Scotland Debate

[SAPCOR1]

Here we go again, Euro 2016 qualifiers- Germany v Scotland on Pay TV Sky Sports 5 . Switzerland v England free on ITV.

I'm thinking of voting yes just to get our own TV channel.

We have! The joy that is STV......

 

[williamalex1]

We have! The joy that is STV......

Exactly !! they should be showing OUR game.

 

[SAPCOR1]

Exactly !! they should be showing OUR game.

I'm glad it's on Sky to be honest and they employ more people here than STV and BBC Scotland do

 

[Old Skier]

Exactly !! they should be showing OUR game.

So the Yes vote is swayed by what kissball match is on the TV as well.

 

[JustOne]

I reckon an annual pass of circa £299 should be fine.

 

[williamalex1]

So the Yes vote is swayed by what kissball match is on the TV as well.

Could be the last straw ,

 

[Crow]

I’m finding myself surprised by how emotionally involved I’ve recently become in the independence vote.

The people of Scotland will probably not give a fig about my thoughts, only the whole thing feels like two fingers to the rest of the Union to me. It pains me to say this but I find myself irrationally disliking anything Scottish, which I’m embarrassed to have to admit feels like racism.

If a Yes vote goes through then I fear that my attitude to Scotland, a country and people I’ve always liked, will change and I won’t give a stuff about what happens to it or them from that day on.

I’m not big on politics but I think that the Union works pretty well, probably more so for Scotland with its own active parliament than for anybody else.

People of Scotland, I ask you to vote No to independence!

 

[DCB]

I’m finding myself surprised by how emotionally involved I’ve recently become in the independence vote.

I see this as the biggest issue in this whole process. Emotion should have no part in it, it's down to hard facts and figures, that's what has to be taken into account. People are going to vote with their hearts rather than their heads. That's not the way for the future of a country to be decided.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I'm not convinced that the particular channel screening Scotland football matches is a constitutional issue....

Mind you, neither are the vast majority of issues being debated so wire in!

 

[chrisd]

Germany v Scotland on Pay TV Sky Sports 5 .

Probably worth paying not to watch!

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I see Gideon, with all the style of Del Boy, is rushing through now devolution sweeties.

NO credibility is now in shreds.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Total arrogance.....does he not know that people have already voted.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29099431

 

[Old Skier]

Could be the last straw ,

You really don't want to be watching it.

 

[scottbrown]

I have to say, after reading that the Scots will get more powers if they vote No, I personally hope that they do vote yes. How can a union work when each country can have completely different rules and the people get benefits of that, I already hate the fact of free prescriptions etc ( jealousy maybe )
But I guess, you want independent power - be independent.

 

[WeekendHacker]

Part of me wants them to vote yes and see them realise it's not the golden ticket they think it is. People getting carried away by braveheart style speeches and forgetting about practicalities. Bear in mind whatever happens...if it's as close as the polls say, about half the country won't want the change, and it's a pretty massive change.

 

[FairwayDodger]

You really don't want to be watching it.

We're doing better than Brazil.....

 

[Old Skier]

We're doing better than Brazil.....

Great game for the neutrals

 

[FairwayDodger]

I have to say, after reading that the Scots will get more powers if they vote No, I personally hope that they do vote yes. How can a union work when each country can have completely different rules and the people get benefits of that, I already hate the fact of free prescriptions etc ( jealousy maybe )
But I guess, you want independent power - be independent.

Jealousy and ignorance, I'm afraid. We don't get extra money for free prescriptions but the politicians have decided the policy (a blatant bribe and part of the snp's long term plan to con the Scottish people). This means we have less money for other priorities.

 

[One Planer]

I have a question for both Yes and No camps.

I'm far from Scottish of having the most up to date information on the debate, but perhaps those in the know could hear me out and give a view based on what I say?

Before all the posturing, debates, speeches and so on, right at the beginning when the referendum was very first announced, how many thought it actually possible?

My reason for asking is the majority of folk on here at the time the referendum was announced saw Devo-Max as the real prize.

I wonder if Salmond thought the same?

I wonder if he thought to himself that the threat of independence would be sufficient in strong arming Westminster into full devolution of power?

It would explain why he has been so vague on such key subjects throughout the entire debate, especially currency, with no, announced or obvious plan B being uttered.

Now that the polls are moving in the Yes direction, I wonder if more pressure from the people actually voting Yes, to hear more about what will happen post independence, will cause him to give a little ore detail on the possible contingencies planned should his Plan A fail?

As I say,I have no vested interest either way, I'm just curious as to what the people this actually means something to think.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Part of me wants them to vote yes and see them realise it's not the golden ticket they think it is. People getting carried away by braveheart style speeches and forgetting about practicalities. Bear in mind whatever happens...if it's as close as the polls say, about half the country won't want the change, and it's a pretty massive change.

Our politicians found out that it cost more to administer paid prescriptions than to make them free.
Is that the kind of practicality to which you refer.