tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post3645272561883255895..comments2023-08-02T09:42:47.494+01:00Comments on Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2015: The UK’s nuclear panic - and devo maxmoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-49579717760318229822012-01-21T14:07:08.561+00:002012-01-21T14:07:08.561+00:00Thanks, Lupus Incomitatus
PeterThanks, Lupus Incomitatus<br /><br />Petermoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-72927759967809612852012-01-21T13:54:18.886+00:002012-01-21T13:54:18.886+00:00You make an interesting point in that DevoMax, if ...You make an interesting point in that DevoMax, if it is total internal self government with defence and diplomatic functions out sourced is out by one little bit. The continuing presence of Trident and the propensity of the UK to be the US's bitch are anathema to most Scots.<br /><br />The SNP, if presented by a last throw the dice by the unionists, would then open the argument on that very point; just one more simple step beyond.<br /><br />That is why the unionist position will never be DevoMax and will hover around some variant, suitably Calmanised, of FFA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-8737246446753022702012-01-21T11:59:08.108+00:002012-01-21T11:59:08.108+00:00Devo max doesn't need defining - it is defined...Devo max doesn't need defining - it is defined by the max bit - everything but foreign policy and defence. It's devo less-than-max that gives the problem.<br /><br />But the real issue, one that has at last come out in the open, is defence. I've been singing that song for years - now the media have caught up. When the chips are down - and they are,now - this is what really matters to the UK.moriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-10117221139595208082012-01-21T11:54:17.377+00:002012-01-21T11:54:17.377+00:00Devo max is a trap for the unionists as it is they...Devo max is a trap for the unionists as it is they who are required to research, collate and propose any content with the caveat of this non-devolved criteria remaining in the remit of Westminster - a significant trap for Scotland. <br />I maintain that it will be what devo max leaves out that may be the decider for many more to vote Yes to Independence. Devo max cannot contain too little (why bother - may as well vote for Independence)or too much (may as well vote for Independence). <br />It will be intriguing to see if devo max writers-in-waiting are anxious for the SNP paper next week to nick the best ideas and leave out the more complex and contentious?<br />Perhaps I just haven't been listening - but so far I've heard nothing that resembles any devo max content - although some at Holyrood whose attitude was described as "anti-Scottish" missed a perfect opportunity to illustrate their alluded pro-Scottishness by availing us of a few of their devo max propositions? Like Goldilocks porridge, devo max will be tricky to get "just right".Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189996558442989039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-82195070072473598262012-01-21T11:48:39.152+00:002012-01-21T11:48:39.152+00:00I think better of him than that, Dubbieside. He...I think better of him than that, Dubbieside. He's an honpourable man, and has something to contribute Scotland. Scotland matters to him. But, like all Labour people, he has to make the painful leap of repudiating the UK.moriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-41405934791415809852012-01-20T22:12:54.768+00:002012-01-20T22:12:54.768+00:00I don't see it that way as you know, Alex, but...I don't see it that way as you know, Alex, but it is a point of view shared by many nationalists and maybe the FM? It is a scenario that appears to terrify some unionists.<br /><br />Petermoriduraalt.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002920496823680378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-50827613213771906362012-01-20T22:09:48.933+00:002012-01-20T22:09:48.933+00:00Interesting that the UK Government would be in ful...Interesting that the UK Government would be in full agreement with this article one hundred per cent. The last thing they want is devo max. Devo max is their worst nightmare. Independence isn't much of a nightmare becausde they know its highly unlickly Scotland will vote for such a massive change. Devo max is their biggest nightmare because they see it as the surest way of Scotland gaining independence, because whether they went along with it and introduced it or not it would still act as the necessary stepping stone to a successful independence vote.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307986658978359972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-69845350919743133102012-01-20T21:31:46.284+00:002012-01-20T21:31:46.284+00:00If the DEVO MAX lot can muster a voice.
I think a...If the DEVO MAX lot can muster a voice.<br /><br />I think a simple YES NO vote, then a second referendum on FFA if required.<br /><br />Mcleish - 1 of the 4 who were instrumental in giving away Scotland's sea territory to England.Steviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226832161404154663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554094839017805685.post-31548512369497230492012-01-20T18:46:11.550+00:002012-01-20T18:46:11.550+00:00Peter
McLeish on STV reminded me of "Boys fr...Peter<br /><br />McLeish on STV reminded me of "Boys from the black stuff" Gies a job.<br /><br />Was this the most subtle job application in history?Dubbiesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351210091827242674noreply@blogger.com