Scottish Independence (2 Viewers)

[jonah]

I hear Patrick Stewart doesn't like @jonah anymore.

Exception that proves the rule. I'll try and think of more bald men I like to be fair. I'm nothing if not open minded.

PS. The joke is on you because Patrick Stewart hi-5'd me once and said "YOU'RE REALLY COOL TOO".

 

[jonah]

I'm not bald jones. You might like me if you met me

 

[Lili Marlene]

 

[Jill Hives]

Hahahaha!

 

[rettucs]

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Fear 55%
Hope 45%

 

[Unicron]

Fear 55%
Hope 45%

You don't consider the possibility that some might identify primarily as British rather than Scottish?

 

[rettucs]

You don't consider the possibility that some might identify primarily as British rather than Scottish?

I would say that is an extremely small number of people. Even up north the most staunch unionists would consider themselves Irish first, British second.

I wouldn't say the full 55% was fear, but it was fear that swung it, without a doubt.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

You don't consider the possibility that some might identify primarily as British rather than Scottish?

23% according to RTE just now.

 

[Unicron]

I would say that is an extremely small number of people. Even up north the most staunch unionists would consider themselves Irish first, British second.

I wouldn't say the full 55% was fear, but it was fear that swung it, without a doubt.

I was talking to someone on FB about the idea of indentity earlier, she's from Cornwall and said that she would never describe herself as English, but British instead. It's a sentiment I've heard before from people from Sunderland and Yorkshire. I wonder if it's a common thing as you move away from London/the home counties.

 

[Hector Grey]

England's toupee, for evermore.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I was talking to someone on FB about the idea of indentity earlier, she's from Cornwall and said that she would never describe herself as English, but British instead. It's a sentiment I've heard before from people from Sunderland and Yorkshire. I wonder if it's a common thing as you move away from London/the home counties.

My friend from Newcastle doesn't consider himself English

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The No campaign was largely fear-based economic scare-mongering, the Yes campaign asked people to hope for something better, something of their own.

 

[nooleen]

and ironically for all the dismissive talk of 'nationalism' directed at the pro-independence side, all that the no campaign had to offer apart from scaremongering was 'rah rah rah great to be british' nationalist bluster

 

[therealjohnny]

The national fruit of Scotland..

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

and ironically for all the dismissive talk of 'nationalism' directed at the pro-independence side, all that the no campaign had to offer apart from scaremongering was 'rah rah rah great to be british' nationalist bluster

Yeah, they did get a bit misty-eyed at the end.

"You'll be fucked if you leave and we won't take you back" clearly wasn't going to work.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

and ironically for all the dismissive talk of 'nationalism' directed at the pro-independence side, all that the no campaign had to offer apart from scaremongering was 'rah rah rah great to be british' nationalist bluster

No that's not nationalism: The United Kingdom is a unique family of nations. In every way imaginable, it pointed the way to crap-at-directions Johnny Come Latelys like the UN and the EU.

 

[nooleen]

i've never heard of a european nationalist party

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Was being sarcastic. Maybe unique family of nations was only used to sway Scottish people who were on holidays in Ireland during the campaign.

 

[nooleen]

ah yes

wasn't sure if you were serious or not