tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post8380174190341723715..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: SNP won't let the Arc RIP...O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-17825212253594468432009-02-23T09:37:00.000+00:002009-02-23T09:37:00.000+00:00O'Neillthe SNP, like the rest of us, have no clue ...O'Neill<BR/><BR/><I>the SNP, like the rest of us, have no clue what way things will workout re the ROI.</I><BR/><BR/>I can hazard a guess. Rich countries tend to stay rich. Look back on history, there are very few that do.<BR/><BR/>The world is probably not going to end down South, any more than it is likely to end in the UK. There is probably going to be a nasty, U-shaped recession which the UK Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-59126443278268229622009-02-21T12:58:00.000+00:002009-02-21T12:58:00.000+00:00Aberdonian and Kensei,The SNP is right that it is ...Aberdonian and Kensei,<BR/><EM>The SNP is right that it is a long run game</EM><BR/><BR/>But the point is that they are already making assumptions for the result of that game. On reflection the Man City comparison was probably too harsh...but the SNP, like the rest of us, have no clue what way things will workout re the ROI.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-82863459784823248172009-02-20T16:11:00.000+00:002009-02-20T16:11:00.000+00:00WildgooseTo be pedantic, Blair is not Scottish. H...Wildgoose<BR/><BR/>To be pedantic, Blair is not Scottish. He may have been born here, he may have gone to public school here, he may have Scottish parents (Leo was of course born in Durham but raised in Glasgow), but he is in reality an "Anglo".<BR/><BR/>Bonar Law was born and partly raised in Canada but nobody really calls him Canadian. He is either Scottish (he spent most his life in Glasgow)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-86763741168734235582009-02-20T12:18:00.000+00:002009-02-20T12:18:00.000+00:00Right idea, wrong direction.England has been dragg...Right idea, wrong direction.<BR/><BR/><I>England</I> has been dragged into recession by <B>Scotland</B>.<BR/><BR/>We have suffered misrule by 2 Scottish Prime Ministers and 2 Scottish Chancellors who have wrecked our pensions, sold off our gold at an artificially low price, racked up an enormous budget deficit and plunged us massively into debt.<BR/><BR/>The biggest problems in the UK banking Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-47220666834361305222009-02-20T09:34:00.000+00:002009-02-20T09:34:00.000+00:00Really? Says who? I've no idea what'll happen, and...<I>Really? Says who? </I><BR/><BR/>I've no idea what'll happen, and it's getting serious down South but who says they won't? <BR/><BR/>The UK is also in the throes of a particularly nasty recession and is expected to do worse than many fot he other large economies. The Republic would have to do significant worse compared witht he UK for it to lose all the gains it made over the past ten years.<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-23163592767533214752009-02-19T15:23:00.000+00:002009-02-19T15:23:00.000+00:00I suppose it is a bit like the Prime Minister clai...I suppose it is a bit like the Prime Minister claiming that all the present financial problems were caused by America.<BR/><BR/>Keep to the script-----<BR/><BR/>Concerning Mather's comments, I think the jury is still out for a while who is going to come of this well and who will not. Wait till the end of the recession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com