Is Scottish independence a 'good or bad' thing?

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/249886-referendum-white-paper-defence-policy-in-an-independent-scotland/ - yes, and we will still have a naval base, it just won't be at the disposal of Westminister for bombing purposes. Yes I do complain because I actually care about the lives of innocent people in other countries.

Westminister is that entity and that's what we need 'shot of'. It's utterly corrupt.

What a hateful lot some of you are. I'm sorry but it has to be said. This Better Campaign is suffused with negativity - you'll find that for the most part, SNP's campaign is suffused with positivity.

I'm not sure constantly attacking your opponents, claiming that the UK Government is terrible - indeed, that it 'punishes' and 'attacks' disabled people as the SNP claimed today - suggesting that Britain is somehow a debt-ridden basket case, painting 'Q' (for 'quisling', incidentally) on unionist MPs offices, calling our national flag the 'Butcher's Apron' in emulation of the IRA or pretending that unionists cannot really support devolution is the way to suffuse a campaign with positivity.

Indeed, you go on to do it yourself. Those who suggest the Better Together campaign is negative are usually the ones who are most negative themselves.



Telling people that an idea is crap is not a "can't do" attitude, it's saying that a particular suggestion is poor. In this case, it is. More holes in it than a Swiss cheese.

That's not a matter of "can't do", it's a matter of "bloody well shouldn't do".



The "bedroom tax" doesn't exist. People who underoccupy social housing are expected to downsize or pay a small well-below-market contribution to their rent. I have a one-bedroom flat. I can't afford to have a spare bedroom - I don't see why I should be paying for someone else's when there are two million people on waiting lists and 250,000 people in overcrowded social housing waiting for larger homes to be freed up.

So, no, I'm not one of the 80,000 people affected: a tiny fraction of the Scottish population. A safe bet.



I see you're incredibly positive about Scotland's likely future again. So positive, in fact, that you apparently won't be able to live here any more. No doubt when Scottish people turn down your lovely offer, you'll be condemning them as idiots too.

Well, the problem isn't with them being slow learners; the problem is with the nationalists.

What a sickening attack on the UK's armed forces. I, for one, will not take that sort of nonsense from a person who supports a party which, in the war, had its leaders interned for collaborating with the Nazis.

It's utterly disgusting to equate legitimate conflict with murder.

Unfortunately for you some of us work in Scotland.


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Did anyone watch Nicola Sturgeon destroy alistair carmichael?

She won because she is right.

No, and I sincerely doubt she did. The purpose of a debate is to put forward a case, not to 'win' or 'destroy' anything. What you presumably mean is that she shouted a lot.

So?

TBH I would have felt David Cameron would be able to handle Salmond better in a debate than Darling, but here's Darling's chance to prove me wrong. It will be interesting to see how it turns out in the end, but whatever happens I'll be having my Union Flag flying out the window in the weeks leading up to the day.

So we get to vote. 1+1=2 and all that. Speaking of voting, why do 16 and 17 year olds get to vote in the referendum but never again? I thought the fat bigot promised a fairer Scotland without English tyranny?


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TBH I would have felt David Cameron would be able to handle Salmond better in a debate than Darling, but here's Darling's chance to prove me wrong. It will be interesting to see how it turns out in the end, but whatever happens I'll be having my Union Flag flying out the window in the weeks leading up to the day.

Cameron isn't allowed to vote in it. Salmond requested the referendum be run in Scotland for Scottish voters. He's abiding by the Scottish governments request to keep out.

We also know that the first thing Salmond would say is something along the lines of 'he's not even from around here' or something equally narrow minded.

True, I bet Salmond would love nothing better than to play the English vs Scots or nasty Tory cards.

Of course it is. and she did. She refuted all his questions and he was unable to answer hers. Did you even watch it?

Why do you unionist dismiss things without even looking into them?

Scotland has the resources, the knowledge and the will to be independent,however, We lack the confidence
We will only get one opportunity to vote yes.Let's seize it with both hands. I have lived long enough to see the detrimental effect the Westminster government has has on this beautiful country and its people.

Scotland has the resources, the knowledge and the will to be independent,however, We lack the confidence