Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

You started early rf, can I have a pint of what your drinking :0)

Hopefully bagpipes will be banned in England very soon. Don't even mention haggis.

Hey !....it's a beautiful day !,,,,and the rose(wine) lingers a long time after !.....anyway have you remarked on how happy all the YES voters look in pictures ?...and how miserable looking : the NO voters are !....I mean you say yes with a smile....and no..with a slight grin....how can you say NO with a big smirk if you are a Scot ?...(and at the same time bite your hand)...(zoze englaish scumz,,,aagghhz)...
I think do have a point and the remain in the UK band were outdone by Alex's lot on this one....

rf - Please tell me your not betting on the outcome of this Referendum, we'll no actually do so I can take the opposite one :0)

CC,

Are you suggesting that rf is the board's new contrarian indicator? And there I was, thinking that Old Bollock Chops filled those shoes...

Knowing the Scot's sense of humour (well, it's more of a guess, really), I wouldn't put it past them to all be on a big 'wind up' threatening to vote 'Yes' just to see what happens, stir the shit up a bit, and have a bit of a laugh at us English.

But! What about poor old 'Queenie'? She is going to be so upset!

And if the Scots do vote 'Yes', then Cameron and his buddies and in fact, all the MPs of whatever party, will never, ever, ever be forgiven for letting it happen.

And if they do vote 'Yes' and reject us down here and leave us in the UK completely spoiled and decapitated, I will hate the Scots for ever and I will never speak to one ever again.

So there.

Bloody Alex Salmond! Grrrrrrr!

MPs should get a 9% pay rise next year as planned, the body overseeing their salaries and expenses has said.

Marcial Boo, chief executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), said MPs did an important job and should not be paid a "miserly amount".

Their pay will go up from £67,000 to £74,000 under Ipsa's plan.

The PM, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband called the hike unacceptable when it was proposed at the end of last year.

Would you do the "proper" job of an MP for £74,000?

(I wouldn't.)

What still needs addressing is their expenses', second houses an staff payments.

That leaves out the "bribery packages" for "lobbying" by companies and buying of "policies" and party policy by disproportionate donations to party fundo

I can't see why the state can't own appropriate property for "MP over-nighters" to use.

If the Mps don't feel the accommodation is suitable, let them pay for it out of their own "salary".

Welcome back TANKER.

Your thoughts on ISIS would be appreciated.

Should we bomb them????

YouGov ‏@YouGov
For the first time, a majority of the British public backs RAF air strikes against IS

What is the point of airstrikes without the follow up?

Drones.

Yep, the house of commons if full of em.

The big mistake regarding Scotland was letting them have a referendum in the first place. Better to reply with a big fat NO!.

Cameron just wants the best legacy as 'the prime minister who lost Scotland, I think it beats Gordon Browns Gold selling lows, 'the brown bottom' and even Tony (weapons of mass destruction) Blairs 'War Criminal' legacies....

It is difficult to decide on which side to support in the referendum. You have to balance wishing for a NO just to see the smug look wiped off the YES camp and see them descend into abject misery against the pleasure of being rid of 'dour' Scots that have little in common with us or any country. It's a tough choice. Alex Salmond is top of my list of people in need of a good slap.

If Scotland goes then we should have a day of celebration with street parties.

Steady on Haystack, don't paint all Scots with the same brush. I could say the English are a bunch of arrogant know it alls! :-)

The popular betting:

http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/scottish-independence/referendum-outcome

d4
But it doesn't matter if they go. They will just be a bunch of johnny foreigners. We will need to keep them out in the same way as other 'immigrants'. There will be no essential difference between Scots and Bulgarians, Romanians or Lybians. Are we going to get Scottish political asylum seekers? It must mean passports at the very least for travel from Scotland and for Scots living here. They should need visas and work permits and be lumped in with the other immigrants working here illegally.