Lamont and Salmond clash over Scottish independence

June 2, 2012 12:04 pm

  • Amber Star

    The icing on the cake for Lamont – A treasury spokesman has said Alex Salmond is wrong about an independent Scotland being given influence over the appointment of members of the MPC.

  • Franwhi

    Of course a Unionist spokesman has said an independent Scotland won’t get onto the MPC – no surprises there then. Who knows – in 2014 the UK treasury might be grateful to be propped up by Scottish revenue. In which case expect a pragmatic reassessment of the MPC  membership issue. Point is that it’s all about politics and the forces of the Union working in collusion. Shame on unionist Labour who’d rather join the Conservative battle lines than back the Scottish people’s fight for self -determination.       

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=564361715 Jeff Maughan

      I really object to the use of this phrase “unionist” in a scottish context.  Fair enough it is technically correct, but brings up unpleasant connotations of Northern Ireland, the Troubles, Orange Order etc.  It has a highly divisive tone and Scottish nationalists should think better of constantly throwing it around.

  • Scott Cj McKelvie

    Our nation is a joke, most people in Scotland have absolutely no clue about Economics what so ever. They are an embarrassment to Adam Smith’s Economics, (the founding father of Capitalism). Yes Capitalism made the United States the richest country in the world, yes the Federal Reserve that took over as power of the United States is Socialist. You see, what people don’t understand in this country are two of the most important things, and nor would they understand this. 

    1) The Banks have no money. 
    2) Our currency has no Gold or Silver to back it.

    You ask all those ‘Nationalists’ out there, what those terms mean, and they couldn’t tell you a damn thing. Little do they realise that the money doesn’t go to Westminster, it goes to the ‘Bank of England’ that is ruled by foreign corrupted bankers, such as the Rothschilds. Conspiracy theory? No! it is just a fact. They gained power over Britain when they lied to England about the Battle of Waterloo, thus our nation ended up bankrupt and so the Bankers took over full control of Britain. 
    Today, the banks have absolutely no money, and this is where governments get their money from. So if the banks have no money and the government is borrowing money, where does the money come from? Simple, the money is printed out of thin air, that has no Gold or Silver to back it, it’s worthless. For every £1 and $1 the bankers print, there is a 1+ debt added to the currency, causing the $ and the £ to devalue, as it’s every $ and £ to the value of the product. The more they print, the less scarce that paper money becomes, thus the cost of living rises (inflation). So what is so wrong with printed money? Well, because the money is not there in the banks and they’re printing your money out of thin air, what this basically means in ‘idiots’ terminology basically means that, it is money that has ‘DEBT’ written all over it. So when the banks lend that ‘DEBT MONEY’ to the government for them to spend, they add interest to that ‘DEBT MONEY’. This is how the banks rob your nation to fund these wars, to fund their New World Order. What they do, is they add LOTS of interest to your printed money, lets say the Government borrows £80 billion, that money has debt written all over it and has interest written all over it. So, sure they created jobs from that £80 billion, but that was created with money that has debt written all over it with high interest rates stamped all over it.Have you ever taken out a loan and the banks keep adding on interest, so that it feels like you’re taking a lifetime to pay it back? Yes! well the reason why Norway is different is for this simple reason that I am going to explain to you. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom.The United Kingdom is part of the European Union.The European Union was formed off the same basic principles as the Soviet Union.The European Union is controlled by corruption.Norway are a nation with a very low level of corruption in their government, they are not with the Euro currency, they’re not part of the European Union, (which is the reason why they have such a low level of corruption in their government).  That is why a country like Norway has been able to spend, and at least get away with it.Scotland faces a great danger, for the following reasons:1) Our banks are controlled and ruled by these Rothschild bankers (HSBC and RBS). In fact, both our banks recently just accepted trillions of fake counterfeit printed money by none other, than the corrupted Federal Reserve. Meaning money of no true value. 2) The SNP are a Leftist Marxist Socialist Party, which is why Alex Salmond came out and said “The real danger to the United Kingdom economy, are the cuts to Capital Spending” flaming idiot. How on earth can cut backs be a danger to your economy? He also supports Scotland being part of the European Union, the same European Union that wants to bankrupt all nations and lead every nation towards Communism. After all, that’s what Socialism is, the path to Communism, and Margeret Thatcher was right when she said that. 

    3) The majority of Scotland after the referendum, after voting for SNP, lets say Scotland does become independent. There will then be a second referendum, and this will be to choose who’s more favourable, and I guarantee you, that just because of the name, the majority of Scotland will vote to keep SNP as power, which basically means, YES, Scotland will be 100% ruled by Brussell’s. The United Kingdom right now is ruled 80% that’s at least 20% more freedom than Scotland would ever have.And no, you do not want to see Scotland become a complete full part of the European Union, pray your life you don’t, because these tyrants will not give you democracy, they will do what they done to Ireland, by tearing their democracy to shreds. Ireland demanded for a referendum in 2008 and in 4 years they still haven’t had one. Because what you have is a bunch of criminals and bankers now creating a ‘Banking Union’ which means the banks control full power over the European Union, meaning all your governments, are just puppets.If you want to see freedom and want Scotland OR the United Kingdom to prosper, it is time you start looking AWAY from your corrupt Mainstream media that is lying to you. It is time to start following media, (ALTERNATIVE media) which covers news that your mainstream media, would not touch with a 50 foot barge pole. You want news that you never knew about? You want to see news which your own mainstream media never touched? Read this:Global Elites Thrown Out of Iceland-Iceland Dismantles Corrupt Govt Then Arrests All Rothschild Bankers.http://itmakessenseblog.com/2012/06/18/global-elites-thrown-out-of-iceland-iceland-dismantles-corrupt-govt-then-arrests-all-rothschild-bankers/ It's time you people waken up, and learn your real enemy. Learn who really controls your country, because it’s not Westminster, they are nothing but puppets and have been for many years now. They’ve been puppets from the day the Battle of Waterloo was put to an end. That is why your economy is in the mess it is in. So regardless of an independent Scotland or not, the UK or Scotland, will never in a million years prosper, not until you waken up and boot those Rothschild Bankers out of your country and get them ARRESTED. They are the ones who control your economy, not Alex Salmond, not your puppet Governments. That is why David Cameron spoke of a New World Order, because he is ruled and controlled as a puppet by these Rothschild Bankers. Just like the President of the United States, another puppet, he is not the power of the United States and he is not the one who calls the shots on whether America goes to war or not. So if you want to see Independence, look no further than UKIP, probably the only party in the whole of the United Kingdom, willing to break YOU FREE, from the tyranny of the Globalist bankers, and if you think that is coming from a Unionist, think again, I’m a Scottish Nationalist. 

  • Uglyfatbloke

    Jeff…I hear what you’re saying, but i’s not the gnats who cosy up to the orange order, it’s Labour.

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