Cheap Scotch And A New Flag

[icyfroth]

It's a long way away and supposedly none of our business but if Scotland votes "Yes" and splits from the United Kingdom, the result could be cheaper scotch and a new Australian flag.

A late surge in the Yes vote in polls before Thursday's referendum on Scottish independence has suddenly made the world sit up and pay attention.

While banks and businesses are worried about an independent Scotland being cut out of the British pound and taking on a crippling national debt, analysts are also considering the fate of the Union Jack.

Losing Scotland's St Andrew's Cross would leave the Union Jack without its blue background and diagonal white stripes.

It could also result in a rethink of Australia's flag and the Union Jack's place on it.

Dr Oliver said a vote for independence would leave Scotland worse off, thanks to higher national debt and declining income from its North Sea oilfields.

 Entire Article Here

Really? So why is Scotland even thinking of seperating from England?

[twyngwyn]

Maybe they get to charge rent on the Queen's holiday home 🙂

[electric*mayhem*band]

SCOTLAND - SAFE IN SALMOND'S HANDS.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/11098205/Alex-Salmonds-racing-tips-woul...

 

[*mrgrizz*]

if we can get Ireland to do the same, we can get cheaper Guinness Beer?

[cherry*135]

icy wrote: Really? So why is Scotland even thinking of seperating from England?

Because they don't like the English!

[electric*mayhem*band]

The above link works on the UK Boards...must be the Ozzie weather. Are you having another heatwave ? Either that or it's the 'Telegraph' who is lost.

Full script below.

'Alex Salmond was once a racing tipster but results of 130 races on which he gave tips over a randomly selected period of three years show a punter who followed him would have lost almost 22 per cent of his stakes'

Alex Salmond addressing a rally in Stirling, central Scotland, on Monday evening Photo: EPA

By Keith Perry

8:40PM BST 15 Sep 2014

'The people of Scotland may be less inclined to trust Alex Salmond with the nation’s future after learning that he would have cost punters nearly £3,000 if they had followed his racing tips.

Salmond was once a racing tipster for The Scotsman, but results of 130 races on which he gave tips over a randomly selected period of three years show a punter who followed his tips by investing £100 a race, or £13,000 in all would have lost £2,385 or almost 22 per cent of his stakes.

Bookies would normally expect to keep about 20 per cent of stakes on major races, so Salmond’s tips worked out not better than shutting one’s eyes and choosing horses with a pin.

A race-by-race graph shows that at no point from start to finish would a punter following Salmond’s horse selections would have got ahead of the game.

Salmond’s proposed gamble with the Scottish economy has now also been costed with claims that the price tag for separation being crippling, according to research'.

[lionrose.7]

What no Ciggies with the cheap Scotch and new flag 🙂

[electric*mayhem*band]

Salmond is on one huge ego trip. He hasn't attracted this much media attention since he resigned as the SNP leader in 2000, and is revelling in his new found fame, posturing and preening like some hideous Simon Cowell. The man is a complete buffoon.

[lurker172602]

We spent last night in Edinburgh and are tonight in St Andrews and, while I don't pretend to know anything about the politics of it all, I can tell you it is all anyone here is talking about. It is a very interesting week to be in Scotland!

[katydidthat]

Are you going to be there for the vote, Lurker?

Have you tried Edinburgh rock?

Are you going to England or Wales?