. At least not until they realise they were wrong. Interesting to see the large number of Yes badges at Ibrox on Saturday, and the louder than normal volume of the singing of FoS (might be because the acoustics are better than Hampden I suppose). You wonder where all these No voters came from because the votes cast bore no relation to what the canvassing returns were showing. It's almost as if someone had pre-printed a huge number of no votes on fake ballot papers to swing the result, but of course nobody would even think of doing something like that.

The Polis should be charged with careless driving or similar - it is their responsibility to be able to stop in time if a vehicle in front brakes. You should be writing to them holding them responsible for any damage to you or your car. They don't have a leg to stand on (unless maybe they collude to try to make out that you suddenly reversed at them).

You stopped - the other driver could theoretically be charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Just forget it - what can you report anyway? You have no idea the number of the other car and why sti things up when you have nothing to gain?

But we were promised devomax, and that includes broadcasting. You're surely not suggesting that the unionists will go back on their solemn binding lies?

When I was out campaigning, i spoke to a girl who was voting No because she had been told by a No activist (a rare creature) that the NHS was to be abolished after independence and that she would have to pay privately for health care. Many people believed these downright lies, and they were never highlighted by the mainstream media. In fact Gordon Brown stated on TV a couple of days before the vote that pensioners would lose their state pension, a lie that had already been torn to shreds by the Department of Work and Pensions - yet none of the interviewers even tried to pick him up on that. It's not tw*ts who were connec by these lies; it's normal people who didn't delve any deeper than the mainstream media. In that respect, our democracy is corrupt.

I put petrol into my wife's car (last time I ever fill it up for her) and it stopped about a mile up the road. Called the RAC and they towed it to a local garage where they drained the tank, drained the system at the engine end, and put some diesel in. Ran fine; in fact it ran better than it has been as the petrol cleaned the fuel filter which was filthy - the diesel they drained from the engine end was fuel of dirt and it was clear whoever serviced the car hadn't bothered to change the fuel filter. Cost £199 plus the loss of half a tank of fuel but the car is fine.

Can't get Sky Go to work on my Samsung Note 10.1. No idea why it is not compatible but I suspect Sky don't want anyone watching on a Tablet. Worlds on my computer though.