English Scots for YES

I think the biggest issue on this thread has got to be - why weren't we told not to waste time backspacing that annoying indent into oblivion? There's a few minutes of my life I'll never get back

I know a lot of Scottish people who have left Scotland permanently (not just in England - worldwide!) - perhaps if they are remainers they will all go flooding back.

Who is this 'we' of whom you speak, Paddyann? I am an English person living in Scotland. You do not speak for me, I can assure you.

Ps to the others who've mentioned it, I'm getting the indent thing too. Weird.

I think if Norfolk went independent he could be invited back there as King Edward I of Norfolk.
Pity, I am sure he would miss Arundel, he kindly let us visit it last year and it is lovely

Perhaps the debt wouldn't be so high if the Scots didn't have more spent on each of them than the English or the Welsh.

ducks for cover
sorry, Scottish friends, not aimed at you

PS and a Scottish King too.

Gosh, that was difficult to read paddyann!

An abusive marriage?
We have had a lot of very notable Scottish Prime Ministers, Scottish holders of the Offices of State and always a representative number of politicans at Westminster so why you consider Westminster to be the Masters of Scotland and abusive puzzles me as Scotland has always had a voice (well, a lot more than one and very loud some of them are too).

But never mind, could not read another long post like that until I've had a rest.

Are you very interested in the aristocracy djen?

Same here, Maizie. Do you ever see him in the local shops, whitewave?

Are we allowed to barbecue them do you think?

POGS

durhamjen/. Maizie D /Whitewave

It's such a shame the police shot 3 'brave patriotic citizens' though isn't it.

The Duke of Norfolk wouldn't be in the slightest bit affected by Norfolk's independence. The connection between Dukedoms and counties disappeared hundreds of years ago. And many of our English dukedoms are titles given to various kings' bastards (plus all the lands that were given alongside them); they have no relation at all to the far, far off times when dukedoms were a bit meaningful...

I have every sympathy with the Scots desire for independence and wish them the best of British...

Grannypiper, didn't they say that to try and get the Scots to vote to stay in the UK?
Since Brexit they want Scotland to get independence to break up the UK because of Brexit. Not surprisingly.

Are you allowed to tell people to shut up?

Norfolk lives just down the road from us in Arundel.

Duke of Norfolk doesn't like living in Norfolk. He lives in Sussex! His other house is in Yorkshire.
What would he do if Norfolk went independent? Would he have to renounce his title?

paddyannhaud yer weesht, who are these commissioners who said we can stay ? France, Spain and Italy have all said they would block any application by Scotland, which part dont the snp get ? And who is this "we" when you say we have always considered ourselves European ?
You say for our country to work how it should and how we want it to work we need 100% control but at the start of the post say the EU would make 5-8% of the laws, so you would never have 100% control !
P.S Scotlands crime is out of control yet only today the announcement has been made that we have got to get rid of 400 coppers in the next few years. The snp working for us ! dont make me laugh

NfkDumpling

All that AND your 3 'brave patriotic citizens' were shot by the police.

Life sucks.

You think you have less control? Try living in Norfolk or Cornwall.

And the reason for my trying to lighten the mood with appeals for independent for Norfolk is that, like many other areas on the periphery of England, we see money whizzing past us, often in the direction of Scotland, but only a few coins being dropped on us in passing.

Scotland does have a Queen Elizabeth II.

She is Clyde Built like myself.

Oh dear paddyann. Such vented spleen! You consider that you are in an abusive relationship which you most reasonably want to be released from - and then try to assure us that you want to stay friends? Doesn't sound like it.

Gill am glad the 'gaun yersel'! Was a compliment from Jane ( I have no idea what it means but does sound a bit like a battle cry.)
'Blether' yes, can work that one out!

I've been back spacing too! Shan't bother now!