Confidemus Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Not really, cause I never said we'd definitely finish above Killie. TBF to you that was a relatively sane prediction compared to your current prediction of a yes win. I said "were the positions reversed". It seems your comprehension skills aren't as polished as your gift of soothsaying. Of course it's a relatively sane prediction. Kilmarnock are comfortably a better and more succesful overall team than St Mirren and have been for quite some time. Your mob finishing above mine on goal difference last year was a blip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 First votes will be cast in 2 WEEKS! Then we can end this nonsense.... Indeed. Give it a couple of months and we ll have forgotten there even was this referendum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Indeed. Give it a couple of months and we ll have forgotten there even was this referendum. Exactly. It's all about a new future... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaven Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We'll ahead in the pols, my arse. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28797121 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We'll ahead in the pols, my arse. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28797121 Latest 3 polls would suggest they are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We'll ahead in the pols, my arse. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28797121 Amazing how every currency option to an independent Scotland is a lot of nonsense according to Darling, we must be the only country in history who are unable to operate a currency without it being a disaster, he must think we all button up the fcuking back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Indeed. Give it a couple of months and we ll have forgotten there even was this referendum. You wish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 No one is saying Scotland can't "operate a currency". The claim is nothing will be as good as being part of a currency union with the United Kingdom. It's a fair point. Salmond's Plan B, it seems, is to continue using the £ without a currency union. No central bank, no lender of last resort in a financial crisis. Incredible that it's even being considered. Probably because it's the least scary of all the alternatives to a currency union, but only because a lot of people don't get how bad an idea it is. If Yes campaigners start talking about a Scottish currency or joining the Euro it would put people off voting Yes even more. Thankfully, for the most part, the chosen currency tactics are failing miserably. "They are all rotten options" We are an enigma on planet earth, every option is rotten for us, how many options have Team GB tried? how many options do the top 10 countries use? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Amazing how every currency option to an independent Scotland is a lot of nonsense according to Darling, we must be the only country in history who are unable to operate a currency without it being a disaster, he must think we all button up the fcuking back. Unfortunately, many of our brethren do. Edited August 15, 2014 by Taza 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 "They are all rotten options" We are an enigma on planet earth, every option is rotten for us, how many options have Team GB tried? how many options do the top 10 countries use? Aye and what does the Governor of The Bank of England have to say about having a plan B - ''It is never a good idea to talk about contingency plans in public, other than to assure that we have contingency plans''. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Unfortunately, many of our brethren do. Aye, not as many as they think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Aye and what does the Governor of The Bank of England have to say about having a plan B - ''It is never a good idea to talk about contingency plans in public, other than to assure that we have contingency plans''. Folk would sack their union rep if he/she unveiled his plan B,C,D or E before entering negotiations. Edited August 15, 2014 by ayrmad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepundit Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 "They are all rotten options" We are an enigma on planet earth, every option is rotten for us, how many options have Team GB tried? how many options do the top 10 countries use? They are "rotten options" compared to what Scotland has now. I'm not sure I get your question in regards to "how many options have Team GB tried?"... Do you mean what options have the No campaign provided in the event of a Yes vote?.. They don't need to provide any options as they are not campaigning for a Yes vote. "Team GB's" option is the £ within a currency union. One of the most, if not the most, successful currencies in the world. That's why voters both Yes and No like it so much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 They are "rotten options" compared to what Scotland has now. I'm not sure I get your question in regards to "how many options have Team GB tried?"... Do you mean what options have the No campaign provided in the event of a Yes vote?.. They don't need to provide any options as they are not campaigning for a Yes vote. "Team GB's" option is the £ within a currency union. One of the most, if not the most, successful currencies in the world. That's why voters both Yes and No like it so much. No, I was asking how many options the UK have tried over the years and what options the OECD'S best performing countries use today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I made the mistake of briefly unblocking 'thepundit'. Oh fucking my. Put the gun in my hand and I will pull the fucking trigger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 No one is saying Scotland can't "operate a currency". The claim is nothing will be as good as being part of a currency union with the United Kingdom. It's a fair point. Salmond's Plan B, it seems, is to continue using the £ without a currency union. No central bank, no lender of last resort in a financial crisis. Incredible that it's even being considered. Probably because it's the least scary of all the alternatives to a currency union, but only because a lot of people don't get how bad an idea it is. If Yes campaigners start talking about a Scottish currency or joining the Euro it would put people off voting Yes even more. Thankfully, for the most part, the chosen currency tactics are failing miserably. They're not failing miserably. But you're a vaccuous clusterfuck who votes on how his fellow supporters vote, so I'm not overly surprised at your slender grip on reality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Exactly. It's all about a new future... Agreed. Once the seethe is over we can look forward to the future as part of the UK. Hopefully the losing Yes activists stay politically active at a local or national level 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 These opinion polls - where exactly are they taken (generally)? I wonder as it's pretty obvious that different parts of the country vote for different parties with SNP being particularly popular further north (albeit Highlands being Lib Dem country). I can only imagine that if they took a poll on Princes Street then you're going to get a much more Unionist backing than if you took say the whole population of Moray. Aberdeen in general is absolutely packed with English who (half-understandably) appear to have an incredible bias towards BT and Glasgow is packed with Rangers fans who judging by P&B and general experience also seem biased towards BT (not a surprise really). Basically, do folk feel that the current 60/40 polls are fully representative of the country as a whole or will it realistically cut closer to 50/50 if they start including places that city based journalists find it a faff to get to? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Yeah... I believe they just ask the 1000 people who live closest to their HQs. If IPSOS for example was based in Nairn we d have really different results. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 These opinion polls - where exactly are they taken (generally)? I wonder as it's pretty obvious that different parts of the country vote for different parties with SNP being particularly popular further north (albeit Highlands being Lib Dem country). I can only imagine that if they took a poll on Princes Street then you're going to get a much more Unionist backing than if you took say the whole population of Moray. Aberdeen in general is absolutely packed with English who (half-understandably) appear to have an incredible bias towards BT and Glasgow is packed with Rangers fans who judging by P&B and general experience also seem biased towards BT (not a surprise really). Basically, do folk feel that the current 60/40 polls are fully representative of the country as a whole or will it realistically cut closer to 50/50 if they start including places that city based journalists find it a faff to get to? If you look at the tables for most polls they break down how many people from each region were surveyed. It would be hugely stupid for the polling companies to publish polls that had been taken locally and extrapolate national trends from them. Polling companies are businesses and their business depends on accurately predicting results of elections etc. If the polls stay 60-40 for No and the vote is Yes then it'll be the biggest disaster for the pollsters in modern history, worse than the 1992 general election. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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