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Britain says not making contingency plans for Scottish independence
reuters.com ^ | Sep 8, 2014 | reuters

Posted on 09/08/2014 3:33:46 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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To: Berlin_Freeper
The government's entire focus ... is on making the case for the UK staying together

I would hope the Ministry of Defence is focused on defence and the Ministry of Sewage is focused on sewage.... but not today... today the entire government from lowly street sweeper to top level directors of ministries are entirely focused on silly walks!


41 posted on 09/09/2014 10:14:57 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: MeganC
Well, if that happens then I hope the Brits tell the Scots to sod off when they try to flee to Britain.

Please don't refer to the English as "Brits" if you aren't going to refer to the Scots as "Brits" as well.

42 posted on 09/09/2014 10:15:01 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: tbw2
Rotherham, who has time for that? They are "entirely focused" on keeping the UK together, every single last government employee. Trash? water? sewer? schools? soldiers? cops?... nothing but campaigning for keeping it together.

Today the UK has Obsessive Government Disorder

43 posted on 09/09/2014 10:17:06 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: MeganC
But doesn't Scotland want to join the EU? That means anyone who makes it to Europe is welcome in Scotland.

I'd get the independence thing if Scotland went totally independent and developed self-sufficiency. Otherwise, they'll just end up with a worse boss.

Maybe the royalty could give the new baby a Scottish name?

44 posted on 09/09/2014 10:17:27 AM PDT by grania
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Does Britishness mean nothing to you?

I'm no fan of left wing Scottish nationalism, but "Britishness" has destroyed English national identity. Everyone else is Scottish, Northern Irish, or Welsh . . . the English are just "British."

We speak English, not "British." There is no "British language." There should be an independent, sovereign England.

45 posted on 09/09/2014 10:19:48 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: grania

Scotland will be ruled directly from Brussels


46 posted on 09/09/2014 10:22:05 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Pretty soon English will be a foreign language in England.


47 posted on 09/09/2014 10:23:57 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: GeronL
Scotland will be even more pro-islamic than the Union government. Scottish nationalists are left wing, and therefore anti-American, anti-Israel, and pro-moslem. Why can't the neo-Confederate Celt-worshipers see that? Just go to the official web site of any Celtic nationalist organization (Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Manx, Cornish, or Breton) and see what they say about the United States!

And can't you see that the very notion of demarcating English nationality from Scottish and "British" will be the very catalyst against multiculturalism? Mixing Angles and Celts is multiculturalism!

48 posted on 09/09/2014 10:24:09 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: Zionist Conspirator

You don’t half talk some shite.


49 posted on 09/09/2014 10:26:06 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: MadMitch
Pretty soon English will be a foreign language in England.

Which is why the reassertion of English (not British) national distinctiveness is necessary. And that reassertion begins with Scotland's independence.

50 posted on 09/09/2014 10:26:28 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: MadMitch
You don’t half talk some shite.

I'd respond if I understood what that meant. Maybe English is a foreign language to you.

51 posted on 09/09/2014 10:28:15 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I agree with you. Doesn’t mean I can’t make fun of Cameron and them.


52 posted on 09/09/2014 10:52:53 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Well...for better or worse, they’d better start making contingency plans or a lot of people on both sides are going to suffer. That’s what politicians are paid for.


53 posted on 09/09/2014 11:02:54 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: GeronL
Scotland will be ruled directly from Brussels

What's wrong with them? "once you're in, you can never leave"....just ask the citizens of Greece, Portugal, and Venice.

54 posted on 09/09/2014 11:25:06 AM PDT by grania
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Or else English resentment will lead to more mutual emnity between the peoples of this island.

Which is why all of Britain is not voting. Not because of the fear that Scottish Independence would pass in Scotland and fail in England, but exactly the opposite.

55 posted on 09/09/2014 12:38:12 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Pilsner

English resentment is borne because of the West Lothian question, where England has no devolution of home rule and is still governed centrally, including by Scottish MPs. Resolve this issue, and we will all be a much happier family.


56 posted on 09/09/2014 1:13:24 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: MeganC

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57 posted on 09/13/2014 12:08:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

/bingo

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3203692/posts


58 posted on 09/13/2014 12:09:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Boris Johnson calls hecklers ‘lefty t***ers’ during visit to Bristol
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