Scotland could have done pretty well if the English hadn't exploited and squandered all its resources long ago. They have nothing to thank you for.TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:24 pmScotland would be a banana case without England. It has already been proven that their economy cannot sustain the country and that their original budget to be successful relied on oil at $120 per barrel. At present rates, they are in deep doo doo.
New UK PM is Boris Johnson
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The only resource Scotland could lay any form of claim to is oil from which Scotland (as a region) has benefited greatly. Scotland did not pay for the infrastructure costs. Scotland did not pay for the research and development costs. Scotland in fact did not pay for anything, the UK paid. Why is it that when it suits them they are Scotland and when it suits them they are the UK?Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:32 pm
Scotland could have done pretty well if the English hadn't exploited and squandered all its resources long ago.
Scotland has benefited from shipbuilding, naval bases, defence and a whole host of other things.
Let them go if they want.
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Private companies such as BP paid for all that, with government subsidies and breaks. Scotland being part of the UK would of course have paid for it too. It has long been a bone of contention that the Scots (and UK in general) saw little benefit from the squandering of the resources from the North Sea.TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 11:50 pmScotland did not pay for the infrastructure costs. Scotland did not pay for the research and development costs. Scotland in fact did not pay for anything, the UK paid.
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Agreed on that and I must admit I profited from my BP shares.Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:29 am
Private companies such as BP paid for all that, with government subsidies and breaks. Scotland being part of the UK would of course have paid for it too. It has long been a bone of contention that the Scots (and UK in general) saw little benefit from the squandering of the resources from the North Sea.
Now if we had done what Norway did and invested the dosh......bad thought, Gordon Brown would have spent it.
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As far as I am aware my facts are correct and your reply does not refute any of them, in fact you substantiate them:TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:09 pmDon't you just love all of these anti Boris posts.Mèo Đen wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:48 amI hadn't realised that until I saw this article.
Boris Johnson: Britain's New PM Was Born in New York City and Was a U.S. Citizen for Decades—Until the IRS Caught up With Him
Boris Johnson, Britain's newly-crowned prime minister of the U.K., was born in New York City and only recently relinquished his American passport when the Internal Revenue Service chased him for unpaid taxes. https://www.newsweek.com/boris-johnson- ... rk-1449974
Boris was born in America because his father (British) was there. He left America aged 5. Funny how the word "Decades" has crept in. Trying to hint that he lived in America for decades rather than simply being an American due to birth. Throw enough shit and some of it sticks. Standard Lefty trick.
He had American citizenship because usually anyone born in America is American. He then fell foul of the "We will tax you anywhere in the world if your are American" philosophy of the IRS. The tax was on the profits of his London house he sold. He has never worked in America.
Please get the facts right before posting trash.
Boris was born in the USA FACT
Boris was a US citizen until 2017 and therefore was a US citizen for four plus decades FACT The article states he was a us citizen NOT that he lived in the US for a protracted time.
Boris renounced his US citizenship for tax purposes which as far as I am aware is correct and you also seem to agree. As you state "He then fell foul of the "We will tax you anywhere in the world if your are American" philosophy of the IRS. The tax was on the profits of his London house he sold."
Boris Johnson says bye-bye to US citizenship after tax row
https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-j ... -irs-data/
It appears that your spat is due to a sense of humour failure concerning Boris and the amusing way the title of the article is framed, rather than an issue with any of the facts
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He may well be a knob, but he's still our prime minister.
Until the general election.
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I thought that was aimed at Mèo ĐenChneseexpat wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:59 pmHe may well be a knob, but he's still our prime minister
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Let's not get deflected into this birther stuff, for now Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (Boris Johnson) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Take note of the first part, "united". and remember how we all stand together:
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Anyone here read books written by Boris? I haven't, but think I ought to get hold of one or two. Some have titles alluding to statesmanship e.g. The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History; Johnson's Life Of London: The People Who Made The City That Made The World; The Dream of Rome; Friends, Voters, Countrymen; Lend Me Your Ears: The Essential Boris Johnson and many others about himself, among other things.
'Interesting' chap, may have a Churchill/statesman complex but that could help him deal with the EU.
'Interesting' chap, may have a Churchill/statesman complex but that could help him deal with the EU.
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Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Robert Redford, Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Christopher Plummer, Paul Newman, ALL HAVE CHARISMA.
Boris Johnson --------- Errrrrmmmmmm NO, NOT IN A TRILLION FUCKIN LIGHT YEARS.
Batshitcrazyweido has more charisma than that Clown.
Boris Johnson --------- Errrrrmmmmmm NO, NOT IN A TRILLION FUCKIN LIGHT YEARS.
Batshitcrazyweido has more charisma than that Clown.
Simple question : If Jeremy Corbyn is as useless as his enemies make out, why do they want to get rid of him ?. Why would Tories and Lib Dems, who don't want Labour to succeed, want Labour to have a better leader ?
Just Saying.
Just Saying.
You will be surprised to learn that charisma is like beauty, i.e. it lies within the eye of the beholder.EIKROY wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:24 pmAnthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Robert Redford, Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Christopher Plummer, Paul Newman, ALL HAVE CHARISMA.
Boris Johnson --------- Errrrrmmmmmm NO, NOT IN A TRILLION FUCKIN LIGHT YEARS.
Batshitcrazyweido has more charisma than that Clown.
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Brexiting Def.
Saying goodbye to everyone at a party and then proceeding to stick around.
E.g.,
F: What's up with Boris, I thought he was leaving.
G: Apparently he's brexiting.
Saying goodbye to everyone at a party and then proceeding to stick around.
E.g.,
F: What's up with Boris, I thought he was leaving.
G: Apparently he's brexiting.
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