To be fair to Biohazard, he hasn't posting any anti-English comments and I've come up against him a few times in the thread (although he's admitted himself he dislikes central Government - maybe he'll start feeling that way about the SNP if they gained independence ha).
Oh cheers, not all hope is lost then
Don't worry I'm not a sychophant and I've got politics views beyond the SNP, I've had a few things to say about them over the last four years but not here as there is not really a lot of activity on these topics obviously. But other forums, blogs and websites yes.
But they have also done a lot right, and with this election as a push in momentum hopefully they can achieve a lot more without the oppose everything regardless 'Labour'.
It might sound like hyperbole, but if you know Scottish politics and can look at it impartially (yes I also have those skills) then that was what it was - regardless of the benefits to Scotland. They didn't want to let the SNP have success. Negativity rarely prevails as we have now seen.
I've said it before to anyone involved in Unionist politics, the arguments for the Union are going to have be in line with this positivity or it is likely to be lacking in effectiveness.
Differing opinions that won't budge and I still think his his economics are flawed but that's what forum discussions usually end up being. No one budges
I also think he hasn't really trolled, he might have experienced less aggression if he had posted a bit more of a numeric evidence to back up his arguments and keep the people who don't understand his views are for his economic reasons (again, which I disagree with) rather than nationalist reasons.
The long term economic case is there for Scotland as it is for England/Wales seperately.
At the moment unless we strip the UK's world stance down to basic defence and lose all the other costly expensive custume jewellery we are likely to continue adding to the debt of the nation in the long term in my opinion. The political map looks very different over the last two years up to today across the UK, but it won't stay like this for ever. I know the reasoning behind a potential Conservative UK government next term, perhaps, but eventially it'll slide again. I am near firmly set in the argument that swing majority politics in this one size fits all economic/social approach is not working - and it causes a lag effect on the whole UK economy overall.
This is why we have devolution, Nat's all over Scotland metaphorically, ceding of more economic powers etc. What would stop this perhaps would be true federalist system, I can't see the Establishment going for it though. Westminster is a fickle thing, as has recently been evidenced.
I'm a Tory at heart economically, and instead of running off to London I'd rather stay here and stick with a socialist party who has a Scotlands economic interests at it's heart (then turn coat on them lol). Full unbridled fiscal autonomy may actually stop my nationalist want
if the UK lost the costly stance and pretence.
I don't want my taxes to go to that nonsense, simply.
