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    Bbc & Gaelic

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    1.1% of Scots speak Gaelic, contributing ~£3m in license fees. £14.2m is spent on BBC Alba and Radio nan Gàidhael.

    Interesting fact.

    1.1% of Scots speak Gaelic, contributing ~£3m in license fees. £14.2m is spent on BBC Alba and Radio nan Gàidhael.

    Interesting fact.

    Appears to be an 11.2 million pound defecit. I think there must be loads of similar situations. What do you suggest. I think we should pool and share resources, to continue this excellent service.

    Camera Obscura

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    And although it's totally nothing to do with the thread she was born in England and voted Yes in the referendum

    "The day of the Scottish Independence Referendum result was so bleak. I walked to work through the significance-laden drizzle and people looked sadly at the ground. I took a taxi a few days later and the driver was talking about how depressed and hopeless he felt. It feels terrible to have effectively endorsed the current government and given up the chance of change and optimism".

    #Better Together

    Opposition Debate

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    Katy Clark :wub:, Campbell, Cryer, Skinner, Mearns , McDonnell, Corbyn, Lavery, Hopkins, Riordan, Hamilton, Caton,Wood, Mitchell.

    All come to mind from last parliament, but there will be more. But this is all pointless "my dads bigger than your dad" stuff. There's no desire for socialism in either parliament.

    You voting for the person you funcy the most?

    Annual Forces Circus Time At Greyskull

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    It's been a propaganda machine orchestrated by the governments of the day to make people think twice about critising their financial based decisions in going to war.

    If we critise the wars "we" involve ourselves in them we are being disrespectful to the Heroes who put their lives on the line for us, for a wage and a pension.

    There is little doubt as to the reason rangers embroil themselves in it. It's clear to all looking in and observing.

    Nail on head

    Could Scotland

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    An independent country

    Lots of natural resources

    Highly educated population

    Speak the international language

    Home of golf. Tiger Woods richest sportsman ever

    Decent tourism industry

    Whisky. Say No more

    Etc

    Using currency (bits of paper and metal) and business moving out (oil workers in countries require armed guards to go to work ffs) as an excuse is lame. Scotland is a modern European country, which would thrive. List half a dozen thing required for a successful country, and we have then all.

    Vote no because you want to be part of Britain, but da gie me the uncertainty and risk pish.

    Rant over.

    Good night

    In The Nicest Possible Way

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    My son who is 15 and was so desperate to vote YES (not just becasue of me, he did his own research at school), why Scotland voted NO. Without resorting to the irrational 'because we are a nation of cowardly shit*bags' :-)) , which I know isn't true having read some coherent points about why people chose to vote no.

    Anything humurous would be welcome to cheer me up and he also likes a laugh.

    Cheers :ok:

    Just walked through the sqaure in town and there was strange almost surreal atmosphere and I couldn't help but think - what would this be like if it had turned out differenty.

    Still aboot greetin :cry:

    Lessons For Next Time

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    Don't give the 10% of English people living here a vote, which probably accounted for around 400K votes, and could have almost made the difference :wink2:

    Joking aside, some of the comments above seem sensible.

    I understand and agreed the softly softly approach of transition put forward this time, but I wonder if a full-on independence strategy would now be a better way to go, in particular with a clear proposition for own banks/currency. Royals could be a sticking point - although maybe not such a problem in 15 to 20 years time.

    Still devastated :(

    Next Poll

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    Incredible effort from those on the ground. Feel a bit inadequate that I haven't done more.

    But surely 60% isn't realistic.

    Is this the additional 20% - maybe 750k - voters who don't come out for general elections mainly coming out for YES, because their vote actually counts for once.

    I hope this is the case, but l'll take 51%.

    I'm still wary of a stitch up, if it's close.

    Friday Afternoon Boredom

    in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere

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    Mmm, liking the analysis from twitter EW.

    I know 60% has been mentioned here before, but I can't see it.

    Young guy on the streets the other day during the TV coverage said 'landslide'.

    Hope he is right.

    I'll guess at a 77% turnout - need around 1.62 million to win (surely NO won't reach that, surely).

    Have 1.3 million really signed up for YES? not sure where I go that from - would be a great platform.

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