Breaking news: The Queen bumps into Alex Salmond

Either Alis has done his baws on the yes vote or he's Mr Salmond himself. Either way I think the poor wee laddie is going to have a nervous breakdown and the no vote is still over a month away.

I think it's the Tower for Alias and 'off with his head'.

My sword is attached to the nose of a Tornado fighter.. and my dad was bigger than your dad.

As for a Republic, bring it on....for the whole of the UK.

cmat, that's a date but I'll bring my M16 if that's OK. No problem with your sword



Thought your Claymore would have been more up your street Alias?

Can't argue with that Alias. Which begs the question, where did Charlie get his dozen or so medals from?

Actually it did. It proves that the Scottish people have the brains to vote no.

a) I don't believe you



I that case you're calling me a liar, in which case that's your choice.

It proves that the Scottish people have the brains to vote no.

In that case what are you calling me? And you may not be a liar, just misguided.

That's a pathetic washed out statement. If that's all you've got, your "argument" is empty.

Nationalism can mean lots of things. If you're suggesting that the Yes campaign is akin to right wing nationalism, you've been in a cave on top of Mt Everest for the last 10 years smoking hash and drinking fermented yak's milk.
No hatred of anyone, but the fact you even brought that up clearly demonstrates that you have no grasp at all of the matter at hand. You can't debate this, because you have zero understanding of it, you've made no statements that make any sense at all, and I think one of your reasons for voting No is that you know most Celtic fans will vote Yes. You just can't bear that, can you?

and I think one of your reasons for voting No is that you know most Celtic fans will vote Yes. You just can't bear that, can you?


Here we go again, the same old chestnut. You a incapable of having any debate when you spew this bile. It's fermented in your mind that the whole issue boils down to which football team one supports. Pathetic.


Chasing, dog, tail, no more.

Tell me this Alias, and this is the crux of the matter, in your heart of hearts, (pardon the pun) but do you honestly think it could be a YES vote next month?

.........there is a cost to taking your proper place among the independent nations of earth! Well, I never.


.......in 100 years time the "economics of the matter" will be neither here nor there...it will be about how well the Scottish managed their society from all aspects.

Just to clear up the currency issue rightly or wrongly the policy is now clear. Scotland will use the pound if the people vote for independence. Salmond believes that Westminster is bluffing on the currency union issue (I agree with him) but if they aren't he says that Scotland will use the pound anyway in a similar way to how Panama uses the dollar. Can that be done? It can. Will there be difficult questions to answer and practical dificulties? Almost certainly.

As an Englishman living in Scotland it seems hard for the Scots to express a desire to order their own affairs without it coming over all Braveheart. I've only had runs ins with a couple of bellends. The rest of the people are decent folk just like anywhere else in these lucky islands.

I'll vote yes happily. For Scotland. Not for Salmond.

Ahm a sassenach bassa, and ah dint give a hoot if ya stay in, or ya feck off.

I'll vote yes happily. For Scotland. Not for Salmond.


THAT is the crux of the matter, Eo.


Are you with it now, stewarty? Who do you mean by "his ilk"? And why the dislike?

Does every other country on earth have a film that is referred to when people suggest that that particular country should run itself?

Britishness is a reason for some to vote no, yet they aren't seen as 'nationalist' in any way which I find bizarre.

A form of nationalism helped bring down the Soviet Union. The Armenians have been part of three empires but now have their own country again. Are they somehow bigoted? Do they hate everybody because they want to run their own country or is it just Scots? What is their 'ilk'?

I believe we should run our own affairs and take decisions in line with the broad opinion in Scotland.

I believe that the democratic system in the UK is broken. This is a chance to build a better country. Consequently independence is a beginning to me - not the end. I don't see how anybody could put all the answers in a white paper although some honestly and clarity on a few core issues is required. Independence will be what the people of Scotland make if it over hundreds of years.

I want Scotland to take a step back from the world stage and concentrate on it's own affairs. Less war, less telling other people want to do.

Others feel British, want to have whatever influence we can get or feel that being part of the UK helps share risk. That is fine. It will be a no vote and I am prepared for that.

Some of the reasons thrown about though infuriate me. You hate the English, I hate Salmond, set up costs or other things that other countries have dealt with since time began.

Ireland has never left the union in the sense that it has been dependent on England. Thousands of young
people have had to leave Ireland for England after independence in the 1920s simply because the state
couldn't funtion. There is a lesson, Ireland like Scotland produced most of its great people while part of
the empire. Scotland is rightly proud of its history and many great scientists, writers, engineers, inventors etc
but this was achieved at a special time in history.....it takes a special set of circumstances to produce great
people and a great count.ry. These things are fragile.