The natives are getting restless

From: koswix10 Sep 2014 21:57
To: ALL1 of 189

Should Scotland be an independent country

Aye: 11 Votes (42.31%)
Naw: 15 Votes (57.69%)
26 users and no guests voted.
Poll has ended
From: koswix10 Sep 2014 21:57
To: ALL2 of 189
Anonymous secret ballot, closes in 7 days. Can Teh predict the outcome?
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)11 Sep 2014 06:03
To: koswix 3 of 189
In English, which of those options is 'YES FUCKING PLEASE!' and which is 'No'?
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)11 Sep 2014 06:17
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 4 of 189
Why "YES FUCKING PLEASE!"?
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)11 Sep 2014 06:48
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 5 of 189
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)11 Sep 2014 07:40
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 6 of 189
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)11 Sep 2014 09:23
To: koswix 7 of 189
If England didn't have the bad habit of voting in truly execrable regimes, this wouldn't be necessary. Well, that and the royals.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)11 Sep 2014 09:37
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 8 of 189
OK, I don't rant very well. My blood rarely boils over something that isn't largely pointless to the wider population.

But he may well be a Trotskyist who takes a dodgy photo, and I may well be a reactionary recidivist, who also takes a dodgy photo, but I found his diatribe strangely warming to the cockles of my heart. Whatever the hell they are.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)11 Sep 2014 15:52
To: ALL9 of 189
So if Scotland does secede, Royal Bank of Scotland will relocate its HQ to London, so that it's still protected by the Bank of England. Or something.

But wouldn't the whole name become a misnomer? It couldn't be a Royal and Scotland (unless Scotland remained in the commonwealth under Betty, but what's the point of gaining independence if you can't also tell the monarchy to go fuck themselves?)
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)11 Sep 2014 16:07
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 10 of 189
We would actually still be keeping The Queen - that's one of the things which has already been decided in the white paper.

As far as the RBS move goes, it's all very interesting:
http://www.businessforscotland.co.uk/rbs-ceo-tells-staff-zero-rbs-job-losses-when-scotland-votes-yes/
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)11 Sep 2014 16:37
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 11 of 189
Seems odd that if RBS goes bust the BoE will pick up the tab, not the Scots, but hey-ho.

I didn't think for the world that jobs would move en masse, that makes not sense at all. But I'd imagine that at least a few would have to move to establish a London HQ.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)11 Sep 2014 17:48
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 12 of 189
Nooooo!!!! Dump the bloated old maggot and her whole maggot fambly!
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)11 Sep 2014 21:02
To: ALL13 of 189
Just watched the big big big big big big debate. Galloway has fucking lost it. Greens came over very well (particularly the 'fairer is more important than richer' point).
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)11 Sep 2014 21:09
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 14 of 189
I had to resort to Google to figure out who you meant by Galloway.
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)11 Sep 2014 21:48
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 15 of 189
The Greens may end up as a credible opposition party up here - they've got a lot of support thanks to everyone refusing to touch the Lib Dems with anything shorter than a very long bargepole.
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)11 Sep 2014 23:11
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 16 of 189
Interesting times ahead (hopefully)!
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)12 Sep 2014 00:59
To: ALL17 of 189
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From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)12 Sep 2014 02:37
To: ALL18 of 189
Decided to test the viability of an independent Scotland in EUIV.

Going pretty well so far :Y
From: milko12 Sep 2014 09:34
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 19 of 189
haha, good work!

I think No are probably going to scrape a win here, but I hope that the closeness of it and the large engagement of people means some improvements come along with it.
From: koswix12 Sep 2014 10:12
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 20 of 189
What is that game, and why are you showing it to me when I go back to uni on Monday? :@