tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post5382335676736495510..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Salmond and Farron go the full Donald TrumpChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-6828816183882134862017-03-22T00:18:08.208+00:002017-03-22T00:18:08.208+00:00I think we all know that Brexit is nothing more th...I think we all know that Brexit is nothing more than an excuse for what the SNP would have wanted all along to do anyway.<br /><br />Leaving the EU is a particularly poor excuse given that all the arguments against leaving the EU apply to leaving the UK, some of them far more strongly - for example, the UK single market is four times more important to Scotland than the EU one.<br /><br />So a better analogy than the idea that someone is threatening to shoot Jim in the head is that the SNP are like a patient who has been told that doctors they don't trust are proposing amputate a couple of their fingers, and they respond by insisting <br /><br />"I demand the right to saw my entire arm off instead!" Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-19459766891064377392017-03-20T21:08:38.136+00:002017-03-20T21:08:38.136+00:00For the last time, listen closely The Negotiation...For the last time, listen closely <b>The Negotiations have not even started, yet alone concluded"</b>Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-40366463612238027992017-03-20T21:04:08.324+00:002017-03-20T21:04:08.324+00:00The problem is you've made your preference cle...The problem is you've made your preference clear and refuse to negotiate, all you want is a Peugeot 403.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-67542597000583904122017-03-20T19:10:13.198+00:002017-03-20T19:10:13.198+00:00Also being shot in the head tends to cause death, ...Also being shot in the head tends to cause death, which is irreversible.<br /><br />Article 50 is not irreversible, not only does it clearly allow anyone to re-join the EU, it actually tells them they can and also tells them how to do so.<br /><br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-13921795335954603152017-03-20T19:06:44.393+00:002017-03-20T19:06:44.393+00:00you are mixing apples and pairs here. Threatenin...you are mixing apples and pairs here. Threatening someone with "shooting them in the head" is threatening extreeme vilonence. So a person would be realistically entitled to use "self Defence" in these circumstances.<br /><br />This is more akin to, "you have all made a decision to change the family car, and I am going to go negotiate the deal" Then you all decide to leave the family in case i buy you a Peugeot" Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-43055062524145663612017-03-20T17:24:51.718+00:002017-03-20T17:24:51.718+00:00So Jim, if someone was threatening to shoot you in...So Jim, if someone was threatening to shoot you in the head, you wouldn't try and defend yourself and mitigate the consequences, no you would wait until you had been shot then see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-28043556242775843622017-03-20T10:38:00.091+00:002017-03-20T10:38:00.091+00:00thats another thing I have problems with, They s...thats another thing I have problems with, They said it was "once in a generation" often "once in a lifetime"<br /><br />Then tried to cover that with "unless a significant constitutional change occurs". Now it seems that "Brexit" is a significant contitutional change.........but here is the kicker <br /><br /><b><i>NEWSFLASH</i></b><br /><br />Brexit has not happened yet, it wont happen until 2 years after formal notice is given from the UK that we intend to leave the EU.<br /><br />On the day of brexit (which if article 50 is triggered today, would be 20/03/2019) then there may have been a constitutional change, but until then there has not been.<br /><br />All the hype I see about this and what "may" happen, or what "way not" happen during the negotiations, and then trying to hold that as a potential for a "constitutional change"<br />For goodness sake, this is not blooming 'Minority Report' here.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com