Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Not another legend of Scotlands inconquerability....

You're in the Union, you were conquered. Deal with it.

So arrse'll see an end to the interminable whining about Scots in government, then?

Originally Posted by smartascarrots

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Not another legend of Scotlands inconquerability....

You're in the Union, you were conquered. Deal with it.

So arrse'll see an end to the interminable whining about Scots in government, then?

Not at all. It is a huge waste of money and resources. One country, one government. We don't need a glorified County Council in the North, North West and West of our fair Great Britian.

We could always move parliment up, to Manchester/Birmingham/Coventry.

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Originally Posted by smartascarrots

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Not another legend of Scotlands inconquerability....

You're in the Union, you were conquered. Deal with it.

So arrse'll see an end to the interminable whining about Scots in government, then?

Not at all. It is a huge waste of money and resources. One country, one government. We don't need a glorified County Council in the North, North West and West of our fair Great Britian.

We could always move parliment up, to Manchester/Birmingham/Coventry.

As a proud Scot(God help me! )I could'nt agree more, CF. I personally would'nt trust the Scottish Gub'mint to run the Tesco I work in.

All you need to know about the Scottish parliament is that it is filled with people so fcuking useless they could'nt get elected to the real thing in London. Given the "standards" of the British Government, that's really fcuking saying something!

At the risk of incoming fire, the Scottish Parliament is to Westminster what the TA's are to the Regular Army(before the MoD pulled the plug, obviously).

Naturally, I apologise for any offense caused by comparing politicians to soldiers, be they Reservist or Regular.

Finally, I think you're right and the British Government will be re-located North(soon after the bomb goes off, and large parts of London start glowing in the dark.... )

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Originally Posted by smartascarrots

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Not another legend of Scotlands inconquerability....

You're in the Union, you were conquered. Deal with it.

So arrse'll see an end to the interminable whining about Scots in government, then?

Not at all. It is a huge waste of money and resources. One country, one government. We don't need a glorified County Council in the North, North West and West of our fair Great Britian.

We could always move parliment up, to Manchester/Birmingham/Coventry.

Not the Scottish government, Scots in the UK government - "One-eyed Scottish cnut" etc, ad nauseam.

I'd prefer to see a Federal system for the UK than the current setup. One thing I am firmly convinced of is that there needs to be more transparency about where money comes from as well as where it's spent. I'm deeply suspicious about the decision of every Unionist government since the Act of Union not to track income from country.

Baldrick's apple crumble springs to mind.

Originally Posted by smartascarrots

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Originally Posted by smartascarrots

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Not another legend of Scotlands inconquerability....

You're in the Union, you were conquered. Deal with it.

So arrse'll see an end to the interminable whining about Scots in government, then?

Not at all. It is a huge waste of money and resources. One country, one government. We don't need a glorified County Council in the North, North West and West of our fair Great Britian.

We could always move parliment up, to Manchester/Birmingham/Coventry.

Not the Scottish government, Scots in the UK government - "One-eyed Scottish cnut" etc, ad nauseam.

I'd prefer to see a Federal system for the UK than the current setup. One thing I am firmly convinced of is that there needs to be more transparency about where money comes from as well as where it's spent. I'm deeply suspicious about the decision of every Unionist government since the Act of Union not to track income from country.

Baldrick's apple crumble springs to mind.

In fairness, calling Brown a "One-eyed Scottish cnut" is entirely accurate...except for the fact that cnuts are good for something.

Although I enjoy baiting our Southern neighbours with the knowledge that the English Rose is bent over with her panties at her ankles, whimpering, "Make the bad Scotsman stop!" while Brown hikes up his kilt and abuses her like an Austrian girl in a cellar...the fact remains that Cyclops is a fcuking national embarrassment.

I mean, FFS, Carrots - our country gave birth to Moray, Wallace, Bruce, Douglas, Burns, Fleming, Stirling and dozens of other giants...and now BROWN is the best we can do?!

Originally Posted by Werewolf

In fairness, calling Brown a "One-eyed Scottish cnut" is entirely accurate...except for the fac that cnuts are good for something.

Very true, but you rarely get the same people applying the same scruple to that corrupt English poof Mandelson, that twisted English hag Harman, that fat English bastard Prescott... you get my drift?

I guarantee that if I insisted on applying the same degree of factual accuracy, all I'd receive would be accusations of anti-Englishness.

Edited to add: No, Brown's the best the Labour Party can do.

The English-dominated Labour Party.

Right back on thread to southern softy Scandinavians please, or were they Icelandic

Originally Posted by tiger stacker

Right back on thread to southern softy Scandinavians please, or were they Icelandic

Seconded. This thread is rather interesting and does'nt need to be another Jock vs English p1ssing contest.

Now, as to Norse fighting ability: the Vikings did'nt go in for pitched battle that much. Obviously the Danes who conquered large parts of England(the Danelaw)were an exception. But the Norse were usually to small in number to conquer.

Conquering the Islands of Scotland was one thing. Taking the mainland was something else again. Even if they had wanted to, and there is no evidence the Norse wanted to do in Scotland what they'd tried to do in England and Ireland.

It's also worth pointing out that the Norse lost several major battles; Clontarf, Stamford Bridge and Largs to name but a few.

Re. Vikings. All the double hard bar stewards moved out of Scandinavia leaving behind those too scared to have a go...hence how they are today.

Originally Posted by cdo_gunner

Re. Vikings. All the double hard bar stewards moved out of Scandinavia leaving behind those too scared to have a go...hence how they are today.

A troop of Swedish tankies proved very effective in the early Boz years. Some Serbs had a go from dug in positions dug in across a river and the TC's response was an immediate, "Troop, left turn. Weapons free."

I wouldn't write them off entirely. Just because they lost interest in Imperial willy-waving a long time ago doesn't mean they're not hard.