tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post6357052087762744127..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: White Paper StrategiesLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-76828676088097717592013-12-06T22:07:05.220+00:002013-12-06T22:07:05.220+00:00If by 'the tyrannical sway of Roman governance...If by 'the tyrannical sway of Roman governance' you mean 'the civilising influence of Pax Romana', you're right!<br />The fay (and fey), blue-skinned antecedent Scotsman was deprived of his rightful civilising influence! Then again, we did get The Proclaimers, <i>I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)</i>, so something urbane seeped through The Wall.<br /><br />Varus and that unfortunate 'inconvenience' in the Tuetoburg Forest conspired to deprive the Germanic tribes of this eponymous civilising influence. And look what then became of them?<br />And now us? We all must endure endless loops of Nena's <i>Neunundneunzig Luftballons</i> in our malls, bars and elevators! <br /><br />Try as I might, and I tied mightily, I could not determine what a 'hassises" is, was or ought to be.<br /><br />You're quite right about the Antonine Wall, but Hadrian's gets more tourists nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-53510344612607245402013-12-03T23:41:58.307+00:002013-12-03T23:41:58.307+00:00From what I can gather, save for the Liberals, the...From what I can gather, save for the Liberals, the Better Together parties seem likely to struggle to come up with any coherent "more devolution" package - at least according to what I've heard about how both processes are actually going. Refocussing on the implications of No is likely to find a bare cupboard. Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-62388179433731469492013-12-03T23:39:44.208+00:002013-12-03T23:39:44.208+00:00Hadrian's Wall was a scandal. The Antonine wal...Hadrian's Wall was a scandal. The Antonine wall, by contrast, represented a sensitive border policy striking a fair balance between the tyrannical sway of Roman governance and your grumpy Scottish antecedents, you wanted to spear deer and murder hassises in the heather, according to their own laws and codes.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-45542018499142042122013-12-01T12:32:56.044+00:002013-12-01T12:32:56.044+00:00According to todays papers Alex Salmond is writing...<br />According to todays papers Alex Salmond is writing to David Cameron to ask for some guarantees on the Barnett formulae. This appears to be a follow up, if you will, to Nicola Sturgeon giving our SoS a 'hell of a beating' on STV.<br /><br />That process, pointing out that there is no status quo, is perhaps the Yes sides weapon for the winter campaign. I think it might pay dividends to make it clear that the option is not between what we have today, it is between the much less that we will have soon under the existing governance package and what is 'on offer' in the White Paper.<br /><br />There are indeed 'rich pickings' to be had in analysing what is being said elsewhere. Quite what agreement was reached between Cameron and Rajoy? A quid pro quo of voting down each others independence minded regions / nations or simply sabre rattling over Gibralatar as a means of each stirring up unity of nationalistic purpose?<br /><br />Dunno.<br /><br />Incidentally,<br /><br />According to my very rough calculations 333 Pine Trees were mulched to provide 40,000 hard copies of the White Paper. Is that too much to ask of our forests?douglas clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422060678908705962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-7709240926403190832013-11-30T13:27:13.028+00:002013-11-30T13:27:13.028+00:00Interesting points as always, Baffie. Interesting points as always, Baffie. Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-54856045503169585092013-11-30T13:25:07.304+00:002013-11-30T13:25:07.304+00:00Now there's a motto to win with: "Vote Ye...Now there's a motto to win with: <i>"Vote Yes to repatriate wealthy bureaucrats, fat on your tax pounds!"</i>Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-71352393378228264732013-11-29T22:50:11.428+00:002013-11-29T22:50:11.428+00:00There is a live 'hyper-link on that first '...There is a live 'hyper-link on that first 'this' in the second sentence in the above comment. It appears, at least on my screen, to be indistinct.<br />Apologies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-46452883851889094852013-11-29T22:47:00.501+00:002013-11-29T22:47:00.501+00:00A real, live Scotsman!
