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Were did you dig that one up from the RUC only recruited from the Protestant side of the community, wrong. You could have mentioned that the IRA told any Catholic joining the RUC would be targeted.There were Catholics in the RUC and the police reserve.

Indeed Lew absolutely correct, but the reality on the ground was that the RUC was overwhelmingly Protestant and many in the Nationalist communities refused to accept the RUC.

Hopefully gradually that is now changing.

How did westminster cause the overrun costs for the new Scottish parliment.

We wanted our Parliament on Calton Hill, and many wanted it in The Old Royal High School.  We already had a building that we could convert into our parliament.  But the Scottish Office (a function of Westminster) decided it would be down in Holyrood and they commissioned that umm, mad thing, that high maintenance building which now houses our parliament.  This was all decided before the first Scottish Administration was elected.

You have to realise the whole devolution thing was about stopping independence.  Giving us a silly looking expensive building was part of the game of making sure that devolution was not to be entirely a success.  Scots would argue for years if it was really a good idea or not - that was the plan.  As it turned out, despite the ridiculous building (which we seem to be begining to accept) and is spiralling costs, well I think given a little time - we never looked back.  And it wasn't long before Scots talked of Government as opposed to Administration.

But yes the cost of the building and the continuing maintenance of this weird Spanish building is blamed on those whom had no say in it.

With you everything wrong in Scotland is or has been caused by the English , N Irish and the Welsh as they make up westminster.

No it's the stupidity of my fellow Scots that peeves me.

Its strange how you diss this countrys economics, lots of folks think things are ticking along nicely.

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I mean where do I start.  Oh wait a minute we've already covered all of that  :lol :lol :lol

If you have any ideas of changing the way a country is run then forget it,,this is the way a democrecy works, its what the country voted for,,look around , lots of people with their heads up...

Slimwilly, yup it's democracy.  And if Scotland demands Independence, then that is our democratic right.