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Topic: Angela Reyner - good old traditional Labour values
41. Author:  NMCmassive        
Date: Sun 31st Aug 2025. 20:38

wee eck, Sun 31 Aug 14:16

Arguably, Salmond cost us independence by not having an answer to the currency question - and he was an economist.


I absolutely agree.

I also think coming up with a plan should have been number 1 on the SNP agenda yet they’ve done nothing since the referendum.

COYP

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42. Author:  NMCmassive        
Date: Sun 31st Aug 2025. 20:59

DBP, Sun 31 Aug 17:12

I thought (like Ireland did) we would use the pound until such time that economic divergence meant we had to either get the euro or create our own currency, again like Ireland did

Anyway, devolution presumably meant that some of the activities carried out by mps in Westminster moved out to the individual country parliaments/assemblies - in which case their should have been a reduction in Westminster


On the flip side of that, we’d be giving away political power if we had given up an MP for an MSP.

COYP

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43. Author:  Buspasspar        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 08:55

The currency question should never have been a problem .. we already have scottish notes and coins .. It was a scare tactic and it worked .. Many on here will be old enough to remember when English shops would not touch Scottish notes .. Blackpool because of the large influx of Scots on Holiday took the pound notes but only gave 19/6 for them .. they charged a tanner to take them

We are forever shaped by the Children we once were


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44. Author:  DBP        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 09:14

I think the biggest scare tactic was leaving the EU… European nationals were given the vote and were worried about losing their rights - there were enough of them to easily make the difference

Good thing is that next time, the UK will need to make a compelling case, as everyone knows that any coalition created for the referendum’s promises or ‘vows’ are meaningless as that coalition breaks up on the day of the vote, and they all go back to Westminster party politics

Post Edited (Mon 01 Sep 09:15)

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45. Author:  ipswichpar        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 10:11

Buspasspar, Mon 1 Sept 08:55

The currency question should never have been a problem .. we already have scottish notes and coins .. It was a scare tactic and it worked .. Many on here will be old enough to remember when English shops would not touch Scottish notes .. Blackpool because of the large influx of Scots on Holiday took the pound notes but only gave 19/6 for them .. they charged a tanner to take them


Currency is way more than notes and coins......

Without a clear and robust economic strategy that the markets trust in then we`ve seen what happens.

Ireland have done a good job articulating an approach with the support of the EU which has sparked internal investment, albeit at the cost of other countries.

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46. Author:  LochgellyAlbert        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 14:25

Buspasspar, Mon 1 Sept 08:55

The currency question should never have been a problem .. we already have scottish notes and coins .. It was a scare tactic and it worked .. Many on here will be old enough to remember when English shops would not touch Scottish notes .. Blackpool because of the large influx of Scots on Holiday took the pound notes but only gave 19/6 for them .. they charged a tanner to take them


Apparently a lot of Wethersoons pubs down South have banned Scottish money !

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47. Author:  wee eck        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 15:13

`Apparently a lot of Wethersoons pubs down South have banned Scottish money !`

I saw that, LA. The reason given was that there was a possibility they were forgeries - yet they were still prepared to accept Scottish notes in their Scottish pubs!???



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48. Author:  Jimmy riddell        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 16:07

The acceptance of Scottish bank notes in England has always been hit or miss. Many stores especially small ones may be unfamiliar with them as three different Scottish banks issue them. That causes confusion and can give rise to forgeries. A small shopkeeper cannot take the risk of losing money.
My local pub in the South will only take them from customers they know and presumably trust!
How many Scottish shops take Northern Irish bank notes?



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49. Author:  DBP        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 16:37

don`t think I`ve ever had a problem spending NI notes over here - mind you that was probably only in Embra where I tried using them



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50. Author:  wee eck        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 16:50

A Bank of England note could just as easily be a forgery I would have thought.



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51. Author:  Dave_1885        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 17:08

DBP, Mon 1 Sep 16:37

don`t think I`ve ever had a problem spending NI notes over here - mind you that was probably only in Embra where I tried using them


We used to accept £50 Bank of Ulster notes in JJB back in the day - long as they passed the ultra violet pen test!

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52. Author:  ipswichpar        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 18:22

I wonder if we get triggered more easily than other nations with this stuff.

I was in Paris over the summer and went to buy some water. I took a note out of my wallet and the shopkeeper pointed at it and said "I don`t like that one". I immediately felt my blood boiling and could feel the urge to tell him it was legal tender.

Turns out I was trying to pay with a fiver rather than some Euros.

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53. Author:  Tad Allagash        
Date: Mon 1st Sep 2025. 22:16


I once had a Scottish fiver refused by a Glaswegian landlord in a pub in Bedfordshire. I can only assume he was a Rangers fan.



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54. Author:  NMCmassive        
Date: Tue 2nd Sep 2025. 14:30

Funny how a thread about something infuriating and English, gets turned into a chat about getting knocked back with Scottish notes

COYP

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55. Author:  wee eck        
Date: Tue 2nd Sep 2025. 15:40

Most cash dispensers seem to be linked to retail establishments now rather than banks and, in my experience, they spew out B of E notes. Scottish notes must be a decreasing percentage of the total in circulation I would imagine.



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56. Author:  veteraneastender        
Date: Wed 3rd Sep 2025. 09:04

My dad told me that during his WW2 service down South he got Scottish notes sent by his mother at Xmas and birthdays.

The local shops etc. wanted to take the 6 pence “commission” fee - he was put wise to a clever workaround.

Open a National Savings account at any Post Office and deposit his notes - then go for a cuppa, come back to the PO and withdraw as much as he wanted - telling the clerk “ no Scots notes please” 😂

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57. Author:  Jimmy riddell        
Date: Wed 3rd Sep 2025. 11:34

The net is closing on Ms Rayner this morning.
She needs to get new tax advisers 😆


Post Edited (Wed 03 Sep 11:46)

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58. Author:  ipswichpar        
Date: Wed 3rd Sep 2025. 16:43

Jimmy riddell, Wed 3 Sept 11:34

The net is closing on Ms Rayner this morning.
She needs to get new tax advisers 😆


Oooooops!

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59. Author:  veteraneastender        
Date: Wed 3rd Sep 2025. 21:37

She`s got nobody to blame but herself.

Why not go to the ethics committee beforehand ?



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60. Author:  DBP        
Date: Thu 4th Sep 2025. 08:54

No excuse, even I know you pay additional stamp duty on a second home (and I believe we pay more for that in Scