tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post9040722113972990207..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Treacherous weaponsLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-70862521218245070582019-12-13T08:58:04.039+00:002019-12-13T08:58:04.039+00:00Thanks for sharing, nice post! Post really provice...Thanks for sharing, nice post! 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It was rambling, but it served a...On that I agree. It was rambling, but it served a purpose of pointing to your complete lack of seriousness on the matter.<br /><br />>> I simply don't believe rUK and iScotland will be working against each other after the Yes vote<br /><br />And I simply don't believe Scarlett Johansson will reject my request for a date. <br /><br />There is going to be no currency union. It will not be in tan EWNI's interest, and as the continuing state it will hold all the cards.<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-4819923741719555802014-02-22T22:30:09.611+00:002014-02-22T22:30:09.611+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-86358405577814763532014-02-22T22:13:03.226+00:002014-02-22T22:13:03.226+00:00But why do you insist we would break our links? Su...But why do you insist we would break our links? Sure a yes vote would have an impact on relations with the rUK. But one has only to look at Anglo-Irish relations to see that what's resulted is a much better relationship than if Ireland had remained in the UK. Different history, of course, but I'm not so much a pessimist as you seem to be on the issue of long term relations - independence doesn't have to mean permanently soured ans broken relations. In fact a Scotland taking responsibility for itself rather than constantly girning and moaning about being the forgotten partner would I submit have a much healthier relationship with the countries of the rUK. As regards the economy, well I don't have a looking glass into the future. How we do economically surely depends on the people and government of Scotland and the decisions taken by numerous actors inside and outside Scotland. We'd be responsible for getting off our collective derrières and doing the necessary to improve our economy and continuing to build the alliances and links that help to do that. No political party or individual can give guarantees on that front, not even George Osborne - to do so would be foolish. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022383579240220900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-80571941779209748792014-02-22T21:39:10.743+00:002014-02-22T21:39:10.743+00:00Mark, I can understand why you removed the followi...Mark, I can understand why you removed the following:<br /><br />i. Showing all oil investors that they cannot consider themselves safe. Similar economic illiteracy arising from pseudo-socialist claptrap about property ownership. Likewise for your belief you could sell stolen property. <br /><br />ii. Cod republicanism.<br /><br />iii. Unilateral expulsion of Trident (without a cost proposal, nevermind a referendum),<br /><br />iv. Stuff about war criminals which try as youse might youse have not been able to demonstrate any basis for (I am sure you weren't talking about non-Euro mass-murderers)<br /><br />v. Complete failure to appreciate that a Government cannot turn a blind-eye to a legal practice (tax avoidance =/= tax dodging), and lack of awareness of who might be included in this.<br /><br />vi. Hilariously overinflated notion of how militarily relevant an independent Scotland would be. Less hilarious disdain for the self-determination of other nation groups over and above your spiteful hatred of the UK State.<br /><br />I can understand because they were insane, compared to which the same old same old about big bad London-pants when it came to tax collection was lucid. <br /><br />It does suggest, though, that you're not committed to open debate. To be honest, that's why I repeat such claims verbatim - to the detriment of character count, hence my multiple posts - when speaking with your camp... to not to look as if <b>I'm</b> the one being dishonest.<br /><br />The stuff you left wasn't much better... especially the failure to understand what a continuing state is.<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-63075143846313168102014-02-22T20:43:07.395+00:002014-02-22T20:43:07.395+00:00>> Switzerland and Denmark are very good exa...>> Switzerland and Denmark are very good examples of "advanced post industrial nations" that peg<br /><br />To the great chagrin of one of them which did the opposite of succeeding when pegging started, and many Swiss now want out of it.<br /><br />>> Hong Kong has been pegged the USD for 30 years.<br /><br />Given the general state of the HK economy and standard of living when this started, this maybe is not the comparison you want to make.<br /><br />>> Every current Euro member was pegged to the ERM successfully.<br /><br />Existing currencies which had established varying degrees of trust. Not bushels of barley just tied together by a bunch of over-promoted mediocrities who just had refused to accept their share of a national debt out of wounded pride.<br /><br />>> Under Bretton Woods even the US Dollar was pegged.<br /><br />??? That was when entire continents had torn themselves apart in war!!! There really are some right loonies out there who think they have any conception of economics.<br /><br />Sod a currency union, there is going to be no sanity in your vision of an independent Scotland.<br /><br />>> There are plenty more.<br /><br />Where are they? In a notepad in that treehouse where your secret gang meets?<br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-24661594829227203812014-02-22T20:42:44.128+00:002014-02-22T20:42:44.128+00:00>> * UK cannot be a continuator state in the...>> * UK cannot be a continuator state in the EU / UN (inc. Security Council) and other organisations without consent of other members.<br /><br />Wrong. Pointless explaining why. It's wrong.<br /><br />>> * rUK is the sole debt holder until Scotland says otherwise.<br /><br />Quite true. That said, an independent Scotland which reneged on any or all of her share of the UK debt would find herself with a toxic rating, as an EWNI absorbs the debt just as the UK absorbed a much greater shock in 2008.<br /><br />>> * Sterling-area trade deficit doubles without Scottish exports<br /><br />First this makes the assumption that the current estimation of putative trade with Scotland is with companies and institutions rooted in Scotland, and not ones which would be prepared to relocate to an EWNI.<br /><br />Secondly, based on the same figures, an EWNI will have 20% of her trade with the US and 40% with the EU (not just the Eurozone)... all without currency unions or even pegging.<br /><br />>> * A tax / regulatory environment that undermines London's dominance<br /><br />Assume that the top few percent of tax contributors in the UK which are responsible for over 1/3 of tax revenue are spread evenly across the country. I'd be willingly to bet they're concentrated around the SE.<br /><br />>> * BP oil licences can be withdrawn.<br /><br />Great, that'll instill confidence in the cash cow of North Sea oil. No currency union, no oil investment... are you hoping for a currency based on barley?<br /><br />>> * A referendum on the monarchy.<br /><br />Zero relevance to a currency union (which there won't be).<br /><br />>> * Prosecution of UK war criminals, [...]<br /><br />Yes, I want all those Bangladeshi genocidaires prosecuted. Oh, you meant Tony Blair... twat.<br /><br />>> [...] tax avoiders and various others the UK has turned a blind eye to<br /><br />What, like Adam Ramsay's folks?<br /><br />>> * Removing Trident from Scotland immediately<br /><br />Note no suggestion of a referendum. And you call yourself a democrat!<br /><br />Okay, you want Trident removed? Pay for it. Given you just have refused to accept any debt, you have no bargaining chips.<br /><br />>> * Abolishing rights of non-residents to own property<br /><br />Great, that'll go down well with the potential market from the 52 millions other full citizens who have every legal right to live in and own property in Scotland (and whom you've denied a vote in the referendum to) not to mention foreign confidence.<br /><br />Even if the Scottish Courts don't strike it down immediately, the EU will. You don't have the faintest idea of how any sort of economy works do you?<br /><br />>> * Defence alliances with non-NATO countries. [...]<br /><br />Yes, I hear Suriname is just crying-out for that.<br /><br />>> [...] We can even sell those aircraft carriers to anyone who wants them.<br /><br />Shame, it looked as if you were about to call yourself anti-war. That said, you try that with Royal Navy property, you won't have to worry about not having a currency union as your attention will be 100% taken up by the AMRAAM using your nipples as target practice.<br /><br />>> * Supporting other countries in their territorial claims against the UK<br /><br />You either support them on principle (which, considering we're talking about Spain and Argentina over and above the wishes of the Gibraltarians and Kelpers respectively, is not one recognizable as a democrat) or you do so out of petty, spiteful, unprincipled revenge which would cause North Korea to blanch.<br /><br />Then again, give that this 'support' won't extend beyond an extra bottle of single malt whisky, it'll be safe to discount it'll be of as much use as a motorcycle ashtray.<br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-23981608765332742742014-02-22T20:40:48.997+00:002014-02-22T20:40:48.997+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-13462802136946483502014-02-22T20:40:25.045+00:002014-02-22T20:40:25.045+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-3090477989195145932014-02-22T20:33:08.003+00:002014-02-22T20:33:08.003+00:00>> The next government of the UK is still to...>> The next government of the UK is still to be decided - including by Scottish voters.<br /><br />So you're banking on a NO vote? Not that it matters. The Three Chancellors have ruled it out. The polled public have told you to sling your hook. <br /><br />There is going to be no currency union.<br /><br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-12442074856195262232014-02-22T20:16:05.697+00:002014-02-22T20:16:05.697+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-3398274714010943022014-02-22T19:41:41.256+00:002014-02-22T19:41:41.256+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-32837557923905777142014-02-22T19:32:07.015+00:002014-02-22T19:32:07.015+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-30383213833548363932014-02-22T18:11:09.933+00:002014-02-22T18:11:09.933+00:00Meaningless, meaningless, meaningless.
What would...Meaningless, meaningless, meaningless.<br /><br />What would be the Government - and electorate - of the EWNI have told you that there is going to be no currency union. An independent Scotland would have no leverage over it, and a lot of other matters.<br /><br />How many other advanced post Industrial nations can you think of which peg their currencies to another?<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-91983094036888531782014-02-22T17:03:23.312+00:002014-02-22T17:03:23.312+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-25360315437306023452014-02-22T15:35:44.084+00:002014-02-22T15:35:44.084+00:00That's it? Two countries! There's a reas...That's it? Two countries! There's a reason you struggled to find examples.<br /><br />The Danish Krone was pegged as a stop-gap measure by the political parties who wanted the €uro but were peskily rejected by referendum and are trying to slip it in. The Swiss Franc took a hit when it was pegged, but it was considered the lesser of two evils given the gross incompetence of the Eurozone project which was threatening to sink it.<br /><br />There's much less hassle pegging or linking an existing respected currency to the €uro than an entirely new one, quite possibly with toxic rating after reneging on any share of the UK debt as any Scottish currency would be.<br /><br />And, even if this is what would happen, why has Salmond not said so or prepared a case for it? The fact is he hasn't because he has, at all points, expected someone else to do the heavy lifting... either through the €uro or Ster£ing.<br /><br />>> The SNP's version of independence looks a lot like full fiscal autonomy and the removal of Trident.<br /><br />Shall we not ask the Scottish public what they think of Trident? You may well be surprised.<br /><br />In any case, "fiscal autonomy" is not "monetary policy" which comes with using a certain currency, be it your own (with its own exchange rate or pegged to another) or in a currency union.<br /><br />It's quite clear that in addition to not having a coherent currency policy, a good many people in your camp - including the professional economist Salmond - do not know what a currency actually is.<br /><br />>> It would be achievable within the United Kingdom but no-one is offering it.<br /><br />September 2014 is about leaving the United Kingdom, you banana. Why the Dickens should those remaining do anything to finance a departure beyond that contained in the Edinburgh Agreement?<br /><br />>> It's highly likely London's obstinance will give way to pragmatism when Scotland votes for independence.<br /><br />It's not likely at all. In fact, there's somewhere between zero and almost zero chance of it happening. There is going to be no currency union.<br /><br />You say it's bluff and bluster. Well, what suggestions d'you have just in case it's not? The cold hard truth of the matter is that you don't, Salmond doesn't. You speak of others coming around after the event or alternatives being deployed (or switching the subject to entirely different countries like Denmark and Switzerland when asked about an independent Scotland), but you simply don't know and hope others do.<br /><br />It's headless chicken stuff.<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-80381154972576970452014-02-22T15:16:20.210+00:002014-02-22T15:16:20.210+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-51456452109066822402014-02-21T15:18:10.061+00:002014-02-21T15:18:10.061+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-57925025027188332572014-02-20T23:20:23.919+00:002014-02-20T23:20:23.919+00:00What I said was
