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 01:20:32 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 43 Message-ID: <6AAF9750.21AA@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> 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 08:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3050292"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18lABPl4BjLz/65EKhoTFRWASJ91ddaclA="; posting-host="a7e5a4b95cdd668e79a7be980dec631b" Cancel-Lock: sha1:JeiWgryFMccVHsG2Sh83hlH0Qlw= sha256:3q2cJ/gaXZivA9i6cOFe4vEpGuY3H4aMSbzLf5BIgcg= sha1:s2o28E2wvci4ITa5Ci23ZEm2NnQ= sha256:ygGKEVQcCCU8KSo4ST9TquF7X3qccJc6fggDyF0M9qk= 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:673434 alt.usage.english:1151060 rec.arts.tv:1857603 Charles Hope wrote: > > On 18/09/2026 11:02, Silvano wrote: > > 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? > > perfectly good ferries. you mean to tell me yous got more than one ferry??? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.