Scottish "Independence" manifesto

[Sava]

WTF is "cack-handed"?

[Dr Strangelove]

Maybe he meant "caca-handed"?

[kentonio]

If Scotland goes independent, I would do the following if I were Britain:
1) Allow Scotland to use the Pound if they want, but not allow them any say in fiscal policy.
2) Assign Scotland a portion of the UK's national debt in proportion to their population.
3) If Scotland abrogates their portion of the debt, I would sue in International court and impose sanctions until I got repayment (this would include seizing North Sea oil).

That's pretty much exactly what would happen.

[kentonio]

WTF is "cack-handed"?

Colloquial term that means inept or clumsy.

[Sava]

Colloquial term that means inept or clumsy.

I gathered that much.

But what is a "cack"? And why does it make you clumsy if you have one for a hand?

[Ban Kenobi]

I gathered that much.

But what is a "cack"? And why does it make you clumsy if you have one for a hand?

Apparently "cack" means excrement.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cack-handed

The British language makes no sense at all.

[DinoDoc]

What benefit is it to the UK to allow Scotland to keep the Pound if they leave the UK?

[Sava]

Apparently "cack" means excrement.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cack-handed

weird

The British language makes no sense at all.

Yes. The country that spawned the language needs to learn how to speak it.

Dennis Farina
RIP

[pchang]

What benefit is it to the UK to allow Scotland to keep the Pound if they leave the UK?

This is not something one can "allow". Other countries use the US dollar as their currency. We cannot really prevent it. However, those other countries have no say in our monetary policies.

[DinoDoc]

This is not something one can "allow". Other countries use the US dollar as their currency. We cannot really prevent it. However, those other countries have no say in our monetary policies.

Presumably that's what they want.

[pchang]

Scotland actually wants a say in the actions of the Bank of England.

[DinoDoc]

We're back to the question of how that benefits the rest of the UK.

[pchang]

It doesn't.

I should have added that the pro-independence Scottish politicians are claiming that with independence, they can somehow convince what's left of the UK to give them a say in monetary policy because they deserve it and it's the "right thing to do". This is pretty much bull**** and when the UK politicians call them on it, the pro-independence Scottish politicians threaten to not take responsibility for their part of the UK's debt.

[Hauldren Collider]

If Scotland goes independent, I would do the following if I were Britain:
1) Allow Scotland to use the Pound if they want, but not allow them any say in fiscal policy.
2) Assign Scotland a portion of the UK's national debt in proportion to their population.
3) If Scotland abrogates their portion of the debt, I would sue in International court and impose sanctions until I got repayment (this would include seizing North Sea oil).

I'd just leave the British Army there until the debt gets paid off, and annex Scotland back if they default.

The entirety of the SNP platform is to have their cake and eat it. They want independence, but also the Bank of England. They want to be part of NATO, but don't want to have any NATO bases. And so on. Adorable.

[Sava]

Why do ignorant people have such strong opinions about subjects they have absolutely no connection to or interest in?

Has this story been making the rounds on FOX Business or something?