On 14-3-2017 9:33, Stephen wrote:
> On 3/14/2017 7:40 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 13-3-2017 14:21, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 3/13/2017 12:38 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> Interesting speech by Nicola Surgeon. I am curious to see what
>>>> manoeuvring room she will have in the coming months and what the UK
>>>> will
>>>> accept or not.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm interested in hearing how Mrs May responds.
>>
>>  From Sturgeon's speech, it has not been very promising until now.
>>
>
> She is just mixing it, putting pressure on the Westminster government.
> Well, not just. Tactically it is probably the best time to further her
> cause for independence. If she left it any later the situation would be
> too uncertain to predict.

I agree. Her timing seems to have been very good and she seems to be a 
good tactician too.

>
>>>
>>>
>>>> In the end, Scotland can always join our Banana Republic of course. :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I invoke Godwin's law.
>>
>> Indeed! Indeed! And the exchange had not even really started.
>>
>
> Ah! well, only a couple of days to go.

As for that, the whole mess seems not to have influenced the upcoming 
elections tomorrow to any degree. Of which I am glad.

Otherwise, the little fight we seem to be involved in with Mr E from T 
has a high degree of Chimpanzee Politics (see: 
https://books.google.nl/books?id=XsrhU2vV5PIC&redir_esc=y)  ;-)

>
>>>
>>> What happened to the movement from a few years ago, for Flanders (I'll
>>> use the English term, not wanting to start any flame wars) to join the
>>> Netherlands?
>>>
>>
>> It drifted away without a trace with the realisation that too much
>> separates us culturally speaking. It would never work. What does work
>> however is the cooperation successively known as Benelux and European
>> Union.
>>
>
> It just drifted out of my thoughts. I was wondering.
>

Utopia... :-)

-- 
Thomas

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