18-12-14, 12:22 PM
I'm not usually bothered by 'political' elements in threads as the last time anyone mind was changed by logical discussion was about never, we seem to have a view then look for evidence to support it and I think we all fall into that trap.....
However the level of almost hate of the English in some quarters during the recent Scottish referendum with demonstration outside BBC studios because they dared to ask Alex Salmond question he didn'tlike/couldn't anwer had some pretty nasty undertones and I don't see Nicola Sturgeon saying that oil will solve all of Scotlands problems at $60 a barrel (BBC talks about the oil industry in scotland having all investment programmes cancelled as $60 p barrel make them all uneconomic and will result in thousands of job losses) the silence from NS is deafening......
Now is the time (I'd have thought) for the pro unionists to reinforce their view that we are all better off together - I certainly think (along with many others both in Scotland and the rest of the Nation) that the UK is greater than the sum of its parts and I seem to have liked most of the Scots that I've met - even the drunk Rugby fans (Have to say I was almost as tanked as they were!) I think of us all as British citizens with individual HISTORICAL heritages. We've achieved far more togeher than we could have separately ask Napoleon, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hitler etc as well as looking at the map of the English speaking world... Well that's me done hope i haven't upset too many people - not my intention
Merry Xmas to all of us in the UK and to all discerning Fazer riders everywhere around the world !!
However the level of almost hate of the English in some quarters during the recent Scottish referendum with demonstration outside BBC studios because they dared to ask Alex Salmond question he didn'tlike/couldn't anwer had some pretty nasty undertones and I don't see Nicola Sturgeon saying that oil will solve all of Scotlands problems at $60 a barrel (BBC talks about the oil industry in scotland having all investment programmes cancelled as $60 p barrel make them all uneconomic and will result in thousands of job losses) the silence from NS is deafening......
Now is the time (I'd have thought) for the pro unionists to reinforce their view that we are all better off together - I certainly think (along with many others both in Scotland and the rest of the Nation) that the UK is greater than the sum of its parts and I seem to have liked most of the Scots that I've met - even the drunk Rugby fans (Have to say I was almost as tanked as they were!) I think of us all as British citizens with individual HISTORICAL heritages. We've achieved far more togeher than we could have separately ask Napoleon, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hitler etc as well as looking at the map of the English speaking world... Well that's me done hope i haven't upset too many people - not my intention
Merry Xmas to all of us in the UK and to all discerning Fazer riders everywhere around the world !!
This is as young as you're ever going to be!