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Interview them in situ, turn the ones that can be turned and bring them back to infiltrate and expose others. As for the ones that can't be turned remove their passports and monitor them. Personally I don't have a problem with British Jihadists going to fight in Syria and Iraq for IS because it thins them out of British society and puts them in a situation where we can legally wack them on the battlefield. Given the opportunity the RAF and special forces should target the 'Al Britaini brigade' and mallet them. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Wow. This thread started out as crazy as I thought possible . . . then it got crazier. +1 When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You are joking right? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Unknown? Whats unknown about Ebola? (And why is the USA freaking out over it???) When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If they did this to Jews there'd be a shit storm (and I would find it equally offensive). When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Alton Nolen isn't a Muslim name, yet another bloody mental case convert looking for an excuse to justify their psychopathy. Joins the ranks of: Germain Lindsay 7/7 Bomber Richard Reed (Shoe bomber) The two Michaels (lee Rigby's murderers) Nicky Reilly Richard Dart (Wanabe suicide bomber) and a host of other losers. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

No surprises there then. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Its a Union old chap, the Scots are not subservient to us any more than the Welsh or Northern Irish are. If anything the reverse is the case: Scots and Irish MPs get to vote on all English laws. However, the Scots and N. Irish ALSO have their own parliaments with considerable autonomy over their own laws. Plus they get a lot more spent on them per head than the English even though the majority of the money is payed in by the English. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Its a Union old chap, the Scots are not subservient to us any more than the Welsh or Northern Irish are. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

But only England and Scotland are kingdoms. Wales is a principality and N. Ireland is something else. Take one kingdom away and unite England with itself? Is the meaning of "UK" a union of kingdoms? Or does it mean a kingdom that is a union of several different political entities, two of which happened to be kingdoms? As an outsider I've Never given it much thought but just assumed it meant England, Wales, Scotland, etc., etc. Its both. Actually Wales although its a Principality is covered under the constitutional definition of the UK hence the 'United Kingdom and Northern Ireland'. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

But only England and Scotland are kingdoms. Wales is a principality and N. Ireland is something else. Take one kingdom away and unite England with itself? You are a naughty boy John

true it would have been fascinating, even I would have found it so but I fear that it may well have been fascinating like a car wreck on the other side of the freeway. If Scotland ever does want to go it alone good luck to them but for God's sake do it in a way that has been properly thought out. I'm glad they voted no. The Scots don't put the Great into Britain but its there because we stand together shoulder to shoulder with each other. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I don't think that the UK will be better off without Scotland, I think it will be a big bite of the shit sandwich all round. (The UK will continue to exist but will comprise of England, Wales and Northern Ireland). When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Thats true, as usual, on both sides. There is an awful lot of utter bollocks coming out of the mouths of the yes campaign. Not to mention the vitriolic campaign of intimidation against NO supporters. If it is a NO vote my prediction (and I hope I'm wrong) is that we'll see rioting in some parts of Scotland by YES voters whipped up into a Braveheart Nationalist frenzy. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Classic. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

