General Chat

Or Emma's knickers.

the only thing that ever comes down is a LIFT ;-)

Of course retail prices in Scotland will go up if they vote yes. Salmond will find he has little option but to have Scottish pound not pegged to sterling. That will sink to 10% below £uk almost at once putting up import prices ( and eroding pensions ). As well as that wholesalers & retailers will have to setup and run parallel systems for vat, tax, PAYE, vehicles and so on and on. As the Scots economy has no traction at all on rUK the net effect will be a rise of 15% in prices and no offsetting pay/pensions increase. Quite a lot of specialist companies in England refuse to trade with euroland because of transaction costs. They would prob. extend the embargo to Scotland. One scenario being played out right now is that during the 18 month handover things get so far out of whack that Scotland has to cancel the whole deal.

Prices will rise whatever happens and the rise will be blamed on the result whatever it is! ;-)

I understand -from what one of the retailers said-that it already costs more to supply Scotland but as it is spread across the whole UK it evens out,if it is seperated Scotland will have to pay the extra itself !!

Emma - whatever way the vote goes just keep them on :-D :-D :-D

On a more serious note, I think we will see more negative campaigning from the No Camp because the latest poll is showing support for the Union narrowing.

According to a new ICM/Guardian poll - it shows the No Campaign is just two points ahead - with support for independence at 49% and with 51% wanting Scotland to remain in the UK (excluding the undecided).

I wish the No Campaign would put their arguments over in a more positive and friendly way :-(

Well OFITG if I don't laugh I will scream :-D

Roll on this time next week it's getting scary now,
fingers crossed for a No vote. :-)

Emma - should we be discussing your knickers on a chat board :-D :-D :-D

will we have to give back Stone of Scone

cause I don't think we will :-D

opps ive just read we have given it back well that suprises me and the Scottish crown jewels

Oh no what will I do the price of knickers
to go up :-( :-( cause
These are not ordinary knickers
These are M&S knickers :-D :-D :-D

Joy I'm for keeping the present Queen :-)

Emma :-)

then so be it xx

Maybe our current Queen has a claim, the late Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) was born on the 4th August 1900 and was a 19th generation descendant of King Robert II, the first Stewart King of Scots who was a grandson of Robert the Bruce. That makes the Queen, Bruce’s 20xg-granddaughter as a result of the marriage of Joanna the daughter of Robert II to Sir John Lyon in the 14th century.

wouldn't it be wonderful if they traced the lines of the Scottish family trees
and found a true Scottish heir to the throne and crowned them king or queen

now that would be true history in the making :-D

ooh lovely OFITG :-)

I loved Ayrshire Potatoes - cooked with a sprig of fresh mint and served with fresh butter on them :-)

The best potatoes I've had this year came from Scotland :-(

If there were border controls that would work both ways, there is a lot of food and produce that travels from Scotland to England - so those higher costs would be passed on to customers in England :-S

I don't know OFITG, but would the need for border control not put at least more time on journeys into and out of Scotland, thus adding cost to the overall delivery of food stuffs both ways?

The BBC is reporting that leading retailers which include the Kingfisher Group, John Lewis, Asda, and Marks and Spencer - are planning a joint warning of higher prices should Scotland become independent.

The head of the John Lewis Partnership, which includes Waitrose, said that it was most probable that higher costs will be passed on to customers in Scotland if the country votes "Yes" to independence :-S

I personally support the No Campaign, that said, this to me is blatant scaremongering, because they are assuming that a Scottish Government would increase costs to businesses - on the other side of the equation will they cut prices if a Scottish Government reduces costs to businesses, for example by reducing Corporation Tax ?

I really do not thing this kind of negative campaigning is doing the No Campaign any favours :-|