dougiedanger

Hardly think you can slate DD for his views considering you were all for the forced marriage of ICT Anyway I see the Orange Order of Scotland have now thrown in their weight for the Against campaign and with that comes tens/hundreds of thousands of NO votes Dougal Including your own perchance?

Sadly, many do not see this as a 300-year old 'marriage' as you put it, and have a quite different view of history as a process of assimilation, marginalization, and at times outright mistreatment, especially in the Highlands. That is a valid perspective for many, and this arrangement is anything but the benign relationship that you seem to see.

This really illustrates the farcical nature of the process we are going through. The referendum is about the ongoing future of Scotland and not the make up of the Government for just the next 5 years. Yet it appears that we may choose to discard 300 years of history as part of the United Kingdom based on the fact that at one particular point in time in Scotland a particular Scottish politician is more popular than a particular English politician. The implications of this are just too depressing to contemplate at the moment. No offence, but for many those 300 years would be quite gladly discarded, and it has nothing to do with who happens to be in power at the moment. Indeed the prospect of such a break is far from depressing; it would be a thing of great joy and the fulfillment of a lifetime's wish.

Difference between a lead and a win I suppose.

New poll in the Daily Record, very positive for Yes. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bombshell-daily-record-poll-shows-3678091 Latest Daily Record poll will be a boost to Alex Salmond The prospect of another five years of David Cameron as Prime Minister would be enough to convince Scots to vote for independence, a bombshell poll reveals today. The dramatic survey for the Daily Record shows the Yes campaign will win a majority if they can persuade voters Cameron is heading back to Downing Street in the 2015 Westminster general election. The Survation poll of 1004 Scots also found the Yes and No camps are virtually neck-and-neck with less than 100 days to go until the historic referendum. A total of 39 per cent plan to vote Yes on September 18, with just 44 per cent saying No. If you remove those who have still to make up their mind that would give a wafer-thin majority to unionists, with a referendum result of 53 per cent No and 47 per cent Yes. The figures mean there has been a tightening in the race since the last Survation poll for the Record four weeks ago. Then, 37 per cent were intending to vote Yes compared with 47 per cent backing No. The results come in the wake of the European Parliament elections, where the success of Nigel Farage’s UKIP in England was used by many Nationalists as an argument for independence. But the most dramatic results in the new poll came when we asked how Scots would vote if they were sure Cameron would remain PM. Then, the figures change to 44 per cent Yes and 38 per cent No – giving a comfortable referendum victory to the nationalists, with a result of 54 per cent Yes and 46 per cent No. The change is caused mostly by Labour supporters changing their referendum vote. The news is a major boost for First Minister Alex Salmond, whose life-long dream of independence now seems in touching distance. The figures will worry the No campaign, who know the Tory-led Government could be one of their biggest weaknesses in the campaign in the weeks ahead. Polling expert John Curtice said: “This should act as a warning sign to the No side that they can take nothing for granted about the result.” The Strathclyde University professor added: “One of the things to watch over the summer is that a rise in the polls for the Tories as far as the Westminster general election is concerned could mean some Scots reconsidering their referendum vote.” Labour leader Ed Miliband remains ahead in the race for Downing Street, with one poll published this week saying he leads the Tories by four points. But the Yes campaign has made it one of their central arguments that a separate Scotland would never get Tory governments Scots didn’t vote for. Salmond has also tried to capitalise on Cameron’s unpopularity north of the border by demanding he take part in a TV debate with him. The Yes campaign was last night celebrating the best poll result they have had in several months. Yes Scotland chief executive Blair Jenkins said it confirmed their message is “getting through”. He added: “This is the best Survation poll – the gap between Yes and No has halved since last month – and Yes now only needs a three-point swing to move ahead. The poll also highlights the strong appeal of the guarantee that Scotland always gets the government we vote for only with independence - instead of being inflicted with Tory governments. “This independence guarantee is undoubtedly a major factor in persuading more and more Labour voters and members to vote Yes.” Better Together chief Blair McDougall put a brave face on the results. He said: “This is yet another poll showing the campaign to keep Scotland in the UK ahead.” But he admitted it showed “there can be no complacency from those of us who passionately believe that being part of the UK secures the brightest future for Scotland”.

Nice perspective, our system of governance is really an outdated anomaly.

Sorry Laurence but you are the one having a go. You are the one instigating that we should support England. As a Scot and supporter of Scotland why should I then support any other nationality? . Well it didn't stop you changing your allegiance in season 94/95 did it Alex? As far as I can see you try and come over pro Scottish but there is an extremely thin line between that and anti English Dougal Quite right, it's not as if anyone on here would hold an irrational hatred for any nationality, say for instance, the Irish.

Finger on the pulse as ever.

When can we expect the English translation of this?

What an embarrassment to have that fat, ginger, duplicitous twonk Alexander as MP for Inverness.

It's good we're really getting to the heart of the key issues in this whole independence debate.

Yes, he conspired to have bullets sent in the post to him, to be assaulted while doing his job at Tynecastle (and for the assailant to be acquitted), and to have to live with a personal bodyguard. That's some "conspirisy" be f**k. The totally despicable actions of these people have nothing to do with football or his management abilities but hiding inabilities by threatening to write to the SFA about decisions against his team and his part in the infamous dossier of conspirisies that never saw the light of day and his all round ability to never accept his team were beaten by a better team worked straight into the hands of the diluded fans. Never defeated always cheated. But of course lets not read what's posted and just put a spin on things to avert peoples gaze from what was actually being said. Lennon could have written that post. And to be clear, my disgust at the non-football crap he had to endure holds no bounds but had nothing to do with my post. Fair enough, but there is an argument to be made that every team in the SPL has long been cheated by the financial wrongdoings of one former club, and you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to feel that your club is not playing on a level field.

Yes, he conspired to have bullets sent in the post to him, to be assaulted while doing his job at Tynecastle (and for the assailant to be acquitted), and to have to live with a personal bodyguard. That's some "conspirisy" be f**k.

Quite right Laurence, it is ridiculous those Jocks don't think or act how you want them to, especially after all this time you have lived in Jockoland, and given that they forced you to live among them. Poor show by the sweaties.

Rangers were not "removed" --they went out of business and the new club was fast-tracked into the bottom tier. If anything, they "removed' themselves.

What's this about an opinion poll commissioned by the Westminster lot that they are trying to keep quite, but which apparently shows a surge in Yes support?

That day at Huntly was the saddest day I've ever had at football.

Any idea what date pre-season training starts this year?

God bless her and her family.

Bit more drama plz.

We are the Pay Pal.

Who are the u-17s who are moving up?

Won't disagree with that...lol Reason for the setup was we had to rely on the camera mic so couldn't position it any further away. I have mics etc on order to get around that for future and we'll possibly use a two/three camera setup to allow a more comfortable seating arrangement. Oh well, they do say that the camera adds 10 pounds, so 3 of them would be aboot right.

Not going to happen and yes, I can sense a win :). It is getting into a busy part of Tennis season so watching a lot of that on Sky and BBC hence not posting on here plus CaleyD and ilPadrino want me gone, shameful posts by someone who is a former mod!! Trying not to sound to harsh as I don't want banned. Ah know, see when the lawn bowls season gets going, ah'm outta here too.

Stopped reading CB's posts some time ago, but my eye scanned his latest effort and caught the ubiquitous "haggis" mention. What is it with this guy?