I wonder if I might impose ...A real, live Scotsman!<br />I wonder if I might impose upon you to read <a href="http://aquarianslovetofuck.blogspot.ca/2013/01/fucking-with-traditions.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> and perhaps adjudge its accuracy for me? I am resident in The Canadas, originally from Myanmar, by way of Colombia and France, and know very little about Scotland other than what I have gleaned from Mel Gibson films and sleeping with people who sound like Billy Connolly.<br />Do not be perturbed by my Google 'Content Warning Page' - profanity is all of which I am guilty. I seemed to have accreted it a few years back when I thoroughly eviscerated and emasculated a bevy of peri-pubescent Yankee males on a 'Web Comic' blog. Those Neds in the Revolted Colonies are so fragile, ya know?<br />Please forgive me my hyperbolic profanity. My word salads used to be clean and crisp but I was glassed while 'working' the Calton Bar in Glasgow and I just haven't been the same since.<br /><br />Also? Do you believe Hadrian's Wall was a good or bad idea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-47228669153182816892013-11-29T17:24:19.261+00:002013-11-29T17:24:19.261+00:00There was always a risk it could underwhelm and in...There was always a risk it could underwhelm and in discussions Ive had, that is certainly an initial reaction from some. The excitement, the build up, the emphasis on its importance gave the impression that it was going to represent a seismic shift in the conventional sense - what were going to be the big ticket items?! In turn, childcare was the only surprise and even then, it wasn't a huge surprise.<br /><br />But the expectation needed to happen to ensure that Scotland focused. That everyone in Scotland knew of its existence and it's volume. And for this reason, it has succeeded. It's all over the press, the TV, discussions in workplaces, at home, even beyond these borders and for good or for bad, that's important.<br /><br />For these reasons, it will be a slow burner. I already detect a change in tones. A change in dynamic - not in the way people might vote, but in the acceptance that, aye, theres a plan there. And crucially, we can weigh it up in one hand, and in the other... nothing.<br /><br />The focus is now starting to turn to the No campaign to ask why there is no such detail, no such proposal, no focus on what UK has to offer. So while everyone is off, debating the White Paper, consuming it, coming to terms with it's perfectly reasonable proposals and considering that it might not be that bad, Better Together are holding the Spanish PM up as a reason to vote No.<br /><br />It hasn't sealed the deal, but it's definitely changing the tone and content of discussions. As another BT used to say, it's good to talk. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-23045054542609377372013-11-29T16:12:04.498+00:002013-11-29T16:12:04.498+00:00To me it is clear choice. Either choose change wit...To me it is clear choice. Either choose change with the potential for a better Scotland, or more of the same, Austerity, Privatisation, reduction in services, greater unemployment, more zero-hours contracts and so on. One of the huge benefits I see is that Scotland will repatriate some of the highly paid civil service positions from London. They will no longer spend their money in Harrods, and at the 'works picnic' (Glyndebourne according to Sir Humphrey)- instead the Fringe and Dunblane Hydro...Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866756432233805848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-2651373872051232802013-11-29T15:40:26.420+00:002013-11-29T15:40:26.420+00:00That'll be their hope, Fourfolksache. By layi...That'll be their hope, Fourfolksache. By laying it on the line to Better Together, the SNP are clearly hopeful that they can turn the tables on the incoherences and uncertainties of the Union position. From what I can gather about the progress of the Labour and Tory devolution commissions, there are rich pickings here for the Nats to gnaw at. Particularly if they can coax the press into prosecuting a similar line, and start asking more difficult questions of the defenders of continuing Union. Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-12134502990704559712013-11-29T14:28:35.119+00:002013-11-29T14:28:35.119+00:00I would suggest the SG will employ more in thew 10...I would suggest the SG will employ more in thew 10 months to come as well as having presented their 'tome'. The next stage surely is to challenge BT to give us their vision?<br />It will be interersting to see them try especially as they deal with YKIP and the Euro elections and the ramp up of campaigning for the 2015 GE?Fourfolksachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651190231842907126noreply@blogger.com