Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,alt.usage.english,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: UK Love Is Blind Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:03:06 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 49 Message-ID: <6AAF933A.2D86@ix.netcom.com> References: <6AA8CDE5.6B58@ix.netcom.com> <1789576512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <1spmalhv6kpnoadn6ujv8qjm7aielfk4c3@4ax.com> <118hc19$pfv$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3050292"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//pSO4RyMRNmYmOkcjujWDKQBK7b2BmqA="; posting-host="a7e5a4b95cdd668e79a7be980dec631b" Cancel-Lock: sha1:H7kd3/L9HNg4PXDWfDVDiLqERJo= sha256:+p9pa1fasMVWFRyth/lBkdHzOsjZr+uSNmtHQ35RTeo= sha1:WQloWNoK/ylG3ESZOD0UaFwCSG4= sha256:yWSm+UmrpWmRxizmK6Iqg355kNb/q7RcwgzPuLlMkuc= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 260919-6, 09/19/2026), Outbound message X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:673427 alt.usage.english:1151050 rec.arts.tv:1857596 Charles Hope wrote: > > On 17/09/2026 19:37, Richard Tobin wrote: > > In article <1spmalhv6kpnoadn6ujv8qjm7aielfk4c3@4ax.com>, > > Steve Hayes wrote: > > > >>> I think you're taking the SNP propaganda too seriously. They had the > >>> referendum they asked for in 2014, and convincingly lost. > > > >> That was before Brexit. > >> > >> In the Brexit referendum the majority of Scots voted to remain. > > > > Brexit has made Scottish independence much more difficult. > > > > Since we joined the Common Market (later EU) in the 1970s the SNP's > > slogan was "independence in Europe" - an argument against the > > assertion that Scotland would be economically worse off and less > > secure separate from England. But now Scotland would have to apply to > > join the EU, and if that was successful face a hard border with > > non-member England. > > and a strange one with Northern Ireland> How strange are those Southern Ireland people??? micks dey call them? or they say the irish are the niggers of europe... i'm still tryin to figure dat one out. wat does it even mean? > > Several EU countries have regions with independence movements and as > > a result would have been strongly opposed to an independent Scotland > > automatically being a member even before Brexit - they don't want > > (for example) Catalonia to think it would work. > > > > -- Richard -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.