tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post5955600262117919955..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: No good expecting us English to beg the Scots to stay - let's make them a mixtapeDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-63491780900313628542014-04-26T16:03:24.389+01:002014-04-26T16:03:24.389+01:00I'm a Scot who lives in Shetland. I was one of...I'm a Scot who lives in Shetland. I was one of the audience at your talk at Mareel along with Mark Ellen. <br /> A few years ago we had a young Norwegian woman at my place of work for about a year. Asking her about life in Norway and answering her questions about the UK made me aware of how Scotland is seen abroad. <br />A scotland which tries to take itself down the Scandinavian route might be a Scotland that is able to make more rational foreign policy decisions ?Nick Stevensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-56936767129069817502014-04-26T08:51:41.555+01:002014-04-26T08:51:41.555+01:00If proof were needed that the editorial direction ...If proof were needed that the editorial direction of the BBC's NCA department is led by newspapers and their online equivalent then it is here.<br /><br />Well done David. Even before the presenter on this morning's 'Today' had finished her pre-amble I knew that the next voice I'd hear would be yours.<br /><br />Not an altogether bad thing.Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-45396209059874446872014-04-24T18:28:48.570+01:002014-04-24T18:28:48.570+01:00PS: I'd say what you're describing as an E...PS: I'd say what you're describing as an English character trait is pretty common with us Scottish people too. Hundreds of years of breeding, living and working together, I'm not sure were so different as you think. Which is ok.Charlie Mingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863983502944581596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-49034435508242442962014-04-24T18:20:03.391+01:002014-04-24T18:20:03.391+01:00Speaking as a Scottish person living in Scotland I...Speaking as a Scottish person living in Scotland I feel the arguments in favour have not really been made. It's all been rhetoric. Alex Salmond's approach seems to be - Campaign in Poetry ... Govern in poetry. Not sure that'll work without strong economic arguments - which haven't been clearly made. <br /><br />Scottish people are in my observation fairly conservative by nature, obviously not politically but socially. So I think most people will decide against such a major over unless it's clear what the financial pros and cons are. And these really haven't been stated in any clear objective sense at all in my view. So in the end I think we'll err on the side of caution. They won't make any rousing movies about that and I can't imagine Mel Gibson being able to turn that approach into a stirring speech. But I'd say it's the sensible thing to do, unless someone comes put with some arguments in favour that don't involve appealing to idiotic patriotism.Charlie Mingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863983502944581596noreply@blogger.com