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Actually there is a parallel with Pluto - after spending the last century in the top flight SPL (Solar Planetary League), Pluto was controversially voted out and demoted to a lower division, where the useless lump now plies its trade. Scientists believe it is still a more welcoming environment than Ibrox.

According to capital Caley on Twitter apparently he's got until Wednesday to decide if he'll accept it or it goes to a hearing.

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I thought Ireland was the role model? And Iceland doesn't get many mentions these days either! But they are perhaps more like Scotland, in that for 10 years they were booming on the back of their banks which were rapidly expanding abroad, but on shaky foundations and ultimately with ideas above their station. When it all went tits up, at least we had a big sister to bail us out and share the pain. Where would we have got the £88bn from? That's quite a burden for our 2.5m taxpayers. We'd be more bankrupt than Greece. Regardless of that, independence in itself won't make us anything like those 'better nations' you quote. You'd have to look at what actual policies make those places the way they are, and consider whether whoever was in power here would do the same things. We already have the ability and power to do a lot of things that are done over there, but chose not to. In other cases we are implementing similar measures, like making alcohol and cigarettes more expensive and more difficult to obtain. More importantly, would we go down the high taxation/high social spending route, driving money and business down south, or reduce taxes to make Scotland an attractive place for investment but then have less money in the coffers? If nobody knows, nobody can say what sort of country we would be.

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history. Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?" She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Hodaiki a bright foreign exchange student from Japan, who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775', he said. 'Very good!' Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?' Again, no response except from Little Hodaiki: 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863'. 'Excellent!' said the teacher continuing, 'let's try one a bit more difficult...' Who said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?' Once again, Hodaiki's was the only hand in the air and he said: 'John F. Kennedy, 1961'. The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves, Little Hodaiki isn't from this country and he knows more about our history than you do.' She heard a loud whisper: 'F . . k the Japs,' 'Who said that? I want to know right now!' she angrily demanded. Little Hodaiki put his hand up, 'General MacArthur, 1945.' At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.' The teacher glared around and asks, 'All right! Now who said that!?' Again, Little Hodaiki said, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.' Now furious, another student yelled, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!' Little Hodaiki jumped out of his chair waving his hand and shouted to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!' Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, 'You little ****. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.' Little Hodaiki frantically yelled at the top of his voice, "Michael Jackson to the child witness testifying against him, 2004.' The teacher fainted. As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, 'that`s it, we're fecked!' Little Hodaiki said quietly, ‘Ally McCoist, 2012.