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Comment on Trident – Nowhere to Go by Siôn Jones

Siôn Jones — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:06:13 +0000

As I understand it, after #indy, the former united kingdom dominion (The rest of us or – FUKD) will be a completely new state, though inheriting the treaties and obligations of the former state (UK) . As the UK is already a signatory of the non-proliferation treaty, that would surely preclude us from having any WMD at all, wouldn’t it?

Comment on Trident – Nowhere to Go by LJS

LJS — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:54:47 +0000

Good article and I entirely agree the British left opposition to Scottish independence is based on a short sited, outdated and vastly over simplistic analysis of what the independence debate is about.

As to the prospect of the rUK being disarmed post independence, I wouldn’t hold my breath as I’d expect in the negations Scotland to allow rUK to lease both the submarines and warhead bases till a replacement could constructed south of the border. There are many reason behind this. 1, to avoid wider international fallout amongst NATO countries, 2 as a barging chip in the independence negotiations, 3 as an act of goodwill toward the country that would remain our largest trading partner and 4 because the lease would not be cheap.

Comment on Trident – Nowhere to Go by Edinburgh Quine

Edinburgh Quine — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:51:10 +0000

I’m no expert on the law, Scottish, english or international, but the sentence “…courts in Scotland have used this LAR ruling as a precedent,….” jumped out at me. I remember a long time ago, Nicolas Fairbairn, if memory serves was an advocate, said that one of the main differences between Scottish and english law was that Scotland did not use ‘precedent’; each case had to be judged on its merits. Can any experts out there clarify?

Comment on Caption Competition by Mike Whelan (@mikew9)

Mike Whelan (@mikew9) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:13:07 +0000

Milk Monitoring for Old Etonians used to be a great job until the Health & Safety rules kicked in.

Comment on Caption Competition by Donald Adamson

Donald Adamson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:09:33 +0000

Johann Lamont sneaks in to porridge factory to discuss the prospects of the Labour-Tory coalition with David Cameron.

Comment on Caption Competition by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:26:13 +0000

Feckin tenner fir sittin next tae this erse.

Comment on Caption Competition by Frank Garden

Frank Garden — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:58:25 +0000

I suppose I must eat this barbarian gruel just to impress the peasants.
O yuck chaps they have provided me with an aliminium spoon instead of my usual Silver one.

Comment on Caption Competition by Craig P

Craig P — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:56:43 +0000

Latest ‘I’m a Celebrity’ News! David thanks his lucky stars the bushtucker trial was not in MacSweens.

Comment on Love Life – February by bellacaledonia

bellacaledonia — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:06:23 +0000

Mandy – EVERYBODY – writes for Bella!

Comment on Caption Competition by Richard Heggie

Richard Heggie — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:01:02 +0000

“Since you’ve rejected my bowl of porridge today, I may be willing to consider offering you some jam tomorrow”