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In reply to the discussion: GOD DAMN IT!!!!! [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,233 posts)70. What, you know for sure what this "settlement" will consist of?
Even Cameron doesn't know that, whatever scant good intentions he might have. He has his whipped-up Little Englander backbenchers and the UKIP threat to contend with. They're going to want several pounds of flesh, and this will affect Wales as much as anywhere else.
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Yeah, after the fucking Barnett formula's ripped up and Westminster stops pussy-footing
sibelian
Sep 2014
#57
It was probably the letters everybody in Scotland got from their bosses right before polling day
Ken Burch
Sep 2014
#20
It was actually probably the fact that "yes" never had majority support.
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#29
There must be a few examples of such letters scanned and posted on the internet,
Nye Bevan
Sep 2014
#87
What Company "counted" the votes? Is there any mechanism for independent verification; do we blindly
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#21
All the polls except for one outlier had "no" ahead by a reasonable margin
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#22
And Alex Salmond's constituency voted even more decisively for "no" (n/t)
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#32
And such threats and conniving and calling in of favors haven't happened from the No side?
Denzil_DC
Sep 2014
#39
I don't see standing for the United Kingdom to remain united as "standing with the Tories".
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#42
And meanwhile here in Wales we would've been saddled with them for the foreseeable
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#62
And meanwhile control of welfare and tax will be among further devolved powers...
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#69
The oil won't be enough next time. The middle class vote needs some kind of economic carrot.
sibelian
Sep 2014
#45
I'm seriously sulking. Damn you, Edinburgh! My beautiful home city is a big fearty!
sibelian
Sep 2014
#96