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 From:  johngti_mk-ii  
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I want to know why he feels the need to resign. He tried, it didn't work. Get over it and keep doing your job. If it's because the SNP feel they've missed something important, they should call an election. Like what labour should've done in 2007

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  johngti_mk-ii     
41190.133 In reply to 41190.132 
The man deserves a rest. He's been instrumental in achieving an improbable amount.

Also the party's going to need to kinda rebrand for a while I'd imagine and that'd be much easier with a new leader.
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 From:  Jo (JELLS)  
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41190.134 In reply to 41190.132 
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I want to know why he feels the need to resign.
Maybe he doesn't want to be FM of a non-independent country? Similar thing happened here, after the Quebec referendum of 1995. The premier of the province at the time, Jacques Parizeau, resigned after the Yes side lost because he didn't want to be FM of a province - he wanted to be the leader of a country.
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii  
 To:  Jo (JELLS)     
41190.135 In reply to 41190.134 
Meh. There was always the possibility that they were going to lose. He should see out the job he's been elected to do. I deserve a rest too but I'm not wealthy enough to be able to

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  fixrman     
41190.136 In reply to 41190.117 
quote: fixrman
How could you possibly say the all of UK had the right to allow Scotland to secede? That would have decidedly put those favour of independence at a complete and futile disadvantage.

Other than what Jon already said, you seem to assume that the rUK would interfere with Scotland's right to secede. But what about rUK's right to get rid of the whinging fuckers? Eh?

Instead of a free rUK, now there'll be another 10-15 years of whining from north of the border before another referendum. Hopefully next time all voters will be involved, as in democracy, and the fekkers will be kicked out. They can keep their fucking oil (what's left of it bwahahahahah).

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 From:  fixrman  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
41190.137 In reply to 41190.136 
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But what about rUK's right to get rid of the whinging fuckers? Eh?

There is opportunity for you there if you have the cajones for it. Start your own referendum to kick the whinging fuckers out!

Or are you whinging because they had the temerity to do something about a situation, that at least from their point of view, is not right?

Thems what asks is thems what gets. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I look forward to the referendum, perhaps it will be as riveting as the last one was.

Jon's analogy, which I answered, is not at all similar to Scotland.

 
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  fixrman     
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All that's needed is an open, all-inclusive referendum or a revolution. But individual, exclusive referenda solve nothing.

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
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As a half-blood, I was half-hoping yes would win, and half-dreading what might follow if it did. Disappointed.

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 From:  fixrman  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
41190.140 In reply to 41190.138 
Start a revolution then. I'm sure you will win.
 
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  fixrman     
41190.141 In reply to 41190.140 
Every journey starts with a single step, so I shall start by throwing a teabag into the sea.

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 From:  JonCooper  
 To:  fixrman     
41190.142 In reply to 41190.137 
quote: fixrman
..... temerity to do something about a situation, that at least from their point of view, is not right? .....

uh, since they voted to stay, maybe they don't see it that way? (at least the majority don't)

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  JonCooper     
41190.143 In reply to 41190.142 
55% is hardly an overwhelming majority though. And, according to my inside information, they were tricked.

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
41190.144 In reply to 41190.143 
Not surprisingly.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)     
41190.146 In reply to 41190.144 
They're gullible enough, 'twas easy.

But just because He made them sheep, does not mean they have to be shorn.

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 From:  fixrman  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
41190.147 In reply to 41190.141 
That actually might so it! I heard some guys did it many years ago to some big, red meanies and it ended up being a smashing success! (I hear to avoid detection, one should don face paint and loin cloth.)

Interestingly, Gearge Washington condemned the act.

One teabag may not be enough. Those guys years ago tossed the equivalent of 18.5 million + teabags. What a waste of [probably] really good tea!

Interestingly, the BTP might seem ridiculous at first; the Tea Act actually reduced total tax on tea and we could buy it from EIC (early form of a bailout) for less than the British could. It was the 3 pence per pound duty they railed against. I'd suspect that this was taught more over there than here, because even today the Bossy British were the bad guys because of Mean Old King George, Parliament and the Townshend Acts. I didn't know he was that old and still an excellent gitfiddle player. We wanted fewer taxes and duties, plus Hancock wanted Dutch tea!

If you guys hadn't had such an imperial nature and starting wars for seven years at a time, you'd had more money and wouldn't have to try to make up war debts by gouging the Colonists.
 
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 From:  fixrman  
 To:  JonCooper     
41190.148 In reply to 41190.142 
They did vote to stay, and I see that as a Good Thing &#0153 all around. Still, a significant number of people voted for secession which should possibly effect changes even though cousing in Ireland brought me up to speed on how much Scotland already gets. I think their beef (SNP) is more principled, however.
 
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 From:  fixrman  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
41190.149 In reply to 41190.143 
Bah! That can't be known until later. Sounds like a sore loser to me. If they's run a more successful campaign they would have won, I'll bet. Government ready to step in, monetary policy, solution for all those nuke subs they wanted to be rid of, military contingencies, those sorts of things.
 
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
41190.150 In reply to 41190.146 
I liked Russia's take on it.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  fixrman     
41190.151 In reply to 41190.147 
Well, if it's good tea I should use the teabag first. If it's shit tea (e.g. PG Tips, Tetley, or Yorkshire) I'd be willing to step up to a box of unused (and unusable) bags.

There are limits to my revolutionary zeal, after all.

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