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The Forum > Article Comments > David Cameron should have looked to the Australian example before he allowed the so called Scottish 'referendum'. > Comments

David Cameron should have looked to the Australian example before he allowed the so called Scottish 'referendum'. : Comments

By David Flint, published 17/9/2014

Scottish emancipation is not just a matter that affects Scotland, but all of the united kingdoms, and they all deserve a say.

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If five million people can't set themselves up with all the remaining royalty revenue from north sea oil for all time by 20/20, even greatly reduced by diminishing production; I'll be a monkey's uncle.
The Celts have lead the world, in recent years, with intellectual inquiry, universities and medicine.
The Irish are famous for their universities, and the Celtic tiger; created by the very simple expediency, of investing in their own people and their better ideas. What could be simpler!?
A productive profitable model the Scots can adopt, and finance solely with their remaining north sea oil revenues.
And given we now know, the wealth and opportunity building Celtic tiger was only killed off, by foreign debt laden speculation, and an inherently stupid government, (inmates in charge of the asylum) that wasted billions in public money, trying to somehow rescue the debt laden foreign speculators! [Another self serving government, who were busy busy serving everyone else, save their very own nationals!]
Avoid that very pitfall, and the ideological, set in concrete mindset that created it/made it possible, almost as if it could wreck the national economy!
Pity our leaders, with their, Australia is again open for business, [read as Australia is open for foreign debt laden speculation,] and you don't have to be Einstein, to see where we're headed.
And indeed, never ever, a sell off the family farm, the family silver, and our economic sovereignty, example to follow, ever!
Rhrosty.
Posted by Rhrosty, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 1:22:01 PM
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Rhrosty

I gag on me Scotch n haggis larrrddie.

Your claim "The Celts have lead the world, in recent years, with intellectual inquiry, universities and medicine." is defeated by facts mon.

Nope its the Anglo-Saxon English and Americans, Jewish people and/or Chinese.

It be well known that Harvard is on top worldwide while Oxford and Cambridge win the tartan in Britain. see http://www.shanghairanking.com/

Those Scuts who ken reed n spull shud vote NOrr.

Pete
O Clan Hamilton n Begg Scotch Whisky
Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 1:40:22 PM
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Wow more spin from the "No Party" Apparently you only live in democracy when you vote the way your elites want you too.

Scotland is a canary in the coal mine in regards to the true state of western democracy if we can still call then that.

While having no dog in the fight other than to let people choose how they live their lives, it is amazing to see the forces marshaled to try and stop them.
Posted by AdrianM, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 3:35:44 PM
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After all, we're just convicts aren't we?
The mild Colonial boy,
Well, from my observations many are gradually reverting to that mentality. Decency is being frowned upon & taken as some form of weakness. Stupidity & greed on the other hand are seen as hero material. One just has to look at football & the antics of the boofheads on the field. It's all about gradually making violent behaviour more acceptable. Give it another 50 years & the Gladiators will be in fashion again.
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 4:23:53 PM
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Of course bagpipes don't put food on the table. But countries are often created or returned for illogical and romantic reasons.

Have a listen to this especially a minute 45 seconds in http://youtu.be/frEIIYl4z98 .

This tune "The Gael" is from Dougie MacLean's 1990 album "The Search" http://www.dougiemaclean.com/

Pete
O Clan Hamilton and Begg
Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 6:39:39 PM
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Breakaway smaller nations are a good sign of international peace; they indicate that the Scots, for instance, no longer need feel they need to sacrifice self-determination for access to the extra military strength of England. And if the referendum succeeds, the two parties will be independent sovereign nations which can negotiate any kind of arrangement which is acceptable to them both.

I have a lurking suspicion, though, that the recent apparent surge in the Yes vote is just the Scots realising that the more likely they make separation look, the more concessions they can extract from England before the actual event. Yet another example of the citizenry out-gaming their increasingly naive political masters.
Posted by Jon J, Thursday, 18 September 2014 6:43:34 AM
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