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TheHanMan
Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Conspiracy theorists believe that the European Union plan on breaking up this particular union anyway. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland become 'independent' - though in reality little more than provinces of Europe - and us poor Englanders are to see our country divided up into nine separate autonomous regions and for England to be no more.
Pray God this wickedness is but conspiracy... Or in darkness we shall always dwell...
Oh, to be in England
Now that April 's there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England�now!
And after April, when May follows,
And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!
Hark, where my blossom'd pear-tree in the hedge
Leans to the field and scatters on the clover
Blossoms and dewdrops�at the bent spray's edge�
That 's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture!
And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,
All will be gay when noontide wakes anew
The buttercups, the little children's dower
�Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!
Robert Browning |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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IPPR is a Labour Party outfit. What do you expect them to say ? |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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"Oh, to be in England . . ."
Well, "Oh, to be in the United Kingdom" simply wouldn't scan as well, would it?
Regards,
John |
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scot47
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Or
' Oh to be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Notrthern Ireland, now that......' |
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posh
Joined: 22 Oct 2010 Posts: 430
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:12 am Post subject: |
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When are the scots going to stop talking about leaving and just leave? |
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scot47
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:36 am Post subject: |
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We are on our way. Referendum will probably be in 2014. Then we can bid adieu to the stinking cadaver of British Imperialism. |
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Captain_Fil
Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Will Tibet leave China? |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:41 am Post subject: |
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I am surorised that the gallant Flight Officer MacBeath has not stepped in to defend the Realm against dangerous dissidents and bolsheviks. |
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ancient_dweller
Joined: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 415 Location: Woodland Bench
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:49 am Post subject: |
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The benefit to Scotland staying in the union far outweighs the negatives. |
Are you going to provide some evidence to support this?
I personally think Scotland would be better off without England. The North Sea sits in Scottish waters which is where all the oil lies. The �30bn or rather �1600 extra per person than English people wouldn't need to be diverted through westminster because it would go straight to edinburgh.
Also, the statistics that suggest Scots want to be a part of England are perhaps well - unbelievable. Especially as the SNP's main policy was devolution and they got the most votes. Could it really be that the voters were making a protest vote against labour and lib dem (Scots never vote tory)?
If Scotland could go it on its own I think we would see a country moving in a direction similar to Finland. It shares a similar population size and many other things (including a similar desire to drink a lot of alcohol).
Also, the politicians in Westminster play a global game, they mingle at the G8 etc. People in Britain suffer - especially those in the lower income bracket. If Scotland were to be on its own, the politicians would only be pandering to its own people not anyone else! |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Who was it who said that the main benefit will be that Scotland will take her rightful place at the United Nations between Saudi Arabia and Senegal?
Not an SNP member I'd hazard... |
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Captain_Fil
Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Will Sicily leave Italy? |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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If it makes Italy an offer it can't refuse, then yes. |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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johnslat wrote: |
If it makes Italy an offer it can't refuse, then yes. |
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Captain_Fil
Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Will Okinawa leave Japan? |
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ancient_dweller
Joined: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 415 Location: Woodland Bench
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Scotland will rise up for freedom and moon the world! Go Scotland! |
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