Amazing, all the Labourits will be shutting up about Alex taking two wages now.... CURRAN! and don't forget Dewar did too. Alex was first to donate it to charity, just like a large chunk of his Westminster pension.
actually there's no need for such nationalistic division....prior to the Roman invasion Britain was already a united nation known as [Albion]...the Gaelic name for Scotland [Alba] is derived from this....division in Britain was caused by foreign invaders namely the Romans, Saxons and Normans.....the ancient Britons got it right in uniting the whole British nation...Scots,Welsh,Irish,English are all British..we should get back to the roots of our history and quit petty squabbling.
oh dont get me started on wee alex not representing his electors at westminster and taking a wage which he gives to his charity, anyone else get paid for not turning up for work?
What is it about this man that evokes so much fear and loathing in the english. God bless him, I hope the next time he swears an oath at our parliament is when he becomes our first president.
We don't "spong" [sic] off you. A lot of you English like to think we "spong" [sic] off you. Which is kind of sweet in a typically pathetic English sort of way. but at the same time a complete distortion of reality. Still if it makes you feel better, then who are we to complain?
Interesting: I'm Scottish...:D I lived in England and that is their veiw of Scottish independence. And yes I'm affraid to say we are a tax burden to the English and have been for quite sometime.
If Scotland ever does have full independence it'll be on the same level of taxes as the likes of Sweden. It will be expensive and it will only ever suit the elite in the country.
We can't be a tax burden on anyone when we raise more in taxes than we get spent on us. On the other hand, England gets more spent on it than it raises in taxes. If anyone is likely to benefit, in terms of tax, it is Scotland.
Scotland should have jettisoned England back in the 1970s when they went to the IMF for handouts but vast Scottish natural resource wealth was flooding the Treasury
Like it or not, those are the simple unvarnished facts, I'm afraid.
Scotland also now has a shocking amount of green energy just waiting to be exploited - 20% of its wind energy with less than 1% of its population, not to mention the potential wave and tidal energy.
Independence is our only way forward now, the UK has served its purpose. Friendship and respect towards the rest of the UK, Europe and the world is the only way an independent Scotland can flourish and I expect this will be the case.
Hello MrDhu, lets move on from that one, off now to hoist the Union flag oot ma windie.
Hullawthere 1 month ago
Amazing, all the Labourits will be shutting up about Alex taking two wages now.... CURRAN! and don't forget Dewar did too. Alex was first to donate it to charity, just like a large chunk of his Westminster pension.
MrSaorsa 1 year ago
actually there's no need for such nationalistic division....prior to the Roman invasion Britain was already a united nation known as [Albion]...the Gaelic name for Scotland [Alba] is derived from this....division in Britain was caused by foreign invaders namely the Romans, Saxons and Normans.....the ancient Britons got it right in uniting the whole British nation...Scots,Welsh,Irish,English are all British..we should get back to the roots of our history and quit petty squabbling.
RifledBarrel 2 years ago
It was hardly a united nation considering there were several tribes which fought with eachother constantly.
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
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StephenUK1983 1 year ago
@RifledBarrel First I heard that.
What about us Gaels then?
ChicDhu 1 year ago 2
Now give me my two pay packets, one from here and another from westminster, oh aye don't forget my £400 pm expenses for me curries.
Hullawthere 2 years ago
He donates one to charity
chrisswirl 2 years ago
Fine, I'll rob you and give the money to the cat & dog home.
Hullawthere 2 years ago
Oh dear made yourself look ill informed there.
ChicDhu 2 years ago
oh just poking a bit of fun at a politician, ill informed? your right, it's three pay packets I forgot the one for first minister ;-)
Hullawthere 2 years ago
Is this Alex Salmond you are referring to? I'm fairly sure he donates his Westminster wage seeing as he doesn't sit in parliament.
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
oh dont get me started on wee alex not representing his electors at westminster and taking a wage which he gives to his charity, anyone else get paid for not turning up for work?
Hullawthere 2 years ago
@Hullawthere Aye but to suggest he somehow benefits from his Wesminster wage is a bit tenuous, isn't it? It goes to charity, not into his pocket.
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
@Hullawthere Do pay attemntion he put one salary into a charitable trust. Where ahev you been? Don't you get the news where you are.
He's taken the same salaries as all other FMs.
ChicDhu 1 year ago
And how far do you think one curry will go?
Hullawthere 2 years ago
I
SUPPORT
SCOTTISH
INDEPENDENCE - M/19/Glasgow
glasgow1234 2 years ago
No Union, alba gu brath
peacefrog1916 3 years ago
What is it about this man that evokes so much fear and loathing in the english. God bless him, I hope the next time he swears an oath at our parliament is when he becomes our first president.
macocaire1314 3 years ago 3
Nothing; the English want Scotland to have independence and to stop sponging off them.
paullnewlands 2 years ago
We don't "spong" [sic] off you. A lot of you English like to think we "spong" [sic] off you. Which is kind of sweet in a typically pathetic English sort of way. but at the same time a complete distortion of reality. Still if it makes you feel better, then who are we to complain?
globaltraveller 2 years ago
Interesting: I'm Scottish...:D I lived in England and that is their veiw of Scottish independence. And yes I'm affraid to say we are a tax burden to the English and have been for quite sometime.
If Scotland ever does have full independence it'll be on the same level of taxes as the likes of Sweden. It will be expensive and it will only ever suit the elite in the country.
paullnewlands 2 years ago
We can't be a tax burden on anyone when we raise more in taxes than we get spent on us. On the other hand, England gets more spent on it than it raises in taxes. If anyone is likely to benefit, in terms of tax, it is Scotland.
Scotland should have jettisoned England back in the 1970s when they went to the IMF for handouts but vast Scottish natural resource wealth was flooding the Treasury
Like it or not, those are the simple unvarnished facts, I'm afraid.
We'd be better off without them!
globaltraveller 2 years ago
Scotland also now has a shocking amount of green energy just waiting to be exploited - 20% of its wind energy with less than 1% of its population, not to mention the potential wave and tidal energy.
Independence is our only way forward now, the UK has served its purpose. Friendship and respect towards the rest of the UK, Europe and the world is the only way an independent Scotland can flourish and I expect this will be the case.
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
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Long live the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. :) God save the Queen
TheBritishWatcher 3 years ago
Someone who who knows about Scottish cconstitutional tradition. The people are sovereign, not Westminster nor any Monarch.
nighttraintotula 4 years ago 12
Here Here FTQ,ITS TIME !!!!!!
PeTeH895 4 years ago
haha class.
Fook the queen and England.
cheesemybob 4 years ago 9
@cheesemybob
Don't think Alex would agree with about that, sir. He gets on quite well with the Queen as I understand it.
borjon23 1 year ago