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jaysay 23-04-2013 17:23

Scottish money
 
Well good old Alex Salmon has said if Scotland vote for independence in next years referendum, they want to keep the £ as their currency, obviously he doesn't want to sever all the ties. I think they should get their own currency, my idea would be to call it the Haggis, which is made up of 100 drams, that should keep um busy:D

DaveinGermany 23-04-2013 18:43

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055085)
I think they should get their own currency

They have, but no ones seen it! Would you risk dipping your mitts into a Jockeens Spog? :eek:

Barrie Yates 23-04-2013 19:51

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055085)
Well good old Alex Salmon has said if Scotland vote for independence in next years referendum, they want to keep the £ as their currency, obviously he doesn't want to sever all the ties. I think they should get their own currency, my idea would be to call it the Haggis, which is made up of 100 drams, that should keep um busy:D

As long as they pay for the Sterling currency -After all, they will be even more of a foreign country than they are now:D

tommiasfc 23-04-2013 20:04

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Yep should have there own currency if they want to break away they should do it properly. If I visit Spain I need euros if I visit America I need dollars and with each I get an exchange rate. If they want to risk going alone there country will have a value within the world and need its own exchange rate.

Neil 23-04-2013 20:30

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055085)
Well good old Alex Salmon has said if Scotland vote for independence in next years referendum, they want to keep the £ as their currency, obviously he doesn't want to sever all the ties. I think they should get their own currency, my idea would be to call it the Haggis, which is made up of 100 drams, that should keep um busy:D


I was reading about this in today's FT, it suggested the only reason he is saying keep Sterling is to not upset the Scottish voters. It goes on to say that the rest of the UK would have to agree with a monetary union with Scotland. Such a monetary union would leave Scotland with little say over its own monetary policy and fiscal independence. It would leave them unable to control their interest rates and other money stuff as well

Eric 23-04-2013 20:46

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They could use fine copper wire as their currency ... after all, it was invented by two Scotsmen fighting over a penny.;)

Ok, I'll get my parka and be on my way.:)

accyman 23-04-2013 21:22

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teh scottish already get by on a barter system with booze,cocaine,fried mars bars and milk tokens so i dont see why they need the pound or euro they could get by as they are with the current system:D

Eric 23-04-2013 21:39

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Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1055138)
teh scottish already get by on a barter system with booze,cocaine,fried mars bars and milk tokens so i dont see why they need the pound or euro they could get by as they are with the current system:D

Booze would be a good currency ... it comes in all denominations too:


Rare, $26,000 bottle of scotch stolen from Toronto shop - Toronto - CBC News

accyman 23-04-2013 22:06

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1055144)
Booze would be a good currency ... it comes in all denominations too:


Rare, $26,000 bottle of scotch stolen from Toronto shop - Toronto - CBC News


you could say you literally drank your fortune :D

cashman 23-04-2013 22:09

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Aint bothered what they do, slong as they raise Hadrians Wall by 25ft.:D

accyman 24-04-2013 00:14

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do those of us 50/50 scott and britt get dual citizenship or do we have to make a choice between having a team in the world cup or not in the world cup ?

GEaston 24-04-2013 01:45

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I don't think keeping the pound should even be an option for them. Its not their currency.

What bugs me about the whole debate is that the Scots seem to think they can have some sort of pic n mix taking the good but not the bad. I've even heard them talking about not taking their share of the national debt (which by population is GBP 126 billion).

The greater question for me is are we getting a refund for paying for the Royal Bank of Scotland? That's a Scottish HQ bank, with an entirely Scottish board that went bust to the tune of GBP 45 billion and counting. The British had to bail that out because 45 billion represents the ENTIRE Scottish annual budget! I could go on and talk about bailouts to the Bank of Scotland which add another 10bn or so. All very well talking about splits of oil revenue etc but we footed the bill for their banking collapse and that was far larger than Scotland could ever pay for.

I vote them out, say they take their 126bn share of national debt + 50bn for their collapsed banks and see how they get on. After that the country will look like a poor version of Cyprus.

accyman 24-04-2013 02:38

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i think as soon as they realise they will most likely have to start payig for prescriptions especially if in employment they will opt to stay as they are

methodone aint cheap

infact if any of the gutless governments we had made scotland and wales pay for prescriptions and stopped giving everyone a free ride the NHS could benefit for starters

jaysay 24-04-2013 08:15

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1055162)
Aint bothered what they do, slong as they raise Hadrians Wall by 25ft.:D

What only 25 feet Cashy, and I'd want an internet blocking system to keep C'mon at bay too :D

Less 24-04-2013 08:29

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1055162)
Aint bothered what they do, slong as they raise Hadrians Wall by 25ft.:D

Would that be extended using English builders or would we find that allowing builders from Scotland to immigrate would get the job done for less money?

westendlass 24-04-2013 08:30

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Scottish money already looks foreign anyway. Try spending a fiver /tenner in any shops round here, you end up being eyed suspiciously as if your trying to off load counterfeit cash. It has been known to be refused by wary shopkeepers.

jaysay 24-04-2013 09:02

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Originally Posted by westendlass (Post 1055188)
Scottish money already looks foreign anyway. Try spending a fiver /tenner in any shops round here, you end up being eyed suspiciously as if your trying to off load counterfeit cash. It has been known to be refused by wary shopkeepers.

