Matt Mackenzie wrote:The SNP - or a large part of it - could well morph into a Scottish version of Fianna Fail post independence.
Which would, of course, be a bit far removed from the social democratic Elysium that Salmond is currently peddling - but hey, that's politics
(hopefully some others here have noted how chummy he is with K R Murdoch, though?)
I wouldn’t pretend to understand the Fianna Fail allusion. However, the SNP likes to style itself as a modern social democratic party; it has pulled off a neat trick by claiming to be anti-establishment despite being a party of government. Its campaign strategy appears to be to blame all the world’s ills on the Westminster establishment, and at the same time bang away relentlessly at the traditional Labour heartlands of west-central Scotland. I’m not sure how a post-referendum realignment would work after the vitriol that has been pouring out during the campaign, despite all the seeming policy similarities.
If I were Rupert, I would prepare for disappointment. Trump appears to have been dumped and Alex no longer writes fan letters to Fred Goodwin, although he still seems quite pally with Brian Souter, a man of great wealth, and, shall we say, interesting views.
Mick Norris wrote:I've not seen anything about how it might affect Berwick Rangers
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I was down at Shielfield a few weeks ago for a pre-season friendly. I didn’t realise my SatNav needed to be reset to recognise an English address
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Sadly, I think the Russian (or possibly Crimean) stories are an urban myth (and may belong on the other thread…). Of course Gateshead failed to be elected to the Scottish League in 1974, and Gretna came home in 2002 after spending some time in the English non-league set-up. I think football will be largely unaffected by the result.
Martin Crichton wrote:I predict a win for the Scottish people and independance.
I don’t think independance is an option….
E Michael White wrote:Will the ECF have to stop using the current grading system as this was invented by Scotsman Kenneth Harkness?.
I’m not sure England wants to go down the (bumpy) road of not using things invented by Scots…
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