Burnham is stuck- high risk of not getting into the Commons in a by election, and high risk that Labour loses the Manc mayor by election as well. I would be laying his chances with a trowel. (View Post)

Almost certainly you have to choose a new currency, because the Bank of England -nor any foreign central bank- will not stand behind the newly independent Scottish banking system, even if major asset… (View Post)

FFS, Playing the victim does not answer the F**king question. Of course Scotland *could* be independent quite easily, but there is a price, and it is price that the SNP refuses to acknowledge. That l… (View Post)

It does not need to be independent to do that, and the fact that the SNP have failed to do anything constructive with the powers THEY ACTUALLY HAVE, is yet another reason I am "unimpressed". (View Post)

Bollocks. You lost last time, and you will lose again. The economic basis YES put forward was laughable, and you still do not have the answers to the absolutely basic questions- 1) how do you manage … (View Post)