How embarrassing! When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Thats the funniest bit of all, the Scots rule themselves in their own Parliament in Scotland, the rest of us (Welsh, English and Northern Irish) just pay their debts for them. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/index.aspx They even have their own laws and legal system. http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk In fact Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own Parliaments just for themselves but the English do not have our own Parliament for England. In actual fact the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish get a say on how England is governed but the English have no say in their Parliaments at all. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ok, lets have a look at those stats for a moment. Much of the land is mountainous, boggy or so far removed from anywhere it has no infrastructure to support anything. Currently, however in the event of Scotland leaving the Uk the costal territory will have to be redefined as it doesn't actually legally belong to Scotland but to the UK. I'm highly suspicious of that claim, (clearly made by someone who has never visited Wales!) Taking this figure on face value this figure doesn't factor into the equation future remaining reserves or future shale gas production which if taken into account would revise the figure downwards significantly. The revenue from which does not belong to Scotland but to private companies. Under the present arrangement the oil tax revenues are assigned to an economic region set up by the UK government, which is called the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). This means that oil resources are not officially assigned to Scotland but instead to a region distinct from the British mainland. Following a YES vote the area would be carved up and Scotland would receive a far smaller amount of the tax revenue than at present. If divided by geography it will be less if divided by investment made it will be around 10% of current revenue. And then theres this just in... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9151646/Scotlands-oil-rich-Northern-Isles-tell-Alex-Salmond-We-might-stay-with-UK.html A bit of a turkey this one as in the UK, thirty one percent of electricity currently comes from coal-burning power stations. However, a third of these power stations are expected to close by 2016 so that they meet EU air quality legislation. This means that Britain will become less reliant on coal as a source of energy and will need to look at alternative energy sources. The big coal users all have their own coal mining so I can't imagine that it would be cost effective to try and export it. The loss of EU free trade would also impact Scotland's ability to do export business. See point above, there was a good reason why the UK closed most of its coal mines in the 1980's coal is simply not the future of energy. Again loss of EU free trade agreement will have impact upon Scotland's ability to export the timber. Remember this will also apply to the rest of the UK which is part of the EU which is its biggest customer. Still maybe they can use it to build some Man of War Ships for their new Navy Much of which is protected so is pretty much irrelevant anyway. Without questioning that figure even hydro electric power accounts for 1.8% of the UK's total generating capacity (including Scotland usage) so woopidoo. Again not really all that exciting as other forms of power are coming on line in the UK and solar farms are steadily increasing across the rest of the UK. However these forms of power production account for a minuscule amount of power production across the UK. Again this will change once the territorial waters of the UK are remapped. On top of which the issue of no longer being a in a free trade zone means that what fish they do land will have a very limited market. Even if these figures are correct (I didn't check) there is the same problem with not being in the EU free trade zone. Which will be massively effected by the loss of a central bank underwriting accounts and loans. The cost of Scotland borrowing investment money will be far higher as they will no longer have a AAA credit rating (They'll be lucky if they scrape a B). Home owners with Sterling mortgages will be struggling to pay off their debts as any new currency will be very disproportionate on a sterling exchange rate. In times of austerity this is one of the first sectors to be hit hard. Many businesses are not waiting to move south and are already doing so, Billions have been removed from Scotland in the past week alone. Hit by the loss of a Freetrade agreement across the EU and rUK. This will do well I'm guessing as the exchange rate against the new currency (once they decide that the GBP is unworkable) will be very good for UK citizens and the novelty factor of a new Scotland is bound to draw people in the short term. They'll be lucky if anything remains at this rate http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/08/scottish-independence-companies-billions-of-pounds-value-loss-pro-independence-poll-lead Much of which is from the helicopter services for the oil rigs. 30 years left in them maybe? Once again hit by loss of free trade agreement. Much of which is on the back of being a part of the UK. Government contracts would disappear over night along with NHS backed projects. Not without EU membership it doesn't Just as Europe is moving towards shale gas and nuclear production. Which don't actually belong to the Scottish government and neither does all the tax revenue. I love Scotland, its a beautiful country and I have many friends living there, I actually doubt that they will vote YES to independence. But if they do it will be a train crash. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There is that, outside of the UK, Europe and NATO with no effective military and a sweet spot on NATOs northern flank Scotland would do well to watch they don't become the next Ukraine. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Good question but no I don't think so, Wales simply hasn't got the industry and numbers to go it alone. I think that eventually NI will go but only if the Republic of Ireland will take them and theres no appetite for that in reality at the moment. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

SOOO the corporate interests are trying to scare the citizens with fear mongering... and to hell with the will of the people.. so much for democracy and self determination. With that large a proportion of the land of the Isles... and the resources.. and the abilities of the people of Scotland I think they will manage no matter which way they vote... but ultimately it is THEIR choice. Their leaving the UK will hurt the English far worse .. hence all the scare tactics. Oh.. and Scots MEN.... in my experience do not need jocks LOL... Yes I'm sure that with their dwindling oil resources (Some of which they will have to give to the UK seeing as we paid for 90% of the investment), the fact that we the Uk would no longer have to pay for their free education and healthcare will see us (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) much worse off... Not. Theres only 5 million people living in Scotland and 60 million across the rest of the UK. They will be screwed without the UK where as the UK will eventually be richer (plus we won't have to share our shale gas with them) :) When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Except its actually fact, Lloyds Bank had 1.7 Billion wiped off its shares on Monday just from a poll saying there was a 51% YES majority. RBS are saying they'll head to England. Two other large firms said today they'll put their prices up in Scotland. A YES vote would be a disaster all round. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca