Of course we can still have the pound if we vote for independence. What we can't have is a formal currency union with the rest of the UK. Osborne and Balls have made that quite clear and Calton sees no reason to doubt them or to think that they will change their minds. It is therefore truly sad to hear Salmond continuing to peddle the same old "bluff and bluster" nonsense, while, at the same time, threatening to walk away from the UK's debt if he doesn't get his way. It is even sadder to hear those in his party trot out the same line, as Angela Constance did on the BBC's Any Questions? on Friday night. Do they not have either the brains to realise that they are talking complete rot or the guts to defy the party line and come out with something more sensible? Do they not realise how idiotic they sound, parroting their dear leader. Are they all going to follow him over the cliff, lemming-style? And can Calton be there to pick up the scraps when they do?
Annabel Goldie did a good job of demolishing the SNP party line on Any Questions? - it should be required listening for all SNP MSPs.
Sunday, 16 March 2014
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So Scotland will use the pound as Montenegro uses the euro. There's a nice parallel there.
ReplyDeleteWith regard to the euro, Scotland should remember the fate of Slovakia - a country with a similar population size. Slovakia, a relatively poor country which had kept all the rules, was saddled with contributions to the bail outs for much richer countries which had broken the rules. There was a wee rebellion which lasted all of three days before the Brussels heavy mob and the home-grown Quislings stitched it all up. In one video clip , Martin Schultz President of the EU parliament was berating the deputy Prime Minister who had led the rebellion. "How many people do you represent?" he demanded. "I am President of the EU parliament and represent all the people of Europe". He demanded "solidarity" from the delinquent minister whose crime was to believe the euro treaty which said that no state could be made responsible for the debts of another.
Think about that, Mr Salmond!