Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yeah he's trying to play it smart......not scare off the upper class by pushing for a republic, shame really cos I want em out. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 But isn't it a huge cop-out? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Depends on how u feel.....the queen, technically is from the Scottish lineage as well so if u are a royalist it's perfectly legit to want her to continue being the monarch....me on the other hand, I'm rampantly anti monarchy and would like them burnt at the stake The pound situ, yeah I don't know about that too much but it does feel like a cop out Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Sounds like a big girly cop out to me. Surey all of those people ippy was talking about in his initial post want the clean break ideaologically or however you spell that long word! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 B of E no want independent Scotland to use pound. Seemed quite an amusing document though. Should make No1 on the Fiction bestseller lists. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 no pound coins? what are they gonna put in their sporrans Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 no pound coins? what are they gonna put in their sporrans Haggis Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Sounds like a big girly cop out to me. Surey all of those people ippy was talking about in his initial post want the clean break ideaologically or however you spell that long word! Believe it or not, i come from one of the last tory bastions in Scotland. Its always been to my shame that the former area of Kyle and Carrick voted tory all the way up until Major.Ive honestly no idea why since i come from pure village idiot working class lefty stock. But i guess Ayr and Troon might be the kinda place the rich retirees from Glasgow might end up since youve got the whole golf, beaches and Burns thing going on around there. Prestwick is pretty ancient as well. In fact the whole area is.... well, pretty. Maybes im doing this life thing wrong. Boring as shit to live there, but definitely the kind of place you might want to plant your corpse. Maybe its those buggers that would be scared to crap about a republic. Salmond says that this is a different fight. Its not off the table, but its something that he thinks requires a manifesto expressly on the matter. Truth be told, get independence, sort that out. Fight an election, submit your party platform, then bish bosh! Referendum on the head of state and a presidency. It seems to be just get the machine running properly first, then once its ready start tinkering. Theres no hurry i suppose. Well... unless the constitution is domething they also plan to complete before the next elections for the scottish parliament. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Will there be a cool bagpipe lead 'national anthem'? Or if you are still hanging on to Queenie, will you have to make so with God Saving her? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 although technically GStQ is Scotland's national anthem, you'll rarely (if ever) hear it played at many official functions even now. The Flower of Scotland or Scotland the Brave are the 2 most widely used, with FoS becoming more dominant in recent years. I imagine that there will be a push for a "new" anthem Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Susan Boyle should sing it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 she probably will, an awesome voice.....pity about her bulldog-chewing-a-wasp-while-eating-umeboshi face.....sandwich bag should do the trick Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 pity about her bulldog-chewing-a-wasp-while-eating-umeboshi-and-a-lemon face and a lemon Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Amazing Grace on the pipes should do it. Or that Macca song, Mullet of King Tyres. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 To be honest i ****ing love scotland the brave and cant stand the saccharine shite of flower of scotland. Scotland the brave is one of those few anthems like the Marseilles, where you want to nod your head and wink at everyone. Its a classy and deeply under-appreciated burst of sunshine. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Flower of Scotland Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Scotland the Brave 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFRcMYjut4o Link to post Share on other sites
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Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Fook that, mon! Fookin Mark Knopfler playin' that fookin theme from the Local fookin Hero flick, else it's all shite! Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I think I agree with ippy on this one. Scotland the Brave has balls. Flower of Scotland sounds... flowery. As for Mark Knopfler... ok, but (and getting OT) no comparison to David Gilmour playing Echoes at Gdansk: Rick Wright's last concert before he died, I believe -- check out the "duet" between the two at the end (21:00 on), lovely and heartbreaking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_bITDr_90 But getting OT, as I said. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 then you need this: Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 An amusing movie seen recently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQIvmR21VU Starts out slow, but pulls one in over time. (It helps if one likes whisky, to appreciate the movie.) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Yeah I like STB as well, the words are bit more uplifting....but FoS is great too and it's about our last victory over England at football Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 No pounds for you folk if you divorce us! Link to post Share on other sites
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