tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post7950545085032094641..comments2024-03-25T09:22:04.124+00:00Comments on Predictable Paradox: My response to the UK Scottish Referendum ConsultationGraeme Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704481523638679620noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-3066031470353452952012-02-28T11:26:20.429+00:002012-02-28T11:26:20.429+00:00I think the right to vote should be restricted to ...I think the right to vote should be restricted to UK citizens resident in Scotland. Thanks sharing..Murrayfield Hospitalityhttp://www.paragonhospitality.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-11207053312658631332012-02-04T08:19:08.184+00:002012-02-04T08:19:08.184+00:00Yeah right, rush rush rush, before any more work c...Yeah right, rush rush rush, before any more work can be done to show the torrents of Bull@#it that has been fed to us for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-52393766574104635662012-01-28T15:32:34.965+00:002012-01-28T15:32:34.965+00:00The original author mentioned obfuscation by the U...The original author mentioned obfuscation by the UK Government, but the response by the Scottish Government (aka SNP) and their latest 'consultation' is greatly adding to this.<br /><br />Why not keep everything as simple and straightforward as possible;<br />- 1 question (In/Out of the UK)<br />- Supervised by existing body (Electoral Commission)<br />- Same franchise as the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election (no meddling with changes to voting age)<br />- Election to be held on conventional day of the week (no meddling of shifting polling to a Saturday)<br />- Conventional polling stations & postal votes (no meddling with voting at supermarkets etc.)<br /><br />By adopting such a basic approach, there is no need to have any further consultation (the SNP have had 3 already since 2007) and therefore the referendum can be held within the next 12 months. At the end of 2009, the SNP said they planned to hold the referendum on St Andrew's Day 2010 but never even attempted to do so. So if they could hold it within 1 year then, why does if need more than 2 1/2 years now ?<br /><br />GET ON WITH IT !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-89688583057243059332012-01-26T19:41:59.146+00:002012-01-26T19:41:59.146+00:00I think the right to vote should be restricted to ...I think the right to vote should be restricted to UK citizens resident in Scotland. The idea that citizens of other EU countries should be able to vote on the break up of the UK is frankly grotesque. If I was living/working in another EU country I would not expect or even want to vote on the break up of that country ... it is none of my business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-44976254952369078062012-01-25T19:11:13.765+00:002012-01-25T19:11:13.765+00:00Definitely NOT if you are not resident in Scotland...Definitely NOT if you are not resident in ScotlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-8404695082079694982012-01-24T09:53:19.794+00:002012-01-24T09:53:19.794+00:00Hear hear. To suggest otherwise is frankly a form ...Hear hear. To suggest otherwise is frankly a form of racism. This is nothing to do with blood for God's sake and the corollary would have to be that anyone not born in Scotland would not be entitled to vote - a grotesque result. Anyone who has remained on the electoral roll in Scotland will be allowed a vote. Anyone who hasn't has surely shown that they view themselves as domiciled elsewhere. <br /><br />One of the funniest suggestions yet came from (of course - and I'll bet there'll be more from him) George Foulkes. He argued (on air - I heard it) that Baroness Taylor should get a vote. Because she supports Motherwell. Here's her biography:<br /><br />Baroness Taylor of Bolton<br />Party: Labour<br />Address as: Baroness Taylor<br />Contact details:Westminster<br />House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW<br />Tel: 020 7219 5183<br />taylora@parliament.uk<br /><br />Biography<br />Electoral history<br />Contested Bolton West February 1974 general election. MP (Labour) for Bolton West October 1974-83. Contested Bolton North East 1983 general election. MP (Labour) for Dewsbury 1987-2005<br /><br />Parliamentary career<br />PPS to Fred Mulley: as Secretary of State for Education and Science 1975-76, as Secretary of State for Defence 1976-77; Government Whip 1977-79; Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for: Education 1979-81, Housing 1981-83, Home Office 1987-88, Environment 1988-92; Shadow Secretary of State for Education 1992-94; Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1994-95; Shadow Leader of the House 1994-97: Member House of Commons Commission 1994-98, President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1997-98; Member Public Accounts Commission 1997-98; Government Chief Whip 1998-2001<br /><br />Lords career<br />Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson: Ministry of Defence 2007-10 (Defence Equipment and Support 2007-08, International Defence and Security 2008-10), Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2009-10<br /><br />Select committees<br />Chair Intelligence and Security Committee 2001-05<br /><br />Councils, public bodies<br />Holmfirth UDC 1972-74<br /><br />Political interests<br />Education, Home Office, intelligence and security, defence<br /><br />Name, style and title<br />Raised to the peerage as Baroness Taylor of Bolton, of Bolton in the County of Greater Manchester 2005<br /><br />Register of Interests<br />2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.<br />Advisory Board Member, Thales Holdings UK plc (information systems for defence and security, aerospace and transportation)<br /><br />8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality<br />Various Football Association invitations to international and some domestic football matches, and associated hospitality<br /><br />Board Room hospitality received from Bolton Wanderers Football Club, when attending football matches<br /><br />A lot of Bolton and the defence industry but not much Motherwell. If someone could give a single reason why Ann Taylor should be allowed a vote, I'd be interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-85596949984780571922012-01-23T19:29:14.892+00:002012-01-23T19:29:14.892+00:00You miss the point entirely. The vote is based on ...You miss the point entirely. The vote is based on RESIDENCY not NATIONALITY or CITIZENSHIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824688363128407673.post-61187465666917786242012-01-23T17:02:05.512+00:002012-01-23T17:02:05.512+00:00I do disagree with you on the "who should vot...I do disagree with you on the "who should vote" issue. While we are a "United Kingdom" people who would normally have citizen rights were Scotland independent can come and go as they please as if Scotland were just another part of the country, which it is. Even I, born near Hull but with two definitely Scottish born parents would normally be entitled to citizenship of such an independent country. I and all the other "Scottish ex-pats" should have a say, if not everyone in the rest of the union as well.Jock Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550558005508328017noreply@blogger.com