ColchesterFC
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Is it possible that Nicola the Fish posts among us? Or Alec Salmond? Has anyone ever seen Chippa and Nicola or Alec in the same room together?
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Is it possible that Nicola the Fish posts among us? Or Alec Salmond? Has anyone ever seen Chippa and Nicola or Alec in the same room together?
chippa1909
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You must be canvassing the brain dead if you think comments like those will sway a voter.
Also, what you seem to forget is many voters made their decision based on finances. There's now very little oil revenue and a bigger than forecasted deficit. But hey, carry on believing in tooth fairies too.
chippa1909
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I asked earlier so I'll try again
Can you explain how it's Westminsters fault that the Scottish Governments public spending was higher than anyone else with the UK ?
Some facts would be great to back it all up
chippa1909
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So, we can't depend on your vote, now you reside in Scotland Hobbit?
Looking at various polls, you can't depend on 50+% of the vote.
chippa1909
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No, but around 50% is a helluva better position to start campaigning from than the 28% last time.
No, but around 50% is a helluva better position to start campaigning from than the 28% last time.
And it it can go up or down from there. The country's finances are in a worse position than 2 years ago. And what was a funding gap of £10bn in the White Paper, pre Indy Ref, is now closer to £15bn.
I like the SNP's socialist policies but, a) they are unaffordable, and b) the SNP are buying votes with those policies.
Do you know what income tax will have to rise to to fund that level of spending? It's not a hard calculation.
But if your desire is purely self determination and to be able to cry, "freedom," you might get my vote.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
...and pretty childish to make the comparison.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
...and so the SNP want to understand the main concerns of voters and the issues that would prevent them voting YES in a future referendum in the context of collapsed oil prices; a significant fiscal deficit, and Brexit. Because the SNP and other supporters of independence know that unless they have convincing and thoroughly thought through answers to the key questions then if and when a further referendum is ever held - independence will most probably be rejected once more.
In fact Sturgeon is taking quite a big risk in doing this because she is actually opening a can of worms - a can of potentially unanswerable questions.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
And? There are no laws or Forum rules against being childish. Just because it's aimed at Queen Nicola you and Chippa get annoyed by it.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
It's just rather disrespectful to very many of the Scottish electorate for whom she is a widely popular and respected First Minister of Scotland. As it happens in all the time I have spent in Scotland in the last few years (a lot) I don't really recall her often being referred to as JK - but our esteemed Scottish friends here can correct me on that if I am wrong.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
Possibly offensive to The Fish lady herself but I don't see how it is disrespectful to the Scottish electorate. And I don't recall you being so precious about lookalikes when George Osbourne was being compared to the child snatched or when far worse insults were directed at David Cameron.
Of all the things politicians have been called or compared to in the past I think she would take JK quite happily. Far worse options. It is part of political life going back to the original Punch cartoons.
DCB
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Nope you're not wrong, she's not often referred to as JK, although that is used on occasion . More often called Wee Nippy and certainly not Queen Nicola. Possibly some mileage in President Nicola is things work out though
stevek1969
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Just reading thru this its amazing how many English lads have posted there thoughts and opinions on a place they don't even stay in and what Scottish people want or don't want. They built it up around oil the oil industry has been in a slump in the last 2 years Aberdeen is a very different place these days, companies moving out and moving south as the arrogance of Aberdeen being the oil capital is wearing of, in saying that BP are are starting production again which can only be a good thing for the North Sea
Nope you're not wrong, she's not often referred to as JK, although that is used on occasion . More often called Wee Nippy and certainly not Queen Nicola. Possibly some mileage in President Nicola is things work out though
I know a lot of guys who are very anti SNP and never heard anyone refer to her in that Derogatory manner, When King Eck was in power, there were def some names for Him
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User62651
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I haven't heard JK either, hear Nippy Sweetie sometimes but nothing derogatory really. She isn't held in particularly high regard, to us she's a fairly capable politician from Ayrshire, think it's just as a people/country we are fairly grounded and dont tend to put people on pedestals and wet our knickers, flap our Union Jacks and sing GSTQ every time Wills and Kate go for a walk or Prince George wears a new hat, unlike our anglo saxon neighbours down south it appears.:smirk:
hovis
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Thats right. A place we dont live in. so get her of my tv. Fed up of listening to the horrid women
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