"The SNP has been in existe...What I said was <br /><br />"The SNP has been in existence for eighty years, so I would presume it has rehearsed and fireproofed its positions and arguments and tactics and policy insofar as can be. It has had all the resources of government at its disposal for seven years, with civil service personnel to gather facts and evidence that can be used to prove the SNP case (where it can be proven) and press departments to manage press relations.. Even without civil service access, the SNP is richer than all the other Scottish parties combined with the ability to disperse their message far and wide and deep.<br /><br />The SNP has a leader who will be heard whatever the circumstances and other leading members who, as government ministers, dictate the agenda and have at least some control over the messages that get out and when and how they get out.<br /><br />If the message is not getting a fair crack of the whip (whatever that is) maybe that's the SNP's fault. After all it's their responsibility to ensure the message does get out."<br /><br />try addressing all the points instead of blaming someone else ....... media, whatever...Bravehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223196805548966030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-33055858169662705602014-02-20T22:42:50.413+00:002014-02-20T22:42:50.413+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bravehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223196805548966030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-79963368408658552832014-02-20T22:42:45.643+00:002014-02-20T22:42:45.643+00:00So how would it be better for the Scottish people ...So how would it be better for the Scottish people if we were economically worse off and could decide on deeper cuts for a lot longer than George Osborne and had broken our links with our friends in the rest of the UK in order to make us worse off? Bravehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223196805548966030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-65381137778334923912014-02-20T17:15:52.270+00:002014-02-20T17:15:52.270+00:00Yes, Tychy, is it solipsistic in here or is it jus...Yes, Tychy, is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?<br /><br />I think it's all down to the expectation of a smooth transition, no problems, everything peachy... like Hebrews 13:8, except with jam.<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-63452527535643406962014-02-20T17:12:41.141+00:002014-02-20T17:12:41.141+00:00>> But we can credibly guarantee that a Scot...>> But we can credibly guarantee that a Scottish currency would be pegged to Sterling, £ for £, in the event that such a formal agreement cannot be reached. It means the same thing to most voters.<br /><br />That's because pegging (ugh, negative connotations there) doesn't mean the same thing to most voters, and those for whom it does will have been willfully mislead by anyone telling them that it did.<br /><br />>> No will win if there is widespread uncertainty over the currency and threats of refusing debt aren't going to make people feel safer.<br /><br />There is no uncertainly now. In the highly likely event of a No vote, it will be because the electorate have chosen of their own free will.<br /><br />If only Salmond had spent time working on a Plan B. He still had plenty of time since the Euro went tits up, and all those quotable accounts of his dissing Ster£ing came back to haunt him.<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-30662916375939130312014-02-20T00:07:52.582+00:002014-02-20T00:07:52.582+00:00As I said, the question of where governance might ...As I said, the question of where governance might be most effective, ie most decisions being taken by a government in Edinburgh. That, by the way, is not a recipe for avoiding mistakes or eejits being in positions of power (no country has been able to avoid those things, including the UK). But it would mean having to take responsibility and not blaming others when it goes wrong. That is the core message. Why is that not the problem? Well, perhaps nothing I will say will convince you, but I think it much healthier to take responsibility for one's life and then cooperate with others where it seems best (which no doubt in our interdependent world would be a lot of the time). I'm not one of those who sees the UK as some terrible thing which has given us nothing, far from it. Indeed a large part of me will always have an element of a British identity. But more and more I've become convinced that tinkering with devolution here and there will not deliver the boot to arse I think we need as a country. Well, that's my view anyway for what it's worth. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022383579240220900noreply@blogger.com