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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 19:31:01 GMT
Greetings folks,
I pondered about posting this here.
I asked myself …..
Will it elicit interesting, thoughtful debate?
or
Will it elicit emotive, childish rants from diehard lefties and anti-Scottish folk here?
I quite enjoy debating important issues and reading mature opinions from others.
However, my eyes glaze over when I read contrived, cheap “funnies” from folk ever-striving to appear amusing.
Mmmm … let’s see how it goes then.
Months have become weeks until the Scottish Referendum takes place.
This very important Scottish decision will have a significant, irrevocable effect on ALL the countries within our current United Kingdom … if the majority vote is YES.
One example of this is the potential political division of voters within the remainder of the UK.
Let’s conjecture what might have happened if this situation had applied at the 2010 General Election.
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Scotland's 59 seats in Westminster would disappear if the country votes "Yes" in September, and this could have a drastic impact on future governments.
Modelling the result of the 2010 general election minus Scotland's 59 Westminster seats would have seen David Cameron secure a modest but workable majority of 21. Labour would lose their 41 seats north of the border, while the Lib Dems would drop by 11.
In this alternate 2010 universe, the House of Commons would have looked like something like this.
I’ll tell you what you probably already know about me. I suppose I could be labelled as a WASP.
I am a Scot, but many of my relatives are English. I spent a lot of time in England and was mostly educated there. I graduated from Oxbridge with a double-first.
I then followed a family tradition (3 consecutive generations) by enlisting in HM Armed forces.
I didn’t fancy sitting at a desk or taking offered jobs in The City.
Thankfully, our son will be breaking this family tradition much to the relief of Mrs Spit. Both daughter and son are currently at uni in England.
I was severely injured in combat in early 2006 but am still intact though it took me a year to fully recover and regain full fitness.
I joined the CA forums to pass the time while I was still bedbound.
I am firstly British … and then Scottish. I am a Royalist and will be voting NO in September.
A plus for England would be that it would no longer be shackled by Scotland's 59 Westminster seats that New Labour desperately needs to get a majority next year.
Alas, this would also mean that Scotland would then be shackled by a Scottish Labour Party and/or SNP.
Yes – this is very important for ALL UK countries.
I shudder at the thought of New Labour getting a majority next year.
I shudder at the thought of the two clown EDs and Harriet Harridan destroying the recovery and gains made during these recent years of inevitable, painful austerity.
Nob, old friend, think outside the box … vote Tory next year … you know it’s for the greater good of future generations.
And, as Peter has already explained, it’s our only chance of ditching or sufficiently reforming our EU albatross.
You too Dinky … and please don’t post any garbage from the Huffington Post as I won’t click on your links.
I understand that its website is riddled with nasty malware.
Spit 
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Post by jal on Jul 22, 2014 19:59:09 GMT
Hi Spit
Welcome back, probably if you've read the No Referendum Says Camercon Thread you already know it's very rare if any that I join in the debates as I can't be really bothered wasting my time posting on it, but if you would like my opinion if Scotland will vote Yes or No then I think they will vote No.
I have friends on the Isle of Skye and some more just above Inverness and some more in the area between Glasgow & Edinburgh and they all seem to think it will be a No vote.
But we will all just have to wait and see what the outcome will be.
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Post by nob on Jul 22, 2014 21:30:44 GMT
Spit, I'm half Scot on me old mams side, Blackridge to be exact. If I could vote for independence I'd vote yes, anything to upset the establishment, I wasn't educated in an upmarket school and was brought up in a mining village and vote Tory, I would sooner stick pins in me eyes. I shall be voting UKIP because I'm sick of hearing polish and the like wherever I go.  Glad your back posting though you always did post a good debate.  BTW I was reading a question you posted on Mikes site today about Acronis from 2011, the answer was he moved the saved image that's why he got that your not protected message, did he sort it.  |
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Post by Ratae on Jul 23, 2014 12:58:43 GMT
Hiya Spit my old mucker, as I have no wish for your " eyes to glaze over" and just can't help myself from trying to amuse (epic fail)...then you clearly won't want to read my immature opinion, so I won't give it.  But anyway, it's nice to have you back posting at the Squatters, and as always, I'll leave a wee dram in for yer. Anne...put that on my tab!  |
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Post by pierre on Jul 23, 2014 15:33:03 GMT
I too am in favour of the status quo option.Like yourself,Spit,the alternative of losing so many Scots Labour seats at Westminster could be a very attractive option-especially as New(?) Labour is moving inexorably to the left. Over here we are more or less disenfranchised in terms of voting for red or blue parties at W/minster.Instead we are "laboured" with voting,more or less,for orange or green !!.My own vote for years now has been for the non-sectarian Alliance party (yellow in colour,but NOT linked to the Lib Dems) Like my colleague north of here the Tories would get my vote if I was able to choose  |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jul 23, 2014 15:58:04 GMT
Glad to see you back Spit.
As for political leanings, I too am a royalist. I have voted tory all my life. But there is something about this current lot that my concience will not let me vote for. (That being a bunch of old etonian toffee nosed tossers who maybe have never done a decent days work in their lives). My current MP (tory) is absoulutely brilliant. But conman scameron has lost her my vote! If UKIP do not stand here I will vote Mebyon Kernow (Cornish nationalist).
