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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   13 Sep 2014 09:13 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      Poll 41 of 189 
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I've lived most of my life under a government I've either not voted for myself or that my family hasn't voted for. Scotland buggering off to be independent makes that more likely to happen. So that, for me, is a crap argument to use in favour of independence. It would be interesting to see how many Scottish yes voters were in favour of changing the voting system in the uk.

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   13 Sep 2014 09:46 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      Poll 42 of 189 
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It's a good argument *for Scotland*. We don't get a vote, like.
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   13 Sep 2014 10:16 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      Poll 43 of 189 
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It's not just about Scotland though is it. This decision will affect the rest of us too. And while the no campaign has been fucktardidly negative, the yes campaign has reeked of "we don't vote for the Tories, we're going to fuck off and take what we want from the rest of you and to hell with it all because we don't like it. And if you don't give us what we want, well fuck you all in the ear". The whole process has been as far from edifying and positive as anything I can think of in recently. At least when devolution was discussed and voted in the positives were argued for effectively. This just stinks.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   13 Sep 2014 10:18 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      Poll 44 of 189 
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   13 Sep 2014 10:26 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      Poll 45 of 189 
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Not that devolution. The 1998 debate. That was good. This is all shit.

I've always been happy to describe myself as British but the whole Englishness thing has got out of hand. Might have to be welsh from now on.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   13 Sep 2014 12:03 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      Poll 46 of 189 
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OK, I have no idea what you're talking about.

I prefer to think of myself as English rather than British.

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   13 Sep 2014 19:22 
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   13 Sep 2014 21:55 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      Poll 49 of 189 
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It's not just about Scotland though is it. This decision will affect the rest of us too.
It is just about Scotland in that Scotland is deciding what is best for Scotland. It affects us, of course, but we've had our chance. After decades (or centuries) of misrule and negligence one can hardly blame them for not being overly concerned with how their decision will affect us.

I think you're mis-characterising the Yes campaign. From what I've seen it's about having a government for Scotland which is appropriate to Scotland and acts in Scotland's interests.

Also the idea that the rest of the UK would have a permanent Tory government is a bit bollocks after looking into it a bit. We're losing 59 parliamentary seats out of 650 (before the inevitable restructuring). That would've changed the result of very few recent elections.
 
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   13 Sep 2014 23:16 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      Poll 50 of 189 
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Bollocks. Until thatcher, the scots voted in their droves for a Conservative party so if they've been the victim of decades of misrule, it's as much Scottish voters' fault as the rest of the uk. And centuries? Because, of course, the working class/women/minorities in England have had the vote for centuries and absolutely condemned Scotland to poverty.

I don't believe for a minute that Scotland has suffered any more than vast tracts of Northern England, wales, the midlands, etc. separating out Scotland for special consideration is a nonsense. Fuck it, let's just have a revolution.

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   13 Sep 2014 23:28 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      Poll 51 of 189 
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I didn't suggest that the misrule of Scotland was the Tories fault, it happens regardless of which party is in power because Westminster cares about London then the South East then other major cities then the north then Scotland then everywhere else. Scotland is a distinct cultural an political entity which votes distinctly differently from England and Wales, as that distinct entity, never gets the government it votes for nor the attention or concern it deserves. Similar arguments can be made for the rest of the UK but I really don't get why the prospect of Scotland choosing for itself to try to make its own lot better bothers you so much.
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   14 Sep 2014 08:20 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      Poll 52 of 189 
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I think that what bothers me has been the whole tone of it all. Salmond and his lot come over as a bunch of twats who's whole argument seems to be based on "fuck you English bastards, we're off with the pound and all the oil and you can't stop us. And then we'll live in a socialist paradise" (which they won't because salmond et al are still politicians). The no lot are just as fucktarded and have only managed to come up with "well, if you go then DISASTER awaits".

Cameron should've agreed to allow a proper debate on devolving powers that the whole country could have benefitted from.

As an aside, I don't buy the argument re london and the south east. There are big parts of the area where there's a ridiculous amount of depravation and poverty. The investment is the city of London outwards to where the rich live so west London, Surrey, the m4 corridor. Kent is still just outside the bit that people move to on account of it being to the south east. So places like dartford are split, one half of the town is all council estates and unemployment. Bits of rural kent are admittedly lovely but then the same is true anywhere else in the uk. Generally, Britain today makes the rich richer wherever they live.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   14 Sep 2014 08:54 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      Poll 53 of 189 
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Westminster cares about London then the South East then...

Really? So all those MPs from outside London and the SE flagrantly give up on representing their constituents as soon as they enter the hallowed portals of Westminster? Rotten scoundrels, the lot of them! :@

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   14 Sep 2014 09:14 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      Poll 54 of 189 
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No, they're just fighting an uphill battle.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   14 Sep 2014 09:39 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      Poll 55 of 189 
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Yes, I can see that, what with being massively outnumbered by the MPs from the SE

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   14 Sep 2014 11:41 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      Poll 56 of 189 
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I'm going to try and find a list of where MPs are actually from and where they represent.

I'm sure you know MPs are often placed in seats they have never had any relation to.
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 From:  koswix    14 Sep 2014 12:47 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      Poll 57 of 189 
41190.57 In reply to 41190.55 
Because we all know that MPs have loads of power and are allowed to vote based on their own views and interests and not just how the party whips tell them. 

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 From:  Jo (JELLS)   14 Sep 2014 13:11 
 To:  koswix       Poll 58 of 189 
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At least you have MPs that do just that and do defeat government bills from time to time. The drones in Canada never do - they aren't even allowed to speak their own words. They're given scripts written by political staffers in the PM's office. People in the UK have no idea how much people in Canada (who bother to follow politics) envy Westminster compared to the shit that happens in Ottawa.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Sep 2014 13:18 
 To:  Jo (JELLS)      Poll 59 of 189 
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   14 Sep 2014 15:51 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      Poll 60 of 189 
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Please could you present the data as a colour-coded map?

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