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Sean Connery says Scotland should vote for independence from Britain
CSMonitor/AP ^ | March 3, 2014

Posted on 03/03/2014 10:56:16 AM PST by kingattax

Film star Sean Connery is urging fellow Scots to vote for independence when a referendum is held in September.

The longtime independence advocate says in The Sun on Sunday newspaper that the opportunity to separate from the rest of Britain is too good an opportunity to miss.

He says independence would galvanize the film and creative industries, creating new jobs in Scotland.

Connery no longer lives there and said the decision should be made by the people who choose to live and work in Scotland.

He said a vote for independence would bring renewed focus on Scottish culture, heritage and creative excellence.

His view is not shared by rock star David Bowie, who has urged Scottish voters to remain part of the United Kingdom.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: davidbowie; independence; scotland; scottishindependence; seanconnery
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To: bmwcyle

I agree! Not a drop of Scottish blood in me ( that I know) but I love all things Scottish,even bagpipes! The time of “Empires” is over. Scotland should be free! They need another William Wallace!


41 posted on 03/03/2014 12:27:30 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: USNBandit
What is worse than a Scotsman trying to play a Soviet submarine captain with a half Scottish, half Russian accent?

You mean half Scottish, half Lithuanian accent.

42 posted on 03/03/2014 12:30:20 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: elcid1970

Damn...you mean they’ve turned into California???


43 posted on 03/03/2014 1:01:16 PM PST by ontap
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To: kingattax

I’m not sure if Scotland wants to be independent from the UK. What will happen once the oil and natural gas from the North Sea runs out?


44 posted on 03/03/2014 1:04:06 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: thefactor

Its not scotch. Its whisky, given directly to the Scots by God.


45 posted on 03/03/2014 2:43:17 PM PST by North Coast Conservative (God created man, Sam Colt made them equal)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
Why should Scotland pay in part for the Royal family?

Because it's their royal family. Has been ever since 1603, when a reigning Scottish king inherited the English throne (not the other way round). The manifesto of the 'yes' campaign for Scottish independence includes a commitment to keep the United Kingdom monarch as Head of State (in exactly the same way as she now is for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others).

46 posted on 03/04/2014 1:13:09 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: RayChuang88
I’m not sure if Scotland wants to be independent from the UK

Judging by the polls, nor are the Scots.

47 posted on 03/04/2014 4:46:01 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy

Thanks for reminding me that I am history challenged. I did not realize that the Royals were Scottish in the far mists of time. I thought the Royals were English to the core because they have no accent, and because they are dumb enough to believe in global warming. I thought they were more German then anything else.

So the Scots get more from the treasury then they put in and the Royals are Scottish, how about the point that the Muzzies are slowly taking over England and maybe the Scots don’t like it? This is what I get for hanging out with the smart kids, it shows the gaps in my education, I am thankful for that, that can be corrected and will be if I manage to live long enough. More than one poster has pointed out my ignorance and I am grateful to all of you.

I will say the Royals tend to pick out some good looking women.


48 posted on 03/04/2014 7:01:46 AM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Winniesboy
Because it's their royal family.

Not quite. The lineal ancestry of the *current* "royal line" of Great Britain stems from George I, who was German, and Elector of Hanover. The last attempt at putting a Stuart on the throne failed at the Battle of Culloden in 1745...

the infowarrior

49 posted on 03/04/2014 7:08:53 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: kingattax

Hmmm....Connery or Bowie? I will reserve judgement until Sheena Easton weighs in. She is an expat Scot living in Nevada.


50 posted on 03/04/2014 7:13:07 AM PST by xp38
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To: infowarrior
While you're right that the direct lineage was broken, that doesn't alter the status, in respect of each of the two countries, of whoever was on the throne, which remained the same. The only technical change in the monarch's status came in 1707 with the Act of Union. Rather than two separate kingdoms whose monarch happened to be the same person, thereafter the then-united single kingdom had an undivided single monarchy. Throughout, irrespective of the change of lineage, it's been as much a Scottish monarchy as an English and Welsh monarchy (let's not get into Irish complications!).
51 posted on 03/04/2014 11:03:49 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
Scotland is a lot more Loonie Left than one might care to think. Think Canadian Loonie Left on steroids.

The main reason, IMNVHO, the Scots will go independent is that they envision a Socialist Paradise based on their oil revenues, as they think Norway is.

As far as Muslims go, the Scots certainly have their share of that bad idea. The Muslims, BTW, are rupturing the National Health with one very unfashionable politically incorrect and unreported item: Birth Defects. Astronomical number in Britain now due to Muslim inbreeding. Not at all unusual for all parents of the bride and groom to be related, cousins ... sometimes even all 1st cousins! Muslim idea, marry your cousin ... and her sister. There. That'll fix it, alhumdoolillah!

Bright spot: Scotland has a vastly better educational system than England

52 posted on 08/31/2014 3:20:28 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific GOP Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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To: thefactor
What do they produce (besides scotch)?

Crude Oil, Fish, Marmalade, Natural Gas, Oats, Wool, Haggis and Baggis, Steel, Oats, the World's Best Beef, Golf Balls, Doctors for the Third World, Beer and Ales, and Craig Ferguson.

53 posted on 08/31/2014 3:26:15 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific GOP Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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To: Winniesboy
Why would anyone not English want to keep the British Royals? Prince Phil and the smelly horse lady strike you as being natural born leaders?

The Stuarts died out and the dueling pretenders live in Germany and Italy. The present Royal Family are the Windsors, who were actually imported German Hanoverians, the first few Georges of whom couldn't quite speak English.

Of course, over the years they have married folks with Stuart connections (like Lady Di) to beef up the claim, and they do carry on to excess about their Scottish connections.

Of course Scotland should go independent. Why TF not? Give it a shot. Take the oil money and free haggis for all.

54 posted on 08/31/2014 3:36:37 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific GOP Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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To: Kenny Bunk

TF?


55 posted on 08/31/2014 3:48:17 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o
As every Oxford Don should know, "TF" is short-hand for "Tiffin," that is to say, something to be discussed at Tea Time.
56 posted on 08/31/2014 3:44:22 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific GOP Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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To: don-o
Also, "see "WTF," a very short-lived Obama Error acronym for "Win the Future."*

Actually stands for Q: "I say, what time is Tiffin."
A: 4?

*Explained by ... and killed by none other than Sarah Palin!

57 posted on 08/31/2014 3:47:34 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only a specific GOP Program, Plan, and Leadership will end the chaos of dysfunctional government.)
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