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  1. Re: The Scottish Independence Referendum Part 2: The Sturgeon Strikes Back

    She's only doing it because she is being pressured into it from the SNP. She's not doing it because she thinks it's the correct course of action.



    Yes, this is the SNP doing what the SNP do...
  2. Re: The Scottish Independence Referendum Part 2: The Sturgeon Strikes Back

    May has just blocked the idea of a second independence referendum by 2019.

    If a second independence referendum is granted, can we have another EU referendum?

    If a second independence...
  3. Re: The Scottish Independence Referendum Part 2: The Sturgeon Strikes Back

    As long as there is a SNP government in Holyrood, or a majority of pro-independence MSPs, calls for an independence referendum will never be far away. Although the pro-Union side won the referendum...
  4. Re: The Scottish Independence Referendum Part 2: The Sturgeon Strikes Back

    Whilst I'm not in favour of another independence referendum, realistically, I think it's going to happen. It would be too politically dangerous for a Tory government in Westminster to deny the...
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    Poll: Re: The British EU Referendum: In or Out

    See, I think trying to project Leavers are xenophobes and racists didn't help at all.
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    Poll: Re: The British EU Referendum: In or Out

    Although it was close, and predicted to be very close, I am still surprised at the result.

    I voted Remain, but in hindsight it's clear why we lost, as ultimately we just didn't have a positive...
  7. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Some, maybe. But with the way politics are in Scotland at the moment, no-one who isn't sporting the SNP rosette should count on being elected.

    Anyway, I thought that Corbyn played PMQs very well...
  8. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    I've heard people mention that a few times. I think that it's also important to note that what Thatcher did ultimately resulted in an improvement in most people's situations, whereas what Corbyn...
  9. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Burnham would have been terrible. The least genuine out of the candidates, having already lost to Miliband last time and this time with nothing new to say other than "ey up I'm northerner", I can do...
  10. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Like all of the main political parties, Labour can draw on a multitude of different voter groups. The obvious one, the one that you mention, are working class people in manual labour type jobs. Yes,...
  11. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Aye, absolutely. I think that a few SNP strategists could be a bit worried at the moment, as Corbyn's victory shows that the English aren't all heartless Imperialist Tories. He is what the SNP want...
  12. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    You're right.
  13. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    I don't understand why people have to resign though. Given Corbyn's voting record, surely they could just vote however they please regardless of what he says, because he's not exactly an...
  14. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Which of these groups are the ones that paid £3 to vote?



    Recently a bit more left-leaning than the Blairites, yes, but that hardly constitutes a genuinely left-wing party.
  15. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Scotland isn't socialist. In May Scotland essentially exiled a left-wing Labour party for a nationalist-populist party with fairly poor left-wing credentials.
  16. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    It would be interesting to have the results broken down, to see whether Green and Tory infiltrators played a big part in this.
  17. Re: How Goldman Sachs takes over a country (Denmark)

    And Goldman Sachs seem pretty adamant that oil will remain at $55/barrel through to 2020, too.
  18. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    No, I do distinctively remember having this debate repeatedly since 2010 and the result was that all of the major parties adopted some measure of deficit reduction strategies because it was the only...
  19. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    Corbyn would be opposition for opposition's sake; something I'm glad that Labour seem to be dropping now with their response of the welfare bill.



    The Blairite wing has an ace up their sleeves:...
  20. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    No he wouldn't. He still represents the Union - an anathema to the SNP.
  21. Re: Labour Leadership Contest - Private Polls suggest possible Corbyn lead.

    A Corbyn victory would be a bit of a disaster for British politics. It's not that this politics are vile, but they simply do not represent enough of the populace for a party under his leadership to...
  22. Re: UK Vote on Fox Hunting Postponed Following SNP Opposition

    Very clever move by the SNP. This is sure to stoke up even more resentment from the Tory right - exactly what they're looking for, in order to further their manufactured grievance. I've always said...
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    Poll: Re: The British EU Referendum: In or Out

    Possibly, although Scotland shows that the losing side doesn't necessarily end up losing any momentum. Part of me worries that this is only the beginning.
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    Poll: Re: The British EU Referendum: In or Out

    It's going to be very similar to the Scottish independence referendum. The "Out" side will try and argue that we can enjoy almost all of the benefits of being in the EU without being it the EU, like...
  25. Re: Former Lib Dem leader, Charles Kennedy, dies at 55

    Heard this on the way to work this morning. Truly sad news. The fact that he's attracting tributes from across the spectrum is testament to the attributes he brought as a politician, member of...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election - Conservative Victory

    Mhairi Black was going to win her constituency regardless of her age or political experience.
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election - Campaigning has begun!

    Make no mistake, this election was won by nationalism. North of the border by the SNP, and south of the border by the Conservatives for playing up a fear of the influence of Scots MPs in parliament....
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election - Campaigning has begun!

    Labour and Lib Dems swept away by a tsunami of Scots nationalism.
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election - Campaigning has begun!

    UKIP really seem to have faded away in the last six months or so.

    It's funny because we've been talking about how the public are disenfranchised by the "establishment" but it seems that the...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election - Campaigning has begun!

    It's the same with the oil & gas industry too. Britain is a major hub for engineering, equipment design and manufacture and services for the global oil industry.

    Britain still excels in a lot of...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election - Campaigning has begun!

    Well in fairness to the media, it seems that very few people are planning on voting UKIP.
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election (not too early I hope?...)

    I think the reason Cameron is trying to dodge the debates is because he has little to gain from his attendance. What happens if he turns up against Miliband and it turns out that Miliband can speak...
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    Re: Thoughts on the XL Pipeline

    A pipeline is generally a preferable solution to transporting oil by rail (both economically and safety wise), which is what generally happens onshore in America, and which has already suffered...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election (not too early I hope?...)

    Well, I understand that the SNP have been on a high since the referendum, with all of the momentum behind them, but they also tend to take very few seats in Westminster elections. At the moment...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election (not too early I hope?...)

    I don't think the Lib Dems will take quite the battering up here that they will down south. The left, which seems to make up the vast majority of the country, seem to be engaged in a battle between...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election (not too early I hope?...)

    So far I seem to be the solitary Lib Dem voter.
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election (not too early I hope?...)

    They almost certainly wouldn't. Their goal would likely be to drive a wedge between Scotland and England, knowing that if they cannot get enough Scots to vote to leave the Union, their next best bet...
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    Poll: Re: UK 2015 General Election (not too early I hope?...)

    In Scotland I predict that Labour will lose a huge amount of seats, as will the Lib Dems. The SNP will likely make huge gains, and may possibly even be a coalition partner with Labour if they don't...
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    Re: The Sun to drop Page 3, reports Times

    The Sun as actually faced a significant decline in its sales. I think that many of the people who would buy the paper solely for its third page now have smartphones where they can see such images...
  40. Thread: The UKIP surge

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    Re: The UKIP surge

    I attribute a lot of the rise of UKIP to the fact that their leader still speaks plain English, as opposed to the political jargon and waffle that the others speak. There's something of a crisis of...
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