Over me.
I voted no last time and now I think just burn it down. Fuck them.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Friday, 17 March 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
sturgeon's open invitation: "scotland isn't full"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nicola-sturgeon-snp-conference-come-to-scotland-independence-brexit-a7637106.html
― mark s, Saturday, 18 March 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Paisley in the New York Times, wid ye credit it?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/world/europe/scotland-independence-paisley.html
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Monday, 20 March 2017 09:14 (seven years ago) link
I really like how the photographer / photo editor for that story managed to find something in bright blue in every shot except the skyline
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Monday, 20 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
fake blues
― nashwan, Monday, 20 March 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for that article. Paisley can be pretty grim and I don't like having to go there sometimes.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 20 March 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
i clicked on the link bcz my that-could-never-happen-ometer is broken and i thought tom was saying ian paisley jr was repping for scottish independence
― mark s, Monday, 20 March 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
Everywhere can be pretty grim but pretty lovely too. Lots of my favourite people live there and there's a lot of beautiful buildings in that town.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Monday, 20 March 2017 22:37 (seven years ago) link
some very beautiful architecture. suffers even more than most places from the flight of retail from the high street with the proximity of both silverburn and braehead, which can make actually being in paisley town centre seem a little pointless other than to see the sights. some rough schemes, but you can say that about most places in the greater glasgow conurbation
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Monday, 20 March 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
also don't forget the importance of paisley in the history of tort law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Monday, 20 March 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
Scotland breaking up UK is a much bigger deal than UK leaving EU in so many ways. Of course this is all Labour's fault, once again, as was Brexit vote. They've managed to sow seeds of internal division in 2 countries in the space of 10 years, quite an achievement.
― orientmammal, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that is great. The panoramic shot of the whole town reminds me of one of the things I missed most when I moved to London, which was not being able to look up, into distance, and see hills and mountains - sometimes with snow on them.
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link
Central Scotland really has that big sky. My Greek friend is obsessed with Glasgow sky. And yes tom, from my flat I can see hills south and north but I'm right in the city.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:01 (seven years ago) link
Morrisons would.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:07 (seven years ago) link
Quite an achievement to cram so much shite into three short sentences.
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
Yea, that's absolute nonsense.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 05:15 (seven years ago) link
Labour is fucked in Scotland but they're not the cause of anything, north of the border. The United Kimgdom is over. Gordon Bown's new suggestions are hilariously awful. It's completely baffling that someone of intelligence (and I think he's smart) would work so hard at wrangling this stupid solution. I've no idea what he likes so much about the uk that justifies his... Jerrymandering isn't the right word. But it's something similar. What's the word?
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 05:29 (seven years ago) link
that was some quality trolling from the noob, hope they've got some strong opinions about music too
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 07:11 (seven years ago) link
Paisley in the New York Times, wid ye credit it?Morrisons would.― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:07 (eight hours ago)
Morrisons would.― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:07 (eight hours ago)
I was going to make this exact same joke but thought it was too obscure.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 09:35 (seven years ago) link
It was almost too obscure for me, had to Google to confirm.
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 09:39 (seven years ago) link
I'm certain that photo of the Paisley skyline is taken from Robertson car park, aka the car park in the sky, which is by day a nice place to look at the view beside a childrens play area, and by night is a popular drug-dealing and dogging spot.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 10:49 (seven years ago) link
is paisley nice
― why labour 'foot problems' since 2015? (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:12 (seven years ago) link
ULSTER SAYS NO
― mark s, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:14 (seven years ago) link
It's better than Renfrew, if nothing else.
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:21 (seven years ago) link
as long as cowdenbeath exists other scottish towns will always look better by comparison
― physicist and christian lambert dolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 11:31 (seven years ago) link
As a resident of Renfrew I would like to disagree with Tom's statement there, but I can't.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link
When I discovered there was a really nice area in Barrhead (Gateside Road), it was like opening a portal into an alternate world.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
i do miss that skyline, you can see the campsie fells well from a variety of places around glasgow e.g. from the queens park flagpole.
growing up my grandparents lived in the shadow of the most westerly hill in the campsies - which is in that picture - dumgoyne
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
the unicode Emoji 5.0 list contains separate flags for England, Scotland and Wales:
http://emojipedia.org/emoji-5.0/
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
yes
― bomb diggy diggy diggy bomb diggy bomb (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
been waiting so long for this moment ;_;
Slippery slope.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
feels like there should've at least been a vote or something
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
The Welsh would only have voted not to have their own Emoji.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
No northern Ireland huh
― why labour 'foot problems' since 2015? (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 24 March 2017 08:20 (seven years ago) link
union jack's already in there tbf
― physicist and christian lambert dolphin (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 24 March 2017 10:26 (seven years ago) link
Plus the Republic has one, so just stick the two together and, bingo, everybody's happy.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Friday, 24 March 2017 10:28 (seven years ago) link
what could possibly go wrong
― physicist and christian lambert dolphin (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 24 March 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
obligatory #FLEGS youtube:
https://youtu.be/MnH1OkBgTuQ?t=2m35s
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 24 March 2017 12:32 (seven years ago) link
The full piece in The Telegraph published only in England!! OUR oil is the only way they can save their economy after a disasterous Brexit!!! Now why would they not have published that in Scotland?! Click to enlarge. pic.twitter.com/DtqhRYqlX5— 🏴Patrick_Woodside🏴🇪🇺 (@pjwoodside) January 14, 2019
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
Goodbye EU, and goodbye the United Kingdom.
https://amp.ft.com/content/e4b113f0-5552-11e9-91f9-b6515a54c5b1?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1iCni-GMufN_nVaS9fcgARsENMe9SaP73jl1DM103Th9BBKLAVMQt8-cM
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 4 April 2019 12:16 (five years ago) link
c/p?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 4 April 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
FT lifehack: search twitter for the headline, click the first link to the story.
https://twitter.com/search?q=Goodbye%20EU%2C%20and%20goodbye%20the%20United%20Kingdom&src=typd
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 4 April 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
Fair enough - it wasn't massively clear that was the title, though.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 4 April 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
while a lot of no voting scots and their love-bombing rUK allies were bloodless FBPEU types there is also a large overlap between the strains of gammonism at play in no and leave, and some demographic overlap (older, rural).
and of course there never would have been a referendum on membership of the eu if scotland had voted yes, as it would have ended with cameron's resignation, and quite probably a victory for ed miliband's labour party. brb going to write a counterfactual history book "ed's lesser britain"
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 4 April 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
good tip, Jim, thanks.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 4 April 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
caek gave the good tip.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 4 April 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
good tip, caek, thanks.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 4 April 2019 21:56 (five years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:58 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the title is at the top of the page even if you're paywalled.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 April 2019 04:05 (five years ago) link
I've not seen any polls on the issue but I really don't think that a second independence referendum would go down well in Scotland. It seems like most people just want some kind of stability. Maybe in a few years after all the Brexit stuff has settled down (if it ever does)
― paolo, Friday, 5 April 2019 08:30 (five years ago) link