[doganjo]

Sorry to disillusion you TT but there are a large number of us who WILL.  I am sick to the back teeth of everything being run in Scotland by and for London and the South East and this is the one way we can redress the situation.  Yes, Mr Salmond has made an error of judgement, but so have a number of other politicians, so he will have my vote in Autumn 2014 without doubt.

[deepinthewoods]

Sorry to disillusion you TT but there are a large number of us who WILL.  I am sick to the back teeth of everything being run in Scotland by and for London and the South East and this is the one way we can redress the situation.  Yes, Mr Salmond has made an error of judgement, but so have a number of other politicians, so he will have my vote in Autumn 2014 without doubt.

i thought it was the other way around. dont scottish mps get to vote on english issues? even tho it has nothing to do with them?
 
i doubt very much that scotland will vote for its independence, then, when its all doine and dusted the seperatists will have to be quiet permanantly.

[downsized]

Sorry to disillusion you TT but there are a large number of us who WILL.  I am sick to the back teeth of everything being run in Scotland by and for London and the South East and this is the one way we can redress the situation.  Yes, Mr Salmond has made an error of judgement, but so have a number of other politicians, so he will have my vote in Autumn 2014 without doubt.

seconded, most people I know will do the same, a few undecided but none for the union. No idea where the polls get their figures from as they certainly don't tally with my experience.

[Crofterloon]

Trump from what I saw on the TV program is used to getting his own way and I did not not like the way the residents were treated but yes Trump is just out for Trump he will not ave gotten as rich by being a nice guy.
Alex Salmond has supported the golf course for he best of reasons i.e. creating jobs in the area.
I think Trump maybe trying to discredit Salmond but it will not work and to be honest I believe if Scotland had a Labour or a Tory government the results would have been the same. Trump would have been welcomed.
The councillor (Ford)who stood up against the development was in the Green Party. I asked an independant councillor once about him and he said although Ford had different views to himself he had respect for the guy.

[Small Farmer]

Scottish independence probably needs a thread or ten of its own.  There's some very strong feelings going to be expressed.
 


Trump was one of the US presidential hopefuls: I doubt he'll go for the Scottish crown!

[Ina]

Trump was one of the US presidential hopefuls: I doubt he'll go for the Scottish crown!

Argh!!!! Now don't go giving him ideas...

[Ina]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20501837

In the news again.

Mr Trump has criticised the documentary. Has he actually watched it?

[rispainfarm]

I won't be voting for independance thats for sure. Its an unknown quantity here and I think alex is on dodgy ground when it comes to managing ourselves as a separate country. He ought to get his house in order first meaning tackly the huge unemployment, the amount of people going bankrupt and the crappy education children receive.

[Sylvia]

It used to be the English taking over everybody, now it seems to be America and Canada

[Ina]

It used to be the English taking over everybody, now it seems to be America and Canada

Forgive me for sometimes getting the impression that that is what the British want: away from horrible Europe - get closer to "our cousins across the pond"; at least they speak a language we can understand... Not everybody does, I know.

[Cavendish]

regarding the act of union I thought it was both parliaments that consented to create the union, not england forcing it's rule over scotland?....
 
I think alot of people are not aware of this, as there seems to be some misguided ideas on the subject by the uneducated.
 
Donald Trump, would not touch him with a barge pole!... let alone give him planning permission to build anything within the british isles. i am sure that there have been many proposals to create businesses that would have benefitted local communities that have been swept under the carpet by councils and governments. but trump trumped it all.

[doganjo]

I LOVED the video of Obama belittling him!  Brilliant!

[Small Farmer]

It used to be the English taking over everybody, now it seems to be America and Canada

Except for the French who own the utilities and the Spanish who own the BAA airports.  Most of central London is owned by foreigners now all paying stupendous prices.  That's because the political and financial stability of the UK is seen as a big plus for most of the really rich people from the Gulf and Asia.  I guess that if the Qataris have a really big investment here they may be minded to send the odd load of gas round to Milford Haven just to keep the lights on, but I'm not sure.


I'm watching to see how the Catalans make out. Their election just produced a fairly difficult result for just about everybody out there.   It's complicated.


I thought Salmond was wrong to agree to a Yes-No vote because there's lots of supplementary but important questions. Perhaps if he gets a yes vote he'll then ask the electorate again but Cameron's strategy seems to be winner takes all.  That's stupid because the issue isn't going away whatever the vote says.

[deepinthewoods]

i agree, the catalan seperatist issue will influence the scottish situation.
 
i fully support scotlands right to choose, if they choose to seperate i will support that too.

[clydesdaleclopper]

regarding the act of union I thought it was both parliaments that consented to create the union, not england forcing it's rule over scotland?....
 
I think alot of people are not aware of this, as there seems to be some misguided ideas on the subject by the uneducated.

I think that is a bit harsh dismissing people as uneducated.


In fact, Scotland was almost bankrupt because of the failure of the Darien scheme and was in a very weak bargaining position with the English when the Act of Union was negotiated.