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A tip for you Baxter Parp, if you are going to use images to claim there has been a manipulation, at least check the pictures are actually the same. You clearly didn't notice that neither his shirt or tie are the same in those pictures, unless someone has invented pattern shifting material I don't know about If it is a manipulation, it is one that was not done recently, as it was used in 2015 also: http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/13792030.RBS_boss_signals_cost_cutting_drive_will_continue/ The pictures posted by Peter A Bell on Twitter are certainly doctored. As someone else noted you can see the bleeding of the yellow colour; in his hair on his shoulder and there is even a bit that the creator forget to turn blue If the yellow background was indeed manipulated as some claim, who ever did it did a great job, considering even the spaces around his hair are also yellow... There is even shadowing behind the RBS logo, which wouldn't be there is the colour had been changed. (Slow work day, can you tell?)

Spontaneously combusting 'hover' boards anyone? Although you can get a similar experience by buying Vauxhall cars these days

Of course it will. I always laughed in the face of people when they claimed we would no longer have to abide by EU regulations. Most products are made to a standard that can be sold throughout many territories, companies aren't suddenly going to change their product or make two different versions one for home use and one for export. We'll still be using the standards even though they no longer apply to us. This is just one of the complete fantasies that the Brexiteers have made up. I hope they enjoy their chinese cars or are willing to pay a premium for most of the popular selling cars since the majority of them are imported from the EU.

The Commission was just stating what the rules dictate, which would have an effect regardless of what the member states think. The member states do not have the power to over rule the rules of EU entry. Why would they agree to letting Scotland bypass the entry process? It is not in their interests to do so. Many of them have had to go through the process themselves so why would they let Scotland? Scotland is not a special case, it is not an EU Member state, it is just part of a state that has never held membership and would have nothing stopping it from entering into the formal entry process. Wanting to be in the EU is not a special case. In many people's opinions... The only people that seem to think it was a credible time frame are independence supporters, and even some of them have not accepted it was unrealistic. I assume you are referring to existing members. They only had to fulfill the criteria at the time of joining. New entrants like Scotland would have to fulfill the criteria at the time of the attempted entry. You could, and then you would have to wait for it to prove itself to be stable. Which would then delay how long it will take for Scotland to become a Member of the EU. It isn't from Politicians, it is from the research I conducted into the issue. Perhaps you should try doing the same then maybe you wouldn't keep repeating the total nonsens that the SNP had fed you. That is because I have read what International Law and the EU have said on the matter. The document I posted states the EU's position, your the one ignoring that instead choosing to believe the SNP's claims. This is further complicated by the fact that the UK will have left the EU entirely before Sturgeon and Co brainwash enough people into leaving the UK. What happens in regards to the EU nationals currently in the UK is unknown, they certainly aren't a bargaining chip towards Scotland being handed membership status without doing the work for it. In all honesty they will likely be granted permission to stay here following the UK's withdrawal from the UK. But then this debate has been happening since 2013, if you haven't taken on board the reality in these 3 years, I don't expect you to now either.

Started with the insults I see. The universal sign of an argument being lost. It is funny seeing you call me a mouth breather when it is abundantly clear that I have a better understanding of the situation than you do. I would not have voted for Independence because the incompetent SNP never put together a credible plan to achieve a better Scotland. They just shouted freedom, everything will be better, nothing bad will happen and everyone will do as we tell them to. I live in the real world and can see that the whole thing was doomed to fail because no one had a plan, just like will happen with the Brexit shitshow.

It is not something that Westminster can agree to. It could agree to devolve almost all powers to Scotland (which would be counterproductive as it will spiral costs by having to replicate multiple services where as one exists now to cover the entire UK), but that would have no effect on the EU or the Single Market, both of which would require Scotland to actually be Independent to join them.

^^^^ Needs to find out what 'gullible' means... Political parties love people like you who will blindly believe everything they say without questioning the validity.

A meaningless mandate since they are powerless to do anything about it. It is quite funny seeing them claiming they have a mandate to keep Scotland in the EU since Scotland would not be in the EU if the people had voted for their ultimate goal, Independence. The mandate was loaded anyway, since Scotland never had 'a will' in the first place. It was just an excuse to ignore the wishes of the majority and keep pushing for Independence.

No such plan is possible. The idea can be filed in the Fiction section just like the White Paper. Scotland will have to leave the UK to be in the EU if the UK leaves. Without leaving Scotland is not eligible to be in the EU. It is the SNP doing their usual thing of making things up and then declaring them not only possible but what will happen.

They wouldn't have to move all operations, they would just need to move their registered address and the important parts of the business that needs protecting from a potentially volatile economy. Companies are going to do what it best for them, which involves ensuring their continued existence. If this means moving from one country to another that is what will happen. When the UK actually exits the EU, a few companies will move to mainland Europe for their own protections.

Sticking by the "grass is greener" theory usually fails because the grass is usually never greener on the other side. Good luck trying to convince people to vote for Independence when you can't bring yourself to face reality.

Who made it clear? The European Commission did in 2014, in reply to a letter sent by the Scottish Parliament. http://www.parliament.scot/S4_EuropeanandExternalRelationsCommittee/Inquiries/Letter_from_Viviane_Reding_Vice_President_of_the_European_Commission_dated_20_March_2014__pdf.pdf The time frame published in the White Paper was complete nonsense, like many things contained in that book. The reality of Scotland becoming Independent would have taken a lot longer, it massively underestimated the work required to actually make it happen. If the public had voted for Independence in 2014, I don't believe Scotland would even be Independent yet. I didn't say Scotland would not be able to join the EU, I'm just saying it will not be as straight forward as Independence supporters like to claim it will be, who for some reason seem to think that the backdoor would just be left open for Scotland to easily enter. All I am saying is that Scotland would have to fulfill the entry criteria like every other country that wanted/want to join. Scotland currently meets the criteria thanks to being part of the UK, to join the EU as in Independent country it would need to satisfy all of the criteria all on it's own, which will include criteria it currently does meet, but also criteria it did not need to as it was not a member state itself, such as having a central bank.

Probably not. As an EU Member it would be bound by the trade agreements the EU had put in place with the UK.

Another one that just ignores everything he doesn't like or agree with... It was made more than clear back in 2014 that Scotland would be outside of the EU if it left the UK as it would become a totally new Country. No amount of bluff and bluster from the SNP can change this. Continuing to bury their heads in the sand and offering the public things they cannot deliver is not going to win over the public to vote for Independence. The common sense approach is what will happen. Scotland will leave the UK, become a new country and will then become eligible apply to join the EU, once it has satisfied the criteria to join it will become a full member. This is the standard entry process that is required of all Countries wishing to join the EU, and there is little reason for Scotland to be granted exception from this.

Tariff free trade would only exist whilst Scotland remained in the UK and out of the EU, or Scotland left the UK but was not in the EU. If Scotland was in the EU and the UK wasn't, Scotland would be bound by the trade rules and tariffs put in place during the UK's exit of the EU.