General Chat

Sorry, Eldrick, I got your name wrong. Is that why you got mine and Alex Salmond's wrong?

If you follow the Stewart line back, you will find that it originated in Brittany.

And by the way, I am not Scottish either but I live there and as you are in Northumberland, you should be able to receive Radio Scotland and possibly even BBC Scotland. Listening or watching them might help you to get a more balanced view of what the SNP are saying.

Typos I assure you :-D :-D

Oh, I have a balanced view alright. One that is my own, aided by the big picture and not the words of politicians and state controlled media :-)

For the record Mary Queen of Scots (Dec 8th 1542-8thFeb 1587) was the daughter of James Vth of Scotland and his second wife Marie of Guise who was the eldest daughter of Claude of Lorraine Duke of Guise, and his wife Antoinette de Bourbon introducing a french connection long before Charles 1st and Henrietta Maria . Mary married Henry Lord Darnley and they were the parents of James V1th of Scotland/1st of England. Mary's grandmother Margaret Tudor was the sister of Henry V111th and married James1Vth of Scotland , he was killed at the battle of Flodden Field in 1513 leaving his son aged 1 to inherit the Scottish throne. I think Mary was a very tenuous Tudor!

What I do object to is that Scots MP's and Welsh MP's not forgetting N. Ireland can all sit in the Palace of Westminster and vote on issues appertaining only to England yet our English MPs cannot (as far as I am aware) go and sit and vote in any of the other UK Parliaments.

There WERE an awful lot of Scots in the last government as I recall...disproportionate I thought at the time x

would Scotland break away from the EU?

The Scottish Border is only 70 miles from Hadrians Wall up the A1.

In the Tyne Tees area, ITV local news covers Tyne Tees and Border and if you have Cable TV you can get Reporting Scotland at 6.30 in the evening.

As I have said, we have a long long way to go before this problem is resolved.

I don't think that's been established for sure Kay..though from what I saw on TV last night there was talk that they would be joining the Euro :-0
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I think the Scots would be better off if they filleted SALMOND

Bernard

"There WERE an awful lot of Scots in the last government as I recall...disproportionate I thought at the time x"

Muffy, There's also a disproportionate amount of men in the government!

To be honest, someone must have voted for them!

From a selfish point of view I think Scotland should stay part of the UK. I identify more with them than the South to be honest!!

No denying folk voted for them SRS....it's the amount of senior cabinet ones rather than rank and file MPs I was on about...and they are chosen for high office by the serving PM no one else.

And yes I agree re the women....though I don't think they're being actively blocked from being given the opportunity when you see the amount of women only short lists from all sides of the spectrum..which incidentally I disagree with..best person for the job should get it...with nothing else taken into consideration........but that's another debate....

Well as I live in Wales I have a view on this subject but I'm bound to upset someone :-D

We have devolved Governance obviously but there is NO way we could determine our own taxation levels and self support all the necessary infrastructure the level of earnings here is just not high enough.

If Scotland wishes to have full independence then I would like to see the balance sheet, if it's true that Scotland's health record is one of the poorest in Europe then how much of the UK's taxes are given to provide services?

In my humble opinion dividing the UK would cause even more 'racial' problems than we have now. So unless Scotland can physically divide itself from the rest of our small island and float offshore a few miles I cannot see how on earth it would be of benefit.

Sue x

If you would like a laugh on this subject .read "Saturday Essay "by Andrew Roberts on pages 16/17 in the Daily Mail Today.Its wrote with tongue in cheek but lots of it can or would happen.**M**. :-S

Funny you should mention that Merlin because I've just finished reading it..and all the rabid reader comments (from both sides of the argument) too lol.

Muffy, its amazing,a giggle, but a lot of it could come true :-D but as long as they don,t restrict the importation of decent Malt from there, I don,t really care. :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkqLn_Aj9Rw&feature=player_embedded

Hahahahaha

national eisteddfod? ooops :-D

700th anniversary of Mel Gibsons death LOLOLOLOL

**edited** pressed wrong number lol x

PP I wont be hitting the report button,thats why I put it on here.


Marion