IndyRef 7

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weatherall, of course you don't but surely you can see irony?

prettybird you are right I listened to a radio phone in several weeks ago and it is like any other election where people choose what suits their circumstances and the yes voters seemed to be agreeing that long term it would be prosperous and the no vote thought the immediate aftermath would be tricky. It is very difficult

That sounds like me Prettybird, I wrote quite a long post on it on the last thread. Will paste over once I'm on a computer -or someone else can!

By "gullible" I refer to the 51% of responders in the last poll who believe the SNP lie that there will be a CU, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.

And I believe it was deedee - or possibly weatherall, they are so alike - who said that anyone whose job will be moved away by a Yes vote could simply stay and retrain. That is certainly "unfair" to people like "SDTG" and all the others similarly affected.

I think a lot of people have been tricked into believing the lies rather than being gullible.

noddy
I know you don't have a vote but are taking a close interest and I noted that you referenced The Orange Order and UKIP in your post above. This has been mentioned a few times almost as a given that the Better Together Campaign is somehow hand in hand with them. I felt it was important to actually check this before it becomes one of these oft repeated 'facts' which has no basis. a weel known Yes campaign trick
Obviously as (very divisive and controversial) Unionist organisations they have come out in support of 'no' but I couldn't find anywhere that the official campaign has actually been working with them.
guardian are Yes but all I could find It says in this article that BT have refused to work with them as a matter of fact.
I see that those paragons of peace and reconciliation The James Connolly Society are supporting the Yes campaign. A group that I would hold in equal terms as the OO

But comments like 'just retrain' are naive.

So was the comment on the last thread about how people live in Inverness, Ullapool and the Western Isles but I let that one go!!

It's actually quite good to hear that BT have refused to work with the thugs and racists that are the Orange Order and the BNP.

Either "side" will believe that the other "side" is lying...doesn't mean they actually are.

nothing to do with the referendum Lady I think these might be the words you need to focus on!

celtic good, spread the word, won't you? Although I did not mention BNP anywhere so I really don't know why you brought them into it?

It seems like you can't please rich Edinburgh folk!

They either moan about how it costs £265k to buy a flat lie but then get all in a tizz about a plateauing or slight fall in prices.

You can't have it both ways. Do you want overinflated house prices or a fall to a realistic level that allows first time buyers to enter the market?

weatherall
You seem unable to move on from the "rich Edinburgh folk" digs. Is something worrying you?

I am not 'rich Edinburgh folk', and I find it a nasty, cheap dig.

Nb - I do not think weatherall was aiming it at me - I think it is nasty, whoever it is aimed at.

Don't let her/him detail this thread as with 4,5,6

weatherall I feel you are missing the point. House prices in Edinburgh are predicted to fall dramatically in the event of a yes vote, if not collapse.

This isn't good news for anyone - even first time buyers. Because it means that the Edinburgh economy itself has gone tits up. Many first time buyers won't even have a job.

Edinburgh is mainly based on financial services which are 8 % of GDP and contribute hugely in both corporate and personal tax. Something like 185,000 people are employed directly and indirectly in the financial sector.If we lose this, there is a huge knock on effect to the wealth of an iScotland.

The stock markets today and their reaction tell the story of what an iScotland will mean for business and the Scottish economy.

Oh - and ordinary folk suffer when house prices drop. They end up with negative equity on their homes, unable to sell them because they cannot afford to pay back that money.

Yes, people may be able to get onto the first rungs of the housing ladder - but at the cost of other ordinary people's financial security.

You cannot just refer to people as dim just because you don't like the side of the fence they are on That is a personal attack and then some