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An independent Scotland may not get triple A status, rating agencies warn

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1lbT7hRs8

What exactly are these rating agencies, and why do they wield such power? I got the impression that it was them downgrading Greece that kicked off the Eurozone crisis.

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An independent Scotland may not get triple A status, rating agencies warn

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1lbT7hRs8

What exactly are these rating agencies, and why do they wield such power? I got the impression that it was them downgrading Greece that kicked off the Eurozone crisis.

By the time of any referendum the Scots will have got the message that the rest of the Union WANT you Scots to have your independence! Did Salmond seriously believe that we would be crying and wailing 'down south' to wave you "goodbye"?? Oh, no... far from it! THE PUBLIC down here are sick of your pretensions to somehow being 'special', and costing the rest of us too much for your free prescriptions, NHS bills for your alcoholics and obese, free higher education, free care services and maintenance of empty roads even in rush hour, add a council housing estate full of unemployed round every bend in the road to subsidise . GO!!!! If you think 2 million tax payers and dwindling oil reserves and the Euro can maintain your selfish lifestyle north of the border, think again, but please DO vote YES to independence and President Salmond!
- Mancy, Manchester UK, 07/2/2012 06:23

Oh, btw, after Scotland's Independence, a Scottish accent is gonna be SO popular south of Hadrian's Wall.... NOT!!!
- Mancy, Manchester UK, 07/2/2012 06:33

CotD material here.



And CoTD II, son of CoTD.

NHS bills for your alcoholics and obese, add a council housing estate full of unemployed round every bend in the road to subsidise

maintenance of empty roads even in rush hour

He means that the roads are empty in the rush hour.
Which means that there isn't a rush hour, of course. So he means that the roads are empty at the same time of day (in fact, all day) as they would be full if they weren't empty, like they are in England.

The M8, more explicitly the Glasgow section, is unique amongst UK motorways in that it directly serves (and bisects) a large urban area, whereas most other motorways bypass such conurbations. The central Glasgow section is elevated above much of the surrounding area on a concrete viaduct, including a number of incomplete constructions including several pedestrian overpasses and adjoining arterial roads, and including slip roads that enter and exit in the fast (right-hand) lane. It contains one of the busiest river crossings in Europe at the Kingston Bridge.

By contrast, Manchester and environs are famous for having none of these, only leafy lanes, schools where every boy and girl gets 10 A grades.
It's slim, sober and drug free citizens all work hard every day before returning to their detached villas in landcaped golf resorts to play hard (but healthy) all night.

Oh, hello, Storygirl. Been away?



It's funny, when people moan about ethnics doing crime in London, I refer them to Glasgow. Manchester would do as well.

You'll get your just deserts at Nuremberg.

Scots win independence... at least on the Internet: MPs' fury as their own 'dotscot' web address

David Cameron accused of handing Alex Salmond a propaganda coup by giving Scotland an independent web address

The Mail on Sunday has learnt Coalition Ministers have privately approved plans to let Scotland end its website names with ‘.scot’

When (if) Scotland goes independent, the first thing it will do, is reaffirm a treaty & alliance with the EU, and Hadrian's Wall will just be another border that will be used as a back door for all the rejects from across Europe to flood into England.

- Brian, London, UK, 25/3/2012 2:42