Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> 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
>

As you say and yet some people get confused.


> > 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.
>

It doesn't count if you had to be asked, I'm afraid. :-(


> 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.
>
>

Yes, things were going well until the Romans put their ballistae in reverse and
scampered.

> * 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.
>
>

No point in telling politicians anything that bears any resemblance to the
truth. They would not recognise it.
Facts are an inconvenience.


S

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