As for posting links from huff post. That site is no more infested with malware than any other site on the net, if you do not wish to look at the links, that is up to you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 20:48:51 GMT
BTW I was reading a question you posted on Mikes site today about Acronis from 2011, the answer was he moved the saved image that's why he got that your not protected message, did he sort it. Hi Nob, I visited Mike’s and found my old Sept 2011 posts you refer to. Alas, Mike’s forums now seem to have ground to a halt. Mike's ForumMike didn’t come up with any concrete suggestions but I did do a bit of research at that time. I was trying to help storeyarmer at CA with his "your system is not fully protected" message. CA LinkI found this link (below) which shows this message, but I don’t think we found a definitive answer as to why he was receiving it. I had a few theories … including that it was a standard message because he had not yet burned the offered Acronis Boot Disk … so if Windows failed to load at startup, he would then be unable to load Acronis without this disk. Acronis LinkQuoteThis review of True Image will touch on the basics features of the hard drive utility. The first step is to back up the entire system, preferably to an external hard drive or NAS device. When True Image is first started it tells you that your system is not fully protected and walks you through the steps to protect your computer.  I’ve not used Acronis since I upgraded all my machines to W7. The older version I had was not fully compatible with W7. I now use Easeus Todo Free for my Image backups to external drives … three clicks and it’s job done. I prefer it to Macrium Reflect Free. Have a great holiday Nob when it comes time. Spit |
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Post by nob on Jul 23, 2014 21:22:34 GMT
Thanks Spit its all inclusive so I'm sure I'll have a good time if I remember it. Windows 7 backup and restore is a great bit of kit and built into it. I backed up the main PC and laptop onto a 2Tb drive I bought. I had a problem with the lappy and restored using windows backup. I've used acronis 11 but you don't need to using windows backup and restore. But I guess if you need to schedule a backup then acronis is the way to go. Windows backup and restore does what it says but you have to do it manually, but it is free and built in. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 21:59:08 GMT
Glad to see you back Spit. As for political leanings, I too am a royalist. I have voted tory all my life. But there is something about this current lot that my concience will not let me vote for. (That being a bunch of old etonian toffee nosed tossers who maybe have never done a decent days work in their lives).  Dinky, It appears that I have misjudged you. I agree entirely with your above sentiments, though we must all forget about individuals and vote for the greater good. We do not want this odd-looking fellow as our next PM .....  I'm now considering making you my bestest pal here ... as Rats has claimed my mate Peter. I'll let you know within the week. As a gesture, I am mailing some of these for you by recorded delivery. Hopefully they will arrive before the weekend ......  ... Warning ... Do NOT exceed 20 minutes ... I will not be held responsible if you do. I've had a lot of very late nights recently, so I think I'll get to bed early after my Horlicks.  |
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Post by Anne on Jul 24, 2014 19:13:08 GMT
I have no views on the referendum one way or the other, I have a daughter living in Scotland and she tells me most of the people she knows are no voters, but several more are actively promoting the yes vote. What I do think is that once they've had the chance to put it to the vote, whichever way it goes, it should shut them up. Part of me hopes the yes vote wins, would be very interesting to see what happens next  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 19:32:25 GMT
Hi Spit, Nice to see you back and posting again. An excellent post as well. I will be voting NO in September. I just hope common-sense prevails and the NO votes win through. I hear a lot of talk up here, mainly from the YES campaigners and supporters. It almost feels like they're running scared and trying to bully people into supporting their campaign. However most clear thinking people I speak to, when asked for an opinion, tell me they will vote NO. So, it is a worry, but I hope that the quieter majority will put 'Salmon' and 'Sturgeon' in their 'plaice'. ps. I wish I had a bestest pal  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2014 0:34:48 GMT
I will be voting NO in September. I just hope common-sense prevails and the NO votes win through. ps. I wish I had a bestest pal Hi Alan, Until 2006, I spent a lot of my earlier years in various dodgy foreign lands where, to say the least, many of the locals were rather hostile towards me and my mates. Thank you Tony Bliar. Since then, I've now spent most of my time in Scotland and now realise how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful, scenic stable country. Instead of routinely booking holidays abroad, Mrs Spit and I now often tour round Scotland. When the topic is raised, almost all the folk we meet say that it is their intention to vote NO. I often travel to various places in England on business, and it is only then that I see the debilitating effects of New Labour's policy where they opened the doors to uncontrolled mass immigration, and smugly encouraged "cultural diversity" to the extent that it has now got out-of-hand and causing deep resentment in many communities. I reside in Stirlingshire and, on a normal day, I seldom see or meet "foreigners" other than tourists. Did you notice how the Scots lining the route applauded and encouraged the Brownlee brothers during their magnificent runs today? An English radio commentator referred to how the Scottish crowds cheered for the English as well as the Scottish competitors in various sports. So please forgive us if you encounter any loud-mouthed, mean-spirited, anti-English Scottish morons ... we're mostly not like that ... and England has a similar minority of low-life too. And BTW ... most Scots are as fed-up as the English are with having to endure all the crap we hear and read on the road to the referendum. Alan - I see you are looking for a bestest friend. I reckon I can match you with someone here. I'll get back to you on this. Spit |
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Post by pierre on Jul 25, 2014 14:45:50 GMT
If you are wishing for a bestest pal,I trust you are not thinking of using the relationship twixt my namesake and Dave as a good example ! Lordy lordy. Peter minor  |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jul 25, 2014 15:17:23 GMT
Dinky,
It appears that I have misjudged you. I agree entirely with your above sentiments, though we must all forget about individuals and vote for the greater good.
We do not want this odd-looking fellow as our next PM .....
Hi Spit,
No I would not like him either.
But as for voting the current lot back in, that is a firm NO!
My view of the current party leadership is summat like this.
Tory. Blackadder and Baldrick.
Liebore, Wallace and |Grommit.
Fib Dums, Limpus dickus.
Thats why I shall be voting for a "none of the above" canditate.
In short, I AM FED UP WITH BEING LIED TO BY POLITICIANS!
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