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Originally posted by chris stephens
Yes indeed dear readers,

The Union of Scotland and England which "celebrated" its 300th anniversary yesterday, passed by without any huge fuss. The westminster Government plan to mark the occasion by issuing a new £2 coin.

Is this because Scotland look poised to elect parties who support Independence in May?

You can tell Independence is on ...[text shortened]... rn itself.

do people think the union has served its purpose?

my thoughts.......its time!
The union will never cease to serve its purpose; namely to benefit the rulers of Britain.

However, since I'm not one of said rulers, I suggest the stick the Union up their arses.

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Originally posted by Merk
I know Scotch is the drink. I use it as a bit of humor.

My thing is that it certainly doesn't seem like, say Turkey (If they ever close the deal) should have any say in what gets fished in the North Sea. Does the EU have a sub-committe or something that deals with this?
Yes, I think they they have some kind of group of all the fishing nations which get together and sort out the agreement.

So, I wouldn't see Turkey having a say on what was fished in the North Sea.

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Originally posted by Redmike
Yes, I think they they have some kind of group of all the fishing nations which get together and sort out the agreement.

So, I wouldn't see Turkey having a say on what was fished in the North Sea.
That makes sense.

Can you by any chance tell I am, ummm... not governments biggest fan?

Go it alone or no, I just hope it doesn't interrupt with the exportation of The Macallan. 🙂

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Originally posted by Merk
That makes sense.

Can you by any chance tell I am, ummm... not governments biggest fan?

Go it alone or no, I just hope it doesn't interrupt with the exportation of The Macallan. 🙂
Well, there is a move to have a sort of self-imposed boycott on Scottish goods.

Basically, we'd only sell whisky to non-imperialist countries.

You can still have as much tartan as you want though.

The Macallan is nectar though.

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Originally posted by Redmike
Well, there is a move to have a sort of self-imposed boycott on Scottish goods.

Basically, we'd only sell whisky to non-imperialist countries.

You can still have as much tartan as you want though.

The Macallan is nectar though.
An export boycott. That's an interesting concept actually.

Beware though, America might choose to invade. We'll borrow some boats from the Harvard rowing team, dress up like we're from Oxford, then when everybody is looking confused at us wondering why we would row all the way from Oxford, we will land our forces on your shores right before your very eyes! Bwahahahahahaha! 🙂

Or perhaps we could pay MI-5/6 to sneak us some . They must have some contacts in Scotland.

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Originally posted by Merk
An export boycott. That's an interesting concept actually.

Beware though, America might choose to invade. We'll borrow some boats from the Harvard rowing team, dress up like we're from Oxford, then when everybody is looking confused at us wondering why we would row all the way from Oxford, we will land our forces on your shores right before your very eyes! ...[text shortened]...
Or perhaps we could pay MI-5/6 to sneak us some . They must have some contacts in Scotland.
We'd be a small country, with no WMDs, and limited military resources.

We'd have some oil though.

There's no way the US would invade a country like that.

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Originally posted by Redmike
We'd be a small country, with no WMDs, and limited military resources.

We'd have some oil though.

There's no way the US would invade a country like that.
Depends on how hard up we are for oil.

How about immigration? Would Americans be allowed to move there?

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Originally posted by chris stephens
Yes indeed dear readers,

The Union of Scotland and England which "celebrated" its 300th anniversary yesterday, passed by without any huge fuss. The westminster Government plan to mark the occasion by issuing a new £2 coin.

Is this because Scotland look poised to elect parties who support Independence in May?

You can tell Independence is on ...[text shortened]... rn itself.

do people think the union has served its purpose?

my thoughts.......its time!
As long as it doesn't interfere with the Scot's way of making whiskey then I'm all for it.

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Originally posted by slimjim
As long as it doesn't interfere with the Scot's way of making whiskey then I'm all for it.
We don't make whiskey.

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Originally posted by Merk
Depends on how hard up we are for oil.

How about immigration? Would Americans be allowed to move there?
I'd imagine you'd have the same rights to immigrate here as you you do to the UK.

There's no party suggesting any tightening of immigration controls in an independent Scotland.

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Originally posted by Redmike
I'd imagine you'd have the same rights to immigrate here as you you do to the UK.

There's no party suggesting any tightening of immigration controls in an independent Scotland.
Sometimes a man will go to great length for a good Scotch.

I have always been addicted to the 18 year myself. Thinking about branching out and trying something from their Fine Oak selection.