[spireitematt]

I couldn't agree more re these comments and Matt I just wanna say that I am not anti-English and refute that insinuation as I have done previously when, oddly enough, you've come out with the same shit before!!! I previously lived in England with lotsa good contacts, my wife is from Kent and my father-in-law is originally from London and ex-navy - THEY ALL WANT SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE NOW AS DO ALL MY FAMILY MEMBERS!!! The theme of my criticisms centres on the amazing transformation (for the worst!) of politics and attitudes IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF ENGLAND AND INSIDE WESTMINSTER since Cameron's PM time and possibly even before that during Blair's period of governance! The antics in England and in Westminster politics have been unacceptably poisonous for quite a long time. The Scot position north of Hadrian's Wall is different and that is a fact although lotsa people are as concerned re the outcome of this General Election and the destabilising effect it could have on the country - no different from Amelia's previous genuine concerns but she is resident in England and I can still empathise with her position and others with huge concerns that could affect the future prospects of them and others who wish to see progressive governance and a push towards a fair society - a huge challenge for any true prospective govt! Jim is "spot on" re a future government in Scotland possibly evolving beyond the SNP but at the current time IMO every unionist political party up here is absolutely obsessed with an affiliation to the Union and their mandatory obligation to align themselves with the diktat from said parent political party in England with a real "disconnect" from Scot public opinion to the point of being absolutely disrespectful with ridiculous misrepresentations and lies. The SNP hierarchy and govt don't do that and their mandate is absolutely clear to a Scottish electorate that knows what it is voting for and who best represents Scottish interests. Lastly, as Jim iterated in the previous thread, it is important to Scottish interests, and Europe for that matter, to see some kinda stabilisation finally prevail in English politics and the macro economic structure of the country but England (not being racist(????) about this at all btw) still seems to be inexorably polarised by all the shit of the day, the history of which has been debated often enough on this Sb board and others, and I won't bother with repetition on the subject of how David Cameron "let the genie out of the bottle" and the subsequent recriminations where IMO the "damage" will last for years.

I hold my hands up and I apologise for insinuating that you are Anti-English.