tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post8038311355794184948..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: Rebuilding Scottish LiberalismCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-44103602999379667722011-05-17T21:23:43.108+01:002011-05-17T21:23:43.108+01:00Great post although not sure re the name change bi...Great post although not sure re the name change bit. I had many similar thoughts which I outlined at http://jamestaylor.me/2011/05/16/is-willie-oor-john-swinney/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-82251414584330956802011-05-17T06:44:43.484+01:002011-05-17T06:44:43.484+01:00When it is explained to the Scots that they will h...When it is explained to the Scots that they will have their share of ongoing pension liabilities and debt they will not vote for independence .<br />Mores the pity.Like most English people I have lost all interest in the union and resent the annual rip off of the Barnett formula as much as the imposition of 50 Labour MPs in a country we have no political links with<br />I think we would both be better off apart and if that means Scots will no longer be welcome on our screens in our courts in or Parliament, good .<br />That cultural asymmetry is also one up with which we have put, for too long.<br /><br /><br />Then we can leave Europe,tighten up immigration pitch out the socialists forever and have England back.Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-76081564217865129302011-05-13T23:57:19.158+01:002011-05-13T23:57:19.158+01:00I do hope that you don't end up rejecting the ...I do hope that you don't end up rejecting the unionist label. Unionism is one of the best strains of British politics. Federalism is a sop to nationalism, that most poisonous and illiberal of trends. <br /><br /> Liberal Unionism is the best possible political cast of mind that anybody can hold, and I hope the Scottish Liberal Democrats stick to it.Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532639584338090676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-76608625480284590182011-05-13T19:37:38.676+01:002011-05-13T19:37:38.676+01:00Simple solution.
Campaign for the right for Engla...Simple solution.<br /><br />Campaign for the right for England to have a referenda. <br /><br />We can dump you, then you dump Wales and NI<br /><br />Solved. <br /><br />Well, maybe, I don't see how you are going to manage with a Barnett formula share of the debt.Lord Blaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783119146180259097noreply@blogger.com