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  1. The special relationship between England and Scotland will still be there. We will still be unified if GB comes under threat. You seem to think England will erect another Hadrian's Wall. I don't think that much will actually change.

    There won' be a GB ya clown , you must be on the wind up or all the Californian sun has baked your brain

  2. How dense are you? I'm Scottish so it has everything to do with me. Just cause I currently live abroad doesn't mean I don't care what happens in my country.

    It benefits the MOD to use Scotland for their warships. If it didn't they would go elsewhere. It's more Project Fear "You'll lose all the jobs!!!" Bullshit.

    Have the No people told you how many new jobs would be created? No, of course not.

    Not as fucking dense as you .I live , work and pay my taxes to the U.K government , my pension and standard of life may or may not be affected by the outcome of the vote , I personally don't want to take the risk . But there you sit an expat who may or may not return to this country telling me how great an independent Scotland will be . You are the typical yes voter ( without a vote ) that thinks you can keep all the good bits and discard the rest .

    Once more just for you we would become a foreign country and would lose all MOD contracts to the English yards you must be thick if you think the English are going to throw jobs our way

  3. Do you seriously think the MOD will shoot themselves in the foot and stop using Scotland's shipbuilders just because of independence? Utter bollocks. Scaremongering. It's primary school-age threats.

    Are you still butting into a subject that has fuck all to do with you

    It's a fact that no foreign country has ever built a Royal Navy ship why would that change if independence happens ?

  4. I am a British Citizen and can return to the UK whenever I want to. I could choose to live in my native country or not. Of course it has ramifications for me and, unlike most Poles (allegedly), I do pay taxes within the UK.

    If I told you I would not vote yes, would that have made you respond to me differently? And, for the record, I have no wish to see the break up of a Union I fought for and would have voted NO if I had been allowed to vote.

    You could return but you choose to live abroad , what ramifications does it have for you ? You obviously have a pretty nice life in Namibia at present and might make the decision never to return and therefore would never be affected .

    As for what way you would vote it makes no difference which way you would vote the same as it makes no difference which way Sean Connery would vote as you both choose to live out with the country

  5. Freedom of speech?

    I was born in Scotland to Scottish parents. I have a European Union (UK) passport. Regardless of which way I would vote, I am not allowed to vote as I do not live in Scotland although some Polish guy staying in Glasgow can. That does not seem right to me.

    The Polish guy who lives in Glasgow may or may not pay taxes to the government but he will have to live with the outcome of the vote , why should you get a vote when you Don't live here and won't have to deal with the concequnces if it all goes tits up

  6. Anthony Stokes sent forward for trial over alleged nightclub attack - See more at: ht

    REPUBLIC of Ireland and Celtic striker Anthony Stokes has been sent forward for trial accused of head-butting a man in a Dublin nightclub.

    The striker has been charged with assaulting Ballyfermot Elvis impersonator Anthony Bradley, 42, during an alleged row about a spilled drink, at Buck Whaley's, on Leeson Street, on June 8 last year.

    Today, at Dublin District Court a book of evidence was served on him by arresting Garda Noel Gibbons.

    Judge Michael Walsh told the footballer that he was now being returned for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court where he is to face his next hearing on October 10 next.

    He has not yet entered a plea.

    Stokes, dressed in grey suit and white shirt, was also given the standard warning that if he intended to rely on an alibi in his defence he must, “furnish the particulars to the prosecution within 14 days”.

    The Celtic star, who was accompanied to court by his father John Stokes, nodded and said “yes” when asked if he understood.

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    The judge also ordered copies of video evidence to be handed over to the defence.

    The striker's solicitor Michael Staines said that if his client is unable to attend court on the next date he will notify Det Garda Des Rogers of Pearse Street Garda station. Mr Staines also told Judge Walsh that free legal aid was not required.

    Stokes, 26, who is from Dublin, is charged with assault causing harm to Mr Bradley.

    The DPP had originally directed “summary disposal” meaning the district court would be a suitable trial venue, however during a preliminary hearing on May 29 last, Judge Conal Gibbons, then presiding, did not agree.

    A summary of the allegations and medical reports on the complainant's injuries had been furnished leading to his ruling that the case was too serious to be dealt with at district court level which, on conviction, can impose a maximum sentence of 12 months for the alleged offence.

    This means Stokes, who lives at Bellhaven Terrace, Glasgow, must faces a trial before a judge and jury at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.

    In an outline of the evidence, Det Garda Des Rogers had told the district court earlier that it was alleged that on June 8, 2013, at Buck Whaley's nightclub, “another unknown individual spilled a drink on the injured party and it is alleged Mr Stokes intervened and head-butted the injured party”.

    Two medical reports were then handed into court.

    Refusing jurisdiction Judge Conal Gibbons had said, “I have to say to you that based on these medical reports I do not think it is a minor offence.”

    The details of the injuries have not been read out in court but Judge Gibbons had said that if they were such as described in the reports, “to my mind this is not a suitable case for the district court”.

    “This is a court of summary jurisdiction, I'm going to refuse jurisdiction, I do not think it is an appropriate case,” Judge Gibbons had added.

    The 26-year-old striker had originally met investigating gardai by appointment in Dublin on March 6 last when the charge was put to him after which he “made no reply to caution”.

    - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news....KAJ0PMhh.dpuf

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