TheMercianEmpire

Ex-communist pinko subversive, now grumpy middle aged dad finding the world weirder by the day...

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@DandyDonSF @DebateOnFacts @FraserNelson Because they were former colonies starting from scratch with smaller infrastructure and standard of living than Scotland,which has been integrated into a G7 nation state for centuries and it's people expect a certain standard of living that say 1945 India or 1916 Eire did not

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@GaraidhM @JournoStephen If they team up with a sufficient number of MPs from the other home nations than yes, rather like when Labour (and occasionally the SNP) Scottish MPs would vote on matters with their English colleagues (eg education) that affected only England.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@caroankia So what....

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@AScot94175440 @DM_SPJ7878 Except that verse has never been officially part of the National Anthem and was only really sung Around the time of the attempted Jacobite Invasion of England ,(when feelings were running a bit high) please indicate when that verse has been sung officially since 1800.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@marymorgana_333 @CinemaTweets1 Ze vonted to get avay from cod Russian accents Da

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@nfgfbpa Yeah it was 79 British Squaddies against 700 Argentine forces and they still managed to hold out for 12 hours, not quite the machismo vibe you imagine it is (and the Argentinans still had their arses kicked out shortly after..)

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@aliceaygupta Here's the thing though, 99% of us have collectively shrugged our shoulders, already forgotten it and got on with our lives and the Falklands are and will remain for the foreseeable future British, which seemingly burns into the souls of a lot of Argentine's, enjoy !

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@ScotsValkyrie Except it's not just youus it ?, it's also everyone else in Scotland, convince enough of of them to want independence in sufficient numbers over a sustained time then you may get your wish, otherwise tough.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@DickWinchester Well the Scottish government has no constitutional power to do so, nor controls the armed forces or the amount of money needed to run a nation stare and there's no obvious popular majority mandate within Scotland to leave l, apart from all that great idea.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@PALillie Mostly enjoyed it but it's Nolan's Oddessy not Homer's although tbf an adaptation that's true to the spirit of the original would be unpalatable to modern audiences.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@SandPatterson Because he's a reminder of the human cost we paid to uphold the principles of self determination, the fact you have to ask using those terms speaks volumes about yourself.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@danceanddestroy No we just don't care, the irony is that if your fascist military junta hadn't invaded in 82 you may have eventually got them back through negotiation or at least joint sovereignty but by invading and being turfed out, that's off the table for a long time to come, enjoy!

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@Marielsosao_ Except as the Falklands are still ours and not yours you clearly do...

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@allyram63 @bigbenn1e @JohnSimpsonNews Politely Disagree, if there is sufficient support as I previously stated then fair enough, but no other nation state is going to regularly influct onto itself the instability of a referendum that could dissolve itself because a minority of people want it, so why should the UK ?

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@Davo_Mack No 'Scotland' does not ask, only a proportion, not the majority of voters (according to most polls) or are you presuming to speak for all 6 million Scots ?

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@allyram63 @bigbenn1e @JohnSimpsonNews 2) hence why the more excitable indy claims on here are just silly, the English aren't holding down the Scots, there's just not enough support for it north of the border, that may change in time but not in the immediate future.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@allyram63 @bigbenn1e @JohnSimpsonNews Realistically think you'd need between 10 to 15% more in favour of indy over a sustained period of say one to two years in order to put moral pressure on Westminster to agree to another referendum, as yet theres no indication of that, outside of SNP rhetoric the issues dormant.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@bigbenn1e @allyram63 @JohnSimpsonNews And if like the Falklands 99% of the population agree consistently fair enough, don't think you've got those numbers yet..

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@JohnSimpsonNews And.. who's going to push ? The US unlikely, the EU not their concern, the UN we'll simply veto any attempt to force us to negotiate, apart from Argentina and the usual crowd (Russia, North Korea, Iran) no one reputable is going to make this a particular issue to fight the UK.

[TheMercianEmpire @Bivrostfalls]

@Macdhomhnaill2 @AngusBMacNeil @TartanSeer Didn't like Thatcher but that's simplistic nonsense, a brutal fascist regime notorious for torturing and killing it's political opponents illegally seized against the wishes of the population there the Falklands and were promptly evicted as per self determination