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Salmond, that is.

(I saw your post on someone else's thread. I'm not engaging with him. He's a racist ****. Who's invited me to meet for a beer)

Slightly unfair. A minority administration has to compromise. I'm not a natural SNP supporter - although I did vore SNP last time, they being left of Labour and the SSP having been murdered by Citizen Sheridan - but actually, he's been making a decent fist of it.

Fair enough... are you pro-devolution (in the political sense )?

I'd be interested still in the benefits of moving to Scotland btw. I've always had a fondness for the place, though only spent a couple of days in Edinburgh.

Pro-devolution...yes. It was a bit of a fudge, but even Jack McConnell made it work, in the face of Westminster opposition.

Independence - my position used to be that I could live with it or without it. But I'm begining to think that there could be considerable advantages to living in a small European country. I'm not native-born, incidentally. I've only been here 17 years.

I blogged on it a while back. http://bonoboworld.blogspot.com/2006/12/we-are-devo.html

My prediction at the end didn't *quite* comme true...but Gordon has certainly been dicking off Holyrood by playing hardball.

Interesting time, interesting times.

I meant independence honest.

Fascinating blog. The Little England mentality has flourished, of that there's no doubt; but for Westminster it means bums on seats, sales of the Murdoch papers et al.

With relations to Russia so touchy, Scots would benefit from fuel trade with England - if the English don't want Scots voting on their turf, they'll surely have to cough up for the privilege, and get a new cabinet.

Where were you originally from?

Peoples Socialist Republic of Merseyside

Notorious for their redistribution of wealth. Hope you're happier where you are.

It's definitely home.

The only big disadvantyage is the Seasonal Affective Disorder. In it's favour - it's just a better culture than England.

Sadly, there are no pills or light boxes that treat being in England. But I'm far happier with the curtains drawn anyway.