Would you consider moving to an Independent Scotland?

Would you move to an Independent Scotland?

  • Total voters
    70
  • Poll closed .
dan_ashcroft said:
Scotland would be just a bit too far to travel down for home games, and would rule out going to away games really.
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Plenty of us have, and do, travel further for home games. I used to go to pretty much every home and away game from Edinburgh for a few seasons and there's a few others who still live up there but come down for the games.
 
Wiseman_Vaughn said:
They didn't like the democratic outcome?
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"Like" is not the point.
You wont bulldoze Scotland into doffing its cap to England and Westminster by qouting "democracy".
Politics is not a simple case of numbers.
In the real world - an attitude like that pushes nations apart and accelerates the momentum for an independent Scotland.
You may take that position - but the democratic will of the people of Scotland is to remain in the European Economic Community by a majority of 24%. That result cannot be simply ignored.
 
I am Scottish so at least I would have the option, who knows in the long term whether I would want to relocate there, perhaps.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Plenty of us have, and do, travel further for home games. I used to go to pretty much every home and away game from Edinburgh for a few seasons and there's a few others who still live up there but come down for the games.
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It's just a bit too far for me. A six-hour plus return trip is too far to travel with family. If it was just me, then no problem and I'd probably take the train.

The advantage of living away from Teesside, in England, is that it opens up access to closer away games. This helps balance out the longer journey each home game. Scotland wouldn't have this advantage.
 
Almost certainly and have considered it a few times in the recent past. Some other options higher up the list but it's definitely an option.
 
For those old enough - we remember the UK voting to join the European Common Market in 1975 - with 67% voting YES and 33% voting NO.
By the simplistic interpretation "democracy" means we should remain in the EU.
Unless their is a caveat which sets a time limit before decisions arent reversed?
Nonesence.
 
Scotland moan about being hard done to by Westminster

Where is the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT?

Where is the Free ENGLISH university places?

Where is the Free ENGLISH prescriptions?

Where is the St Georges Bank Holiday Weekend?

England doesn't even have an official national anthem

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do extremely well for being approx 14% of the UK population

Remember 86% of the UK is English, if anything we have the bad deal

And that's not forgetting if you dare put an England flag up, you're right wing, racist, etc, etc - any other of the nations though, they can fly their flag as its national pride
 
Juninho10 said:
Scotland moan about being hard done to by Westminster

Where is the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT?

Where is the Free ENGLISH university places?

Where is the Free ENGLISH prescriptions?

Where is the St Georges Bank Holiday Weekend?

England doesn't even have an official national anthem

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do extremely well for being approx 14% of the UK population

Remember 86% of the UK is English, if anything we have the bad deal
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Why?
 
If they do gain independence, good luck to them.
However I think England should then change to remain on British Summer Time all year round. They can do whatever they desire.
 
I'll be honest, post-brexit if the Union looks like going, I'll be very tempted to up sticks and move there. I have far more in common with the current mainstream Scottish worldview than I do with that of my own country. The far right views and voting patterns of middle England disgust me.
 
Juninho10 said:
Scotland moan about being hard done to by Westminster

Where is the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT?

Where is the Free ENGLISH university places?

Where is the Free ENGLISH prescriptions?

Where is the St Georges Bank Holiday Weekend?

England doesn't even have an official national anthem

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do extremely well for being approx 14% of the UK population

Remember 86% of the UK is English, if anything we have the bad deal

And that's not forgetting if you dare put an England flag up, you're right wing, racist, etc, etc - any other of the nations though, they can fly their flag as its national pride
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The English National Party / EDL / English Patriots can stick the Flag of [Turkish] St George where they like.
Who cares about a flag when jobs, lack of decent affordable housing, a public owned NHS, austerity cuts and attacks on workers rights are far more important to most people.
 
Juninho10 said:
Scotland moan about being hard done to by Westminster

Where is the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT?

Where is the Free ENGLISH university places?

Where is the Free ENGLISH prescriptions?

Where is the St Georges Bank Holiday Weekend?

England doesn't even have an official national anthem

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do extremely well for being approx 14% of the UK population

Remember 86% of the UK is English, if anything we have the bad deal

And that's not forgetting if you dare put an England flag up, you're right wing, racist, etc, etc - any other of the nations though, they can fly their flag as its national pride
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Because they value prescriptions, university places, hospital parking, dentistry, elderly care which is why they’re all free at the point of use.

They’re not actually free, that’s just how they chose to spend their funding.

We could have the same in England, but most of our voters are thick as mince and vote for a party who are fundamentally and ideologically against those things, but they then moan that they don’t have those things but people who vote for them do.
 
Juninhio 10 is a perfect illustration of why politics should be taught in our schools - he has not got a clue.
 
SmallTown said:
I think this is the salient point, forget EU membership. The simple fact is I'd rather be ruled by an elected head of country rather than a shady, unelected bureaucrat who appears doesn't have to answer to anyone, no court of law or constitution.
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ST I see, rather frighteningly that Cummings has been out visiting MI5, 6 and the SAS base at Hereford and this is with no oversight by the Intelligence and Security sub-committee.

I do wonder what they made of him, particularly at Hereford.
 
It does not matter what the people of Scotland would like in reality though does it? They can’t become an independent state without Westminsters approval. Yes they could hold an advisory referendum, but so what. Westminster would have to agree, which in this parliament won’t happen.

It all seems a bit like the Catalan situation to me at present. Now if Northern Ireland were to pressure and demand a united Ireland too, that may be a problem too far and both happen. I really can’t see how Scotland would survive without massive tax hikes way above their current levels, or massive cuts in public spending (unlikely). If the Union were to break up, I might seriously reconsider Canada again though.
 
Laughing said:
ST I see, rather frighteningly that Cummings has been out visiting MI5, 6 and the SAS base at Hereford and this is with no oversight by the Intelligence and Security sub-committee.

I do wonder what they made of him, particularly at Hereford.
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It genuinely frightens me the power this man has. It is also scary that others seem so ignorant of his power or happy for him to wield it. Especially brexiteers who cite "unelected bureaucrats" as a reason to leave the EU. Thing is it IS one of the few legitimate reasons to leave the EU but replacing them with ones who answer to no court. His meddling with our security services is the scariest part of it all.
 
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