Think they haven't caught up with us yet, nearly sure they still pound notes too

westendlass 24-04-2013 09:23

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055196)
Think they haven't caught up with us yet, nearly sure they still pound notes too

Your right Jaysay, just seen a picture of one on Google !

cashman 24-04-2013 09:27

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Originally Posted by westendlass (Post 1055188)
Scottish money already looks foreign anyway. Try spending a fiver /tenner in any shops round here, you end up being eyed suspiciously as if your trying to off load counterfeit cash. It has been known to be refused by wary shopkeepers.

I was refused many years ago at some shop in accy.

jaysay 24-04-2013 09:32

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If they do get independence can we send the pipers back over the border before we finish building the wall:D

DaveinGermany 24-04-2013 11:33

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1055200)
I was refused .

You personally? Now why am I not surprised? :D

maxthecollie 24-04-2013 11:48

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055196)
Think they haven't caught up with us yet, nearly sure they still pound notes too

Pound notes have not been used north of the border fro quite some time now.

jaysay 24-04-2013 17:16

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Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1055220)
Pound notes have not been used north of the border fro quite some time now.

Don't think you can spend them here if you bring any back if you've risked a trip over the border:rolleyes:

accyman 24-04-2013 18:15

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055196)
Think they haven't caught up with us yet, nearly sure they still pound notes too

id actually like to see the return of teh pound note i never saw the point or need for a £1 coin

mind you with a new higher value coin it meant payment meters could charge you double the money than the previous highest value coin 50p ;)

jaysay 24-04-2013 18:27

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Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1055266)
id actually like to see the return of teh pound note i never saw the point or need for a £1 coin

mind you with a new higher value coin it meant payment meters could charge you double the money than the previous highest value coin 50p ;)

That's the reason they did away with the £ note in the first place, they keep them in jockland because they're to tight:D

mobertol 24-04-2013 19:05

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Originally Posted by GEaston (Post 1055175)
I don't think keeping the pound should even be an option for them. Its not their currency.

What bugs me about the whole debate is that the Scots seem to think they can have some sort of pic n mix taking the good but not the bad. I've even heard them talking about not taking their share of the national debt (which by population is GBP 126 billion).

The greater question for me is are we getting a refund for paying for the Royal Bank of Scotland? That's a Scottish HQ bank, with an entirely Scottish board that went bust to the tune of GBP 45 billion and counting. The British had to bail that out because 45 billion represents the ENTIRE Scottish annual budget! I could go on and talk about bailouts to the Bank of Scotland which add another 10bn or so. All very well talking about splits of oil revenue etc but we footed the bill for their banking collapse and that was far larger than Scotland could ever pay for.

I vote them out, say they take their 126bn share of national debt + 50bn for their collapsed banks and see how they get on. After that the country will look like a poor version of Cyprus.

You could also add into the equation the nice new Scottish Parliament building which was built to give the illusion of semi-independence, a snip at an estimated £414million.
It's a prickly question. Lets hope they don't adopt the thistle as their national currency for any kind of payback! ;) If nothing else you could at least eat oatcakes... :rolleyes:

westendlass 24-04-2013 19:26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1055266)
id actually like to see the return of teh pound note i never saw the point or need for a £1 coin

mind you with a new higher value coin it meant payment meters could charge you double the money than the previous highest value coin 50p ;)

I agree. Made you feel richer than you actually were. Could look like you had a wad of cash for twenty quid.

Retlaw 24-04-2013 20:02

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Originally Posted by westendlass (Post 1055278)
I agree. Made you feel richer than you actually were. Could look like you had a wad of cash for twenty quid.

Even better when there were 10 bob notes with a quid as the wrapper

jaysay 25-04-2013 09:04

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Once remember finding a ten bob note on my way to school and handed it in to the teacher, who said if nobody claimed it I could have half and the other half would go to the St Vincent De Paul society, never handed out in again:D

Gordon Booth 25-04-2013 10:09

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055345)
Once remember finding a ten bob note on my way to school and handed it in to the teacher, who said if nobody claimed it I could have half and the other half would go to the St Vincent De Paul society, never handed out in again:D

But did you get your five bob?

jaysay 25-04-2013 10:15

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055357)
But did you get your five bob?

Oh yes:D

accyman 25-04-2013 17:33

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if scotland goes independent and falls on its arse will we have to bail them out like the rest of the EU ?

jaysay 25-04-2013 17:59

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Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1055449)
if scotland goes independent and falls on its arse will we have to bail them out like the rest of the EU ?

Ya so in other words nothing will change:rolleyes:

Gordon Booth 25-04-2013 18:25

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Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1055449)
if scotland goes independent and falls on its arse will we have to bail them out like the rest of the EU ?

You would if they kept the pound. That's why they want to keep it, we'd have to bail them out, not the EU. If they go down they'd drag us with them, it was bad enough when only their banks went bust, imagine if the whole country went the same way.
Salmond would know he could spend money like water and always have us to foot the bill when he went too far.

accyman 25-04-2013 19:01

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so this new hadrians wall..

its going to have 20 ft footings as well just to make sure the fecker dosnt get pushed over with all the jocks pushing to get into england i hope lol

its all just what if though because unless truely stupidly drunk no one in their right mind would opt for independence from england they get it too good even under tory leadership

unless of course they really havnt got over loosing a few battles and still resent england that much

jaysay 26-04-2013 08:26

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If they do get independence will there be forced repatriation before the final hole in the wall is bricked up and the razor wire laid on the ramparts around the machine gun post set at ten yard intervals :D


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