On 3/16/2017 7:51 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:46:49 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 3/16/2017 5:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:21:27 +0000, 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.
>>>
>>> "Poorly" I think is probably what is/was likely. ;)
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>> It didn't matter what she did she would be in the wrong anyway. But the
>> way it has been handled could have been better.
>> I hope she never sits with her back to the door.
>
> That's all certainly true.
>
> Sturgeon has handled this very well - announcing from Holyrood was a
> smart move.  Says she's speaking not for the SNP, but for all of Scotland
> (as is appropriate).
>
Not a lot else she could do if she wanted to keep Scotland in the EU. 
Waiting to see the result of of the negotiations would mean that the 
whole of the UK would be out. Then if they got their independence they 
would have to apply like any new state wanting in. But I agree she is 
astute.

> I keep thinking that it would be fun if ASA got involved, charges of
> "false advertising" about the last referendum against the 'remain' camp.
>

Too horrible to think about. All parties were proponents of the big lie. 
Talk about a can of worms*

We have an ongoing scandal at the moment. During our election campaigns 
the is a limit that parties can spend and their expenses have to be 
submitted to the Electoral Commission. During the last by-election a 
Tory candidate had omitted expenses paid by the central party and is 
being investigated by the police. Today it was announced that the Tory 
party were fined £70,000 (a record) for doing the same thing during the 
last two elections and 13 police forces have submitted reports to the 
Dept. of Public Prosecutions. Small beer by American standard, I know.

* What is worse than opening a can of worms?
I'll tell you. Opening a bag of maggots.
When I worked offshore a friend had a fishing shop. Just before he went 
offshore, one trip. He had bought a couple of boxes of fluorescent 
maggots to use and sell as bait. On the journey home he had a small bump 
in his car and one of the boxes split. So he swept them up and forgot 
about about it. Until his wife phoned him to say that hundreds had 
hatched in the car and turned into blue bottle flies. She was not pleased.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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