You can find yourself wanting to live in another country without being personally politically persecuted.

When the country has laws imposed on it like dismantling and privatising the NHS, which wouldn't happen if it was ruled differently? When the country is dragged into illegal wars and is the home base for nuclear weapons?

As indeed I am from the vast majority here.

I sometimes wonder why I post here about these things. It's not to have lots of people agree with me, which it doesn't seem they do. Or they might somewhat agree, but they don't like the blunt way I phrase things and would rather not identify with that. Or they might be entirely indifferent to everything I say. Who knows?

Now that the results have been released in a certain newspaper, I can tell you that we asked over 30,000 people from north of the border how they'd vote and it was 53% no, 47% yes.

That's mighty close!

That's democracy for you. Half the people will end up miserable.

It's not true democracy unless everyone in unhappy with the result.

Predictably a load of morons have left it til the last minute before realising they'd have to do that

I'm more interested in what the turnout will be. Predictably a load of morons have left it til the last minute before realising they'd have to do that, and so councils are struggling with the backlog.

Morons who left it until the last minute, presumably.

As usual, a fine contribution to the discussion.

The point, Stephen, is that they've had this awareness tediously reinforced from every possible form of media over the last 18 months, and have still left it until the very last minute before it actually occurring to them that they need to register. Morons, yes.

Was that it or do you have any other gems of insight?

Much safer to assume that I consider anyone wanting to vote moronic. That position would make no sense, but it also wouldn't fit into Stephen's narrative of how terribly unreasonable everything I say is.

And if you weren't so much of a pompous, conceited cunt about anyone who dares to express an alternative view, then perhaps you'd find my occasional contributions (sorry, "gems of insight" that you're so generously inviting) would necessarily be slightly less combative.

Apparently being a conceited cunt obsessed with your own opinion is big business these days. Perhaps I should start a blog and then go begging to the slavering nitwits that agree with me.

If you will allow your buttons to be so easily pushed, don't be surprised when I push them so cheerfully.

*takes finger off button*

Your post was not of any worth, Stephen. You tried to imply that I was calling anyone who wants to vote a moron. It is so self-evident that I was not saying that it's beneath me (looking at you, as I do, from my pomposity on high) to actually address such a rudimentary piece of nonsense.

After that you called me a cunt, while blaming me for your own lack of decorum. Circular indeed.

So do clarify. Is it *all* people who're registering late who are morons and worthy of nothing less than your withering contempt

I said you were calling everyone morons.

I then confirmed that your assertion I'd implied you'd called everyone a moron was incorrect

Come to the cottage.

Yes.





While it would be remiss of me to deny your assertive confirmation of my implication, it does appear that said implicated statements are contradictory in their specificity, sir.

Mr Kissyfur, I think.

Jesus fuck. Really?

It's like Wayne, on your Reading day.

The more I read, the more I'm expecting a late swing to the 'Yes' camp.

I actually expect the reverse. I strongly suspect there will be 11th hour changes where people decide that the devil they know is better than the devil they don't. It's what usually happens.

Have you installed Mr Dave's keyboard?