Casual Bystander Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I think the title says it all. If Westminster genuinely cared about giving more powers to the Scottish people in this campaign they would have done so at the start, when the positions were laid out. At the time there was a wishy-washy attempt to suggest a possible improvement of some limited powers with no party agreeing and it wasn't until just over a month ago that the parties even fleshed out what these possible limited powers would be. Were they guaranteed? Of course not. Were they to be added to the manifesto of each party going into the next general election? Of course not. Only now, after many people have already voted, and with their support on the run have the separate parties been forced to try and work together to hurriedly gather a rag tag collection of suggestions of jam tomorrow, not today. There is only one way you can guarantee powers being transferred into Scottish hands, only one and let there be no discussion on this, and that is to vote Yes on the 18th. When Westminster tries to soft shoe shuffle the Scots, after spending the last 2 years insulting, scaring, fearmongering and bullying just remember this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 OK this is my tolerance threshold reached - why the new thread?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Bystander Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 OK this is my tolerance threshold reached - why the new thread?? Because we need one to discuss the "new powers" that will be "offered" to the Scots in the "coming days". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Casual Bystander, on 07 Sept 2014 - 15:28, said:Because we need one to discuss the "new powers" that will be "offered" to the Scots in the "coming days". No we don't. It's already being covered in the other threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabinoban Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Apparently Alistair Darling has been on Sky News to say that new powers ain't on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Apparently Alistair Darling has been on Sky News to say that new powers ain't on the table. Not on the table from Darling, because Darling isn't in government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Osborne: Scotland will get more autonomy if they reject independence. Actually, we'll get more autonomy (i.e. full autonomy) by voting Yes. Plus we don't have to rely on a politician in another country being honest. Sounds like a lot less hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sons superhero Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Not on the table from Darling, because Darling isn't in government. The leader of the Better Together Campaign is out of the loop surely that can't be!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabinoban Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Not on the table from Darling, because Darling isn't in government. Did I say the news powers would be from Darling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Didn't some idiot recently say something along the lines of "Scotland can forget getting additional powers if they vote Yes"? I'm sure some bamstick from BTUKOK said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Didn't some idiot recently say something along the lines of "Scotland can forget getting additional powers if they vote Yes"? I'm sure some bamstick from BTUKOK said that. All of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabinoban Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Didn't some idiot recently say something along the lines of "Scotland can forget getting additional powers if they vote Yes"? I'm sure some bamstick from BTUKOK said that. I think it was Mr Bairn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 The question is, would you trust this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire unless I could piss petrol. Aye, but then your cock would go on fire as the petrol ignited. Impressive/disturbing dedication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Fair play. I certainly wouldn't burn my cock for Osbourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Bystander Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Clegg lied about tuition fees, Cameron lied about not cutting cold winter payments and Miliband lied about the 10p tax rate. These are three fairly main policies for each of the parties that their leaders have claimed a stance upon, either to the press or in parliament, and then done the complete opposite a few months (or in the case of Clegg, just mere weeks) later. Why, just why, when these men are willing to lie so brazenly about key policies do you think they would be credible about a policy that has been knocked up in a matter of hours as a knee-jerk reaction to one opinion poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boabinoban Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 A wee bit of photoshop fun for a Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Casual Bystander Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 It seems that Osborne is not offering anything new, just a different timetable to what they had offered before. Whether this turns out to be the case we'll need to wait and see. After all, revealing possibly the biggest policy change in a campaign that has been running for 2 years is always best done just days before people go to the polls and after people have sent in their postal votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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