Originally Posted by Fang_Farrier

More lack of support from UK politicians

William Hague tells Scotland: 'We won't back your whisky if you break away' | Mail Online

I find little use for these petty jibes. It would follow suit that British Embassies would not promote a Scottish drink without being paid to do so, it doesn't need to be said.

However this has come from the Daily Mail so the truth is more likely that they asked if Scotch would still be promoted and then turned it into a William Hague threat to the Scots.

Rather than these petty snipes it would be far better that each side laid out their vision and also their perceptions of the reality of each possible outcome.

Originally Posted by The_Seagull

Why not just offer to give them Scotland instead? What remains of the UK keeps it's nice outpost on the sun, and the Dago's get an outpost in the cold, complete with an army of heroin addicts and buckfast freely available.

Well, you wouldn't want them to go to Wales would you? They might get 'roped' in to that Bridgend habit and spend all their time 'hanging' about in the woods.

Originally Posted by Fang_Farrier

More lack of support from UK politicians

William Hague tells Scotland: 'We won't back your whisky if you break away' | Mail Online

More sabre rattling. I wonder why they're becoming so spiteful?

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

More sabre rattling. I wonder why they're becoming so spiteful?

Well it is the Wail, but..

Why would England promote a Scottish product if they were independent?

Originally Posted by Oyibo

Well it is the Wail, but..

Why would England promote a Scottish product if they were independent?

No one is asking that you do, so why the off the cuff threats? Like I said, sabre rattling. It's getting petty, but then again as it's only Hague, I suppose we should just ignore him.

Might explain why the Dago's are a bit upset...

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Originally Posted by Oyibo

Well it is the Wail, but..

Why would England promote a Scottish product if they were independent?

There's that arrogance again that we discussed earlier. 'England'? No, the Foreign Office would represent England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

And you wonder why people get their backs up?

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

Well, you wouldn't want them to go to Wales would you? They might get 'roped' in to that Bridgend habit and spend all their time 'hanging' about in the woods.

I'm with you on that, and if they went to North Wales they'd be wondering why everyones got a hole on the top of their heads.

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

No one is asking that you do.

So as pr usual with the Wail, a non-story. Apart from:

An ICM survey for the Sunday Telegraph found that 43 per cent of voters in England want Scotland to become independent, with only 32 per cent wanting the Scots to remain in the UK.

By comparison, 40 per cent of Scots supported independence while 43 per cent want to retain the Union. A Survation poll for The Mail on Sunday put support for independence at 26 per cent in Scotland, against 29 per cent in England.

Rather supports earlier threads that the English want rid of the Scots than vice versa.

(FWIW, I think Scottish independence is not good for Scotland or the rest of the UK, but I do get tired of the bleating Braveheart knobbers who blame everything on anyone but themselves.)

Originally Posted by Sixty

There's that arrogance again that we discussed earlier. 'England'? No, the Foreign Office would represent England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

And you wonder why people get their backs up?

Would that be similar to the Scottish arrogance that a break up of the Union is a Scottish matter entirely?