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Gus Sutherland

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17. Independence on a referendum without facts

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 10:14 AM

Sep 2014

Here in Edinburgh we're fed rubbish and rhetoric, not facts. We have to go to private blogs and forum articles like the one about Scottish independence jobs exodus to make sense of it all.

It's all gone mad with ignorant passion!

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Scottish Independence [View all] jakeXT Sep 2014 OP

That was wonderful! McCamy Taylor Sep 2014 #1

I'm am yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #2

Yours sounds like sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #7

I have been to Scotland Ya'know ... yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #8

Yes Scotland! cp Sep 2014 #3

I'm half Scots-Irish! Many generations removed from the Stuarts. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #4

Aye! Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #5

The Scots sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #6

And curling? postulater Sep 2014 #13

And shuffleboard, sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #19

and don't forget the scotch tape! :) 2banon Sep 2014 #22

It's too bad Cameron doesn't have Oliver's diplomacy. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #9

That was pure awesome. Veilex Sep 2014 #10

I'm surprised he didn't put on a kilt. (n/t) Jim Lane Sep 2014 #11

Scotts have had a longtime reputation for their hospitality towards the English.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #12

They are hospitable people. sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #20

This segment had me literally laughing out loud... He is so good at this glowing Sep 2014 #14

I started following iandhr Sep 2014 #15

that was great!!! Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #16

Independence on a referendum without facts Gus Sutherland Sep 2014 #17

K&R Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2014 #18

That was hilarious! 2banon Sep 2014 #21

Yes means "yes" ... onwardsand upwards Sep 2014 #23