On 04/02/14 09:46, Stephen wrote:
> 
> From my experience of working with people from all over the British Islands.
> (N.B. for others. That is not the same as the British Isles)
> 

Indeed. And just to confuse them a bit more, neither of those is
synonymous with either Great Britain or The United Kingdom. As we all
know, the Isle of Man and the Channel Isles (themselves being split into
two independent Bailiwicks - Jersey and Guernsey) are Crown Dependencies
and are not members of the European Union

> They would be only to glad to see the back of London and Londoners.
> 
> One thing that my sister in law said (and she is a nay sayer) is that she has
> not heard anyone, outside Scotland, publicly say that they did not want Scotland
> to leave. It would be nice if someone did.
> 

OK. I'll say it. I don't want Scotland to leave the Union.

Quite apart from the political and financial problems* it would cause we
have a shared history going back hundreds of years. Like it or not we
are a family with all the good and bad things that the term implies.
Sure, we squabble but threaten our unity and you'd be asking for real
trouble.


* 1. The Governor of the Bank of England is on record as stating that an
independent Scotland could not retain the pound sterling.
2. If Scotland left, it would have to reapply for membership of the
European Union and that would be in no way a done deal. Spain, for one
and with an eye on Catalonian independence, would probably veto the deal.


John
-- 
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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