England debate

[JustOne]

With the potential for the Scots to leave the union (and should they do so) do you wish them on their way with a hand-shake and "good luck" or do you add barbed wire to the top of Hadrian's wall, never buy shortbread again and view them as the new 'Polish' workforce?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Why would you view them as a new Polish workforce?

Very strange comment .

 

[JustOne]

Why would you view them as a new Polish workforce?

A sentiment I picked up from elsewhere. I think it means foreign, who we can employ on minimum wage. I don't think it was anything to do with their 'building credentials'.

 

[brysoni23]

Wish them all the best as long as they don't have border patrol stopping us going to play golf haha.

 

[delc]

Why would you view them as a new Polish workforce?

Very strange comment .

Quite a significant proportion of the population of England already have Scottish roots.

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Do you think if we're a different country, we would still be ruled by CONGU? Or would that have to disband into COSGU (council of Scottish Golf Union) and CONGUEWNI (Council of the National Golf Unions of England, Wales and Northern Ireland)?

If so, could we get a new handicapping system?

Oo, and maybe we could consider bigger holes?

#DelcforCONGUEWNIpresident

 

[JustOne]

I asked the wife her thoughts and she said

"I think it will be really bad for them"

I said and what about us?

She said "Erm...... I don't know"

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Quite a significant proportion of the population of England already have Scottish roots.

Does it equate to the 10% Scottish residents who have English roots.
I doubt it.

 

[JustOne]

 

[delc]

Does it equate to the 10% Scottish residents who have English roots.
I doubt it.

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/op11-tab9a.pdf

 

[delc]

Ha Ha! Alex Salmond is trying to sell an image of Scotland as a land running with milk, oil and honey, but the reality is somewhat different. :rofl:

 

[Dodger]

Hadrians Wall?

What has that got to do with anything?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Already 800,000 of us down here so we can still run England

 

[Piece]

I'd wish them the best of luck, whilst pulling up the drawbridge.

 

[Beezerk]

Hadrians Wall?

What has that got to do with anything?

Keeps out the riff raff and all that

 

[Val]

Keeps out the riff raff and all that

Touché

 

[Dodger]

Keeps out the riff raff and all that

I didn't know the border had moved.

 

[Foxholer]

Keeps out the riff raff and all that

Not very successfully though!

And where exactly from btw?

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

I didn't know the border had moved.

Oh no. The land between Hadrians wall and the Scottish border is the next "West Bank" isn't it.

We'll let you have it, saves us building a whole new wall!

 

[mikee247]

Bugger off and take the Tennants Extra with you but leave some of the Scotch behind. Seriously though 300 years of having a chip on your shoulder is tiresome!! Using that alone to determine a vote and chance your future on is just mad which and is what the average person will be doing and they will do it just to p*ss the Tories off in Westminster and that's what Salmon wants. Ill give it a year and they will be climbing the wire trying to get out and begging for a hand out on numerous levels....Toll booths in place, draw bridge up and minefield all the Northern Territories. Vote yes you can have it but get on with it and dont bloody whine on about it afterwards when it all goes t*ts up under that plonker!!!

Salmon is going to get something out of this.... a job... but that's its, no one else will benefit, South of the border and definitely not the people who matter in Scotland. I cant understand why people cant see it....hope, change, a new life??? Really come on its not a bloody fantasy adventure film its about bunch of greedy politicians dealing a hand for themselves... No one wins here apart from Politicians. Scotland cant have a total independent country without us supporting them and we will suffer big time without Scotland, its an economic fact. I wish them luck they are going to need it. I think they will get the independence but it wont really be independence but they can pretend for a while. :thup: