Jeff Venom Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) Why not just ask back why the UK never joined the Euro? Edit: and why not Denmark? Edited October 28, 2022 by Jeff Venom 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Are they.................resigned to the fact that another Indyref will be a Yes victory? The stuff they're coming out with these days suggests so.It reads that way. Even that poster contradicts Dross from FMQs yesterday where he cited no exceptions when that poster very clearly states one named state that doesn't have to join the Euro. It's utterly pathetic stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 With the sunny uplands apparently before His Britannic Majesty's United Kingdom, I confess to some puzzlement as to the lack of a queue of small European countries to leave the EU and join us in this blessed union pronto. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 37 minutes ago, Jeff Venom said: Why not just ask back why the UK never joined the Euro? Edit: and why not Denmark? It was a concession to get Maastricht passed in a second referendum (after it was rejected in the first one), along with some other opt outs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Clown Job said: They’re really struggle to find something to criticise about Scotland rejoining the EU Given that the majority of people in the UK are now in favour of rejoining (and it is a reasonable assumption the proportion is even higher in Scotland) it seems a very bizarre line of attack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Given that the majority of people in the UK are now in favour of rejoining (and it is a reasonable assumption the proportion is even higher in Scotland) it seems a very bizarre line of attack. It worked brilliantly for them before ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Personally I would like to see an independent Scotland adopt the euro anyway.....I don't see too many downsides to it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said: Personally I would like to see an independent Scotland adopt the euro anyway.....I don't see too many downsides to it. The absolute best reason for Euro adoption is so that we can avoid looking at the profile of King Jugears 1/3 rd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Personally, I'd prefer an independent Scotland to be outside the EU. More like Norway so not adopting the euro is fine by me. For me one of the important things a sovereign state should have is full fiscal autonomy. The states that are in the euro don't have that and the smaller states just have to accept that the interest rates etc will be set to suit Germany and France. To me that's the same as the situation we have in the Uk where the economy is run for and by London and the southeast with little attention paid to anywhere else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm sure wee Glenn will be doorsteeping Cole and the linesman shortly https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ex-council-leader-andrew-polson-charged-with-electoral-fraud-d89kk8v9b 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, doulikefish said: I'm sure wee Glenn will be doorsteeping Cole and the linesman shortly https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ex-council-leader-andrew-polson-charged-with-electoral-fraud-d89kk8v9b I remember a lot of Tory councillors being outed as bigots, racists, misogynist, abusive online trolls etc… when Ruth Davidson was leader and you barely heard a peep from the media about it It was unreal how much she get away with by just simply ignoring it and not being pressed by the media 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 On 28/10/2022 at 12:36, Suspect Device said: Personally, I'd prefer an independent Scotland to be outside the EU. More like Norway so not adopting the euro is fine by me. For me one of the important things a sovereign state should have is full fiscal autonomy. The states that are in the euro don't have that and the smaller states just have to accept that the interest rates etc will be set to suit Germany and France. To me that's the same as the situation we have in the Uk where the economy is run for and by London and the southeast with little attention paid to anywhere else. Whether you are for or against independence, that is the big negative of adopting the euro. The southern countries such as Italy, Spain and Greece have had a torrid time with interest rates being set to suit the Northern countries. It would completely negate the whole point of independence, in my opinion. In fact, utter madness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 10 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Whether you are for or against independence, that is the big negative of adopting the euro. The southern countries such as Italy, Spain and Greece have had a torrid time with interest rates being set to suit the Northern countries. It would completely negate the whole point of independence, in my opinion. In fact, utter madness. A post-independence adoption of the Euro is not something that would happen immediately so this is a fairly pointless thing to raise. Croatia has run with its own currency the Kuna for nearly three decades and is only now moving to adopt the Euro (though there were plenty places you could spend Euros in Croatia). Scotland would run with its own currency for the foreseeable future and whether we were in the EU, EEA or EFTA that is how it would be. The nonsense being spread by the Tories about the Euro also fails to come up to any sort of meaningful scrutiny. It is a much more stable currency than sterling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, AndyM said: A post-independence adoption of the Euro is not something that would happen immediately so this is a fairly pointless thing to raise. Croatia has run with its own currency the Kuna for nearly three decades and is only now moving to adopt the Euro (though there were plenty places you could spend Euros in Croatia). Scotland would run with its own currency for the foreseeable future and whether we were in the EU, EEA or EFTA that is how it would be. The nonsense being spread by the Tories about the Euro also fails to come up to any sort of meaningful scrutiny. It is a much more stable currency than sterling. So you want Scotland to ditch the pound and have its own currency. Im lost. I thought sterlingisation was the plan? What is it to be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: So you want Scotland to ditch the pound and have its own currency. Im lost. I thought sterlingisation was the plan? What is it to be? Come on you are brighter than that. Scotland will use the current Pound post independence and then move over to its own currency when it is ready. Our friends in Croatia moved from the Dinar to the Kuna in the 1990s. It's really not complicated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Come on you are brighter than that. Scotland will use the current Pound post independence and then move over to its own currency when it is ready. Our friends in Croatia moved from the Dinar to the Kuna in the 1990s. It's really not complicated. He really isn't 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONTROOPER Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Wee Doogie accidentally drowns Alister Jack whilst dookin' for apples @official No10 Halloween bash. Andrew Bowie also said to be extremely miffed as Fluffy Mundell 'steals his treacle scone.'.......allegedly. Wot a bunch o' pumpkins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, AndyM said: Come on you are brighter than that. I genuinely admire your optimism there 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, AndyM said: Come on you are brighter than that. Scotland will use the current Pound post independence and then move over to its own currency when it is ready. Our friends in Croatia moved from the Dinar to the Kuna in the 1990s. It's really not complicated. You didn’t say that but I accept you meant to. Edited October 31, 2022 by Dawson Park Boy Omission 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Wee Dougie’s getting brave! He deserves credit for this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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