There are some UK airports where you'll be lucky to exchange 1 UK pound for 1 Euro - a joke and a sign of this wonderful capitalist economic system that we operate where a lotta people are trying to 'make a killing' out of this situation. It looks like fuel prices will be rising by 4p per litre as a result of the destabilised status of our currency!
Voters who 'stupidly' voted for indy?? That's a matter of opinion and many indigenous Scots would take umbrage at that comment!! It wasn't just a few hundred Scots voters who voted that way either!! Can we run our small country and do it well?? Of course we can and don't even go near that old chestnut re the falling price of oil!!! Our oil revenue was always a bonus anyway even before the 2014 vote!!! Also certain 'probs' in Scotland are linked to the austerity prog of this Tory govt and the reduction in capital/revenue budgets and other constraints that many critical folk wanna conveniently ignore. We are being governed under very difficult economic circumstances and I wish a lotta critics of the Scottish gov started to acknowledge that fact!! OK there are other intractable issues but that is akin to running any country!! I agree that Nicola is posturing for position in the formal Brexit debate but I think she's still wise to 'keep the door open' for Scot indy once we discover how much of a f### up these lightweight Tory brexiters are gonna eventually enter into and broker!!
(13-10-2016, 17:46)ritchiebaby Wrote: Wee Nicola is merely shit-stirring for the benefit of the party conference and the people who "stupidly" voted for independence and she knows very well that the SNP will have no great influence in any Brexit negotiations. And if she really believed that she is acting "in the best interests of Scotland" she would get her finger out and deal with the problems in Scotland that need attention. She is no better nor worse than any other politician - full of self-importance and soundbites.
Also remember that whatever anyone might think about David Cameron, he promised that the voters would have referenda on Scottish Independence and the European Union and he delivered in both instances. Nobody would know years in advance what the results would be, so he can hardly be blamed for the results.
Voters who 'stupidly' voted for indy?? That's a matter of opinion and many indigenous Scots would take umbrage at that comment!! It wasn't just a few hundred Scots voters who voted that way either!! Can we run our small country and do it well?? Of course we can and don't even go near that old chestnut re the falling price of oil!!! Our oil revenue was always a bonus anyway even before the 2014 vote!!! Also certain 'probs' in Scotland are linked to the austerity prog of this Tory govt and the reduction in capital/revenue budgets and other constraints that many critical folk wanna conveniently ignore. We are being governed under very difficult economic circumstances and I wish a lotta critics of the Scottish gov started to acknowledge that fact!! OK there are other intractable issues but that is akin to running any country!! I agree that Nicola is posturing for position in the formal Brexit debate but I think she's still wise to 'keep the door open' for Scot indy once we discover how much of a f### up these lightweight Tory brexiters are gonna eventually enter into and broker!!