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 01:18:51 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 62 Message-ID: <6AAF96EB.695B@ix.netcom.com> References: <6AA8CDE5.6B58@ix.netcom.com> <1789576512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <1spmalhv6kpnoadn6ujv8qjm7aielfk4c3@4ax.com> <118hc19$pfv$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> <118j28e$15oqd$1@dont-email.me> <118ka5u$1m855$1@dont-email.me> 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 08:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3050292"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wHSV3+wZ60gPzdjlpWKZVp6hnOpVxT/E="; posting-host="a7e5a4b95cdd668e79a7be980dec631b" Cancel-Lock: sha1:67+qY5ZsPbEKyOgFrqgcoKm/ZUY= sha256:7wAaL2anYYnEpJAh9WP3o1jhcVyBeXsiOcyv08c+Qps= sha1:be4L9tWDC4Pi27QM1MPBOfRerfw= sha256:18Mi7dtlhb20LFQbe1MaAqBQEZl0LtBmpmQ4VzOYPso= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 260919-6, 09/19/2026), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:673433 alt.usage.english:1151059 rec.arts.tv:1857602 Janet wrote: > > In article <118ka5u$1m855$1@dont-email.me>, > Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it says... > > > > Janet hat am 18.09.2026 um 21:00 geschrieben: > > > In article <118j28e$15oqd$1@dont-email.me>, > > > Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it says... > > >> > > >> Charles Hope hat am 17.09.2026 um 20:15 geschrieben: > > >>> 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> > > >> > > >> > > >> I must be missing something. Where can you walk or drive from Scotland > > >> to Northern Ireland? > > > > > > You can walk or drive onto the ferry at Cairnryan, which takes you to > > > Larne or Belfast. > > > > Of course, now, without crossing any borders. Do you think there will be > > no "strange border" or a border with checks like in Dover between > > Scotland and Northern Ireland, when either one leaves the Disunited > > Kingdom? Can you tell us how it will work? > > Presumably it would work the same way as Northern Ireland's > border with Eire. > > I doubt the SNP will seek another Independence referendum. > > Janet "Eire"???? i hurt my throat again! i before e except after c -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.