Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch, and the sun never… eh… Nevermind.
12 Replies to “David Cameron’s Britain”
Look on the bright side if Scotland votes for independence. Much of the Labour Party support will disappear. I could say something about Quebec leaving but that would be off topic.
“Britain’s three main political parties have already ruled out a currency union with an independent Scotland, raising questions over what money Scots would use.”
I’d imagine unstruck brass blanks would be most appropriate. Maybe just brass plated if they are that leftwinged.
Why not separate? The principal of subsidiarity says that we best make decisions at the smallest size of group as possible. The individual, the family, the community, the country: different types of decisions at each level. Scotland certainly can function as a country if they have a strong reason that would make them a better place separate from the rest of Britain — just as Quebec could easily function as a country quite separate from Canada. But, the question then becomes what subsidiary parts of those two entities would be able to function as a country? And, do they have what it takes to make it?
Norway works well separate from Sweden.
Cameron going to Scotland is likely to firm up the opposition to staying in Britain. What does Scotland gain from staying? If he were smart he’d be preparing for the day after the yes vote. Just as Canadians should prepare for the day after Quebec’s yes vote. If we deal with it head on Quebec can make an informed decision and we’d see that it would be the best thing for both countries. Personally, I doubt Quebec will go anytime soon. Why would they give up the deal that gives them the milk without having to take care of the cow?
Good luck to an Independent Scotland! Good riddance to an Independent Quebec. I look forward to the reconstitution of the rest of the country.
Great headline Kate.
This is all oo funny. You have a lily-livered so-called conservative British PM trying to convince a bunch of left-wing Scots not to separate.
I am really not sure who is more of a fool in this affair. The Scots or the Brits!
Maybe the Scots could use the Canadian dollar for their new currency- it has the picture of the queen on it. That would be stuffing the Brits nicely.
From
“Scotland, Bloody Scotland” by The Baron of Ravenstone Canongate Publishing 1986
“Scotland as a country undoubtedly possesses the essential quality, the character and the history of nationhood, but Scotland’s people unfortunately do not”.
After the vote, the ROC should send a delegation to Scotland and see if we can convince the main players on the yes side to come over and help Quebec.
“Just GO Already” ?
While it would be a tragedy to see the UK dissolve, it would be a very apt marker of the UK’s decline since Thatcher left office. The country has descended farther & farther into socialism, multiculturalism, political correctness, and just general societal rot. It would be somewhat ironic if Scotland, a teeming mass of socialist idiots, were ultimately the first to leave the Kingdom, since the Kingdom apparently isn’t socialist ENOUGH for them.
Independent Scotland would quickly join Ireland as a state chronically on the verge of financial insolvency, propped up occasionally by bubbles, and generally a place that has no real future.
The next independence referendum held in this country should be by Alberta & Saskatchewan detaching themselves from the idiots to their east.
Whatever happens, just keep the malt distilleries safe and producing!
Hmmmmm. Let’s see.
Scotland: no more working men and women, no more market for wool, no more forests, but lots of pogey.
England: no more working men and women, no more industry, no more commerce, but lots of diversity.
Look on the bright side if Scotland votes for independence. Much of the Labour Party support will disappear. I could say something about Quebec leaving but that would be off topic.
“Britain’s three main political parties have already ruled out a currency union with an independent Scotland, raising questions over what money Scots would use.”
I’d imagine unstruck brass blanks would be most appropriate. Maybe just brass plated if they are that leftwinged.
Why not separate? The principal of subsidiarity says that we best make decisions at the smallest size of group as possible. The individual, the family, the community, the country: different types of decisions at each level. Scotland certainly can function as a country if they have a strong reason that would make them a better place separate from the rest of Britain — just as Quebec could easily function as a country quite separate from Canada. But, the question then becomes what subsidiary parts of those two entities would be able to function as a country? And, do they have what it takes to make it?
Norway works well separate from Sweden.
Cameron going to Scotland is likely to firm up the opposition to staying in Britain. What does Scotland gain from staying? If he were smart he’d be preparing for the day after the yes vote. Just as Canadians should prepare for the day after Quebec’s yes vote. If we deal with it head on Quebec can make an informed decision and we’d see that it would be the best thing for both countries. Personally, I doubt Quebec will go anytime soon. Why would they give up the deal that gives them the milk without having to take care of the cow?
Good luck to an Independent Scotland! Good riddance to an Independent Quebec. I look forward to the reconstitution of the rest of the country.
Great headline Kate.
This is all oo funny. You have a lily-livered so-called conservative British PM trying to convince a bunch of left-wing Scots not to separate.
I am really not sure who is more of a fool in this affair. The Scots or the Brits!
Maybe the Scots could use the Canadian dollar for their new currency- it has the picture of the queen on it. That would be stuffing the Brits nicely.
Here’s one take on it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2750071/Why-don-t-tell-Scots-shove-In-personal-view-Mail-disagrees-SIMON-HEFFER-says-fear-English-people-think.html
From
“Scotland, Bloody Scotland” by The Baron of Ravenstone Canongate Publishing 1986
“Scotland as a country undoubtedly possesses the essential quality, the character and the history of nationhood, but Scotland’s people unfortunately do not”.
After the vote, the ROC should send a delegation to Scotland and see if we can convince the main players on the yes side to come over and help Quebec.
“Just GO Already” ?
While it would be a tragedy to see the UK dissolve, it would be a very apt marker of the UK’s decline since Thatcher left office. The country has descended farther & farther into socialism, multiculturalism, political correctness, and just general societal rot. It would be somewhat ironic if Scotland, a teeming mass of socialist idiots, were ultimately the first to leave the Kingdom, since the Kingdom apparently isn’t socialist ENOUGH for them.
Independent Scotland would quickly join Ireland as a state chronically on the verge of financial insolvency, propped up occasionally by bubbles, and generally a place that has no real future.
The next independence referendum held in this country should be by Alberta & Saskatchewan detaching themselves from the idiots to their east.
Whatever happens, just keep the malt distilleries safe and producing!
Hmmmmm. Let’s see.
Scotland: no more working men and women, no more market for wool, no more forests, but lots of pogey.
England: no more working men and women, no more industry, no more commerce, but lots of diversity.