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[nicollow]

 

Its only the offshore wind / renewables side. Doesn't affect the subsea / oil and gas business.

 

 

It was for the tie pins for the turbines

[Rosssco]

 

 

Its only the offshore wind / renewables side. Doesn't affect the subsea / oil and gas business.

 

 

It was for the tie pins for the turbines

 

 

And good quality they are!

[LY_Scott]

Yes went ahead in the polls tonight. Wow. Its going to be very very close.

[Rudy]

Polls an opinion from a few thousand "chosen" people. But, it's shaking up the Westminster elite so that's a good thing.

[LY_Scott]

Aye. We were 22 points behind coming into august. That's why its important. There'll be no let up. Its within grasping distance though. I'm as surprised as anyone. This spoke volumes to me yesterday. Put up by the Scotsman then removed http://archive.today/oi5Qd People coming out to hand leaflets back to Johann Lamont's canvassers. Nuts.

[Rudy]

It's close I'll grant you that. I'd have def said it was a no vote 2 months ago, now I'm not so sure. My old man reckons it's going to swing to yes, on the basis of the poll he did with his neighbours (which is probably as statistically significant as the polls in the media lol).

[LY_Scott]

What the referendum has been lacking is a bit of humour. This was hilarious last night and all sides take a fair bit of stick. Worth a giggle http://www.bbc.co.uk...-the-referendum

At Glasgow's Theatre Royal, Kevin Bridges invites comedians Hal Cruttenden, Jack Dee, Kerry Godliman and Frankie Boyle to give their views on the Scottish independence referendum.

Edited by LY_Scott, 07 September 2014 - 08:41 AM.

[Rosssco]

This is a worrying turn of events.. I think we'll see some concerning financial data over the next few days, as companies and major organisations start to take the threat seriously. I know I will be very conscious of it in my near term financial planing, especially as I was thinking a remortgaging in the near future. The other thing that bothers me, is that there has been such a significant swing over the last month, based on a couple of tv debates, and some BS nationalist scare stories about the NHS.. People really are stupid.!

[Zuber]

Slightly off topic, but...

 

From a purely selfish point of view. Should Scotland go Independent and run into troubled waters, would it have a negative imact on rUK other than the obvious less trade between them.

 

e.g. Oil revenues not as much as hoped, or increase in borrowing/debt due to proposed more socialist agenda etc. Would it impact rUK more than say the rest of the EU in some way ?

[Gedi]

Watching the football tonight (Germany v Scotland), it's the first time I've ever seen the whole pub wanting Scotland to lose, and how much bad feeling there is. English pubs have always been pro-Scottish until now.

 

It's surprising what a few politicians and the media can do to a nation.

[jules_s]

This is a worrying turn of events.. I think we'll see some concerning financial data over the next few days, as companies and major organisations start to take the threat seriously. I know I will be very conscious of it in my near term financial planing, especially as I was thinking a remortgaging in the near future. The other thing that bothers me, is that there has been such a significant swing over the last month, based on a couple of tv debates, and some BS nationalist scare stories about the NHS.. People really are stupid.!

Indeed It seems people have woken up and disaster planning has become more focussed Tomorrow will be interesting to see where the markets move

[slindborg]

Slightly off topic, but...   From a purely selfish point of view. Should Scotland go Independent and run into troubled waters, would it have a negative imact on rUK other than the obvious less trade between them.   e.g. Oil revenues not as much as hoped, or increase in borrowing/debt due to proposed more socialist agenda etc. Would it impact rUK more than say the rest of the EU in some way ?

Cheap purchase of the country and then never let them leave

[LY_Scott]

The Blue book has turned more folk than the debates from my hearing. It was always going to narrow as it got closer anyway. Also this. http://www.theguardi...likely-vote-yes Lots of talk of new powers being offered at this late stage especially by GO. Turns out they are just the same ones ripped to pieces already all he's done by saying they'll release a timetable over the next few days etc is guarantee press coverage for what will appear as a big fresh announcement. Apparently the queen has said something although she's staying totally neutral so really hasn't. Maybe she has? She's actually refused several times to get involved. Who knows but let's stick it on the front page anyway eh! Gordon Brown bussed 50 "volunteers" into Kirkcaldy yesterday gave them all a t shirt and a fee. He then done one street in temple hall and left. Sky News covered this as some sort of return of the king. A few weeks ago he was talking about scrapping the separate Scottish education system. How things change eh? You should see the leaflets Jim Murphy was handing out in largs yesterday Pish merchants have taken over and it's only going to get worse. I worry about the Friday and Saturday events. Everywhere I seen there's a whole don't go along message but passions are high. Saturday's events could be either liberating or frightening.

[LY_Scott]

Record today



And maybe the Queen is worried...but her staff.....

Top floor windows

[LY_Scott]

http://www.sundaypos...rendum-1.562793

That's right. ISIS are behind the yes vote.

No wait....

Its ze Germans and all those nasty foreigners.



Voting yes means you hate your family too!

[LY_Scott]

On a lighter note The Sky News megamix

[Mangham54]

On a lighter note The Sky News megamix  

 

[KurtVerbose]

To be honest, all these granting extra powers if Scotland stays in the UK are a bit much. Either stay or go, but not blackmail to stay in. The constitution would look a real dogs breakfast - and it does a bit already.

[Rosssco]

Agreed, there shouldn't be blackmail, but they have to offer incentives, as many want to remain in the UK, but want more localised power. Problem is the nationalist parties will always want more regardless of what happens, so there always been a part of me that says "just give them what they want to shut them up" in the same way you treat a child who constantly moan because they know no different..

 

I think the only real way forward now for the UK is to move to an almost federalised system with power devolved on an equal basis to respective countries, assuming the UK stays together.

 

That's fundamentally what most Scots want (and would have voted en masse for such a Devomax option), and now we'll hear such calls from other parts of the UK. Well, maybe, apart from the Welsh and the N.Irish, both of who seem to recognise that they do pretty well out of the current set-up. So, for England then..

[Rosssco]

Hope no ones got shares in any of these companies

 

http://www.independe...ty-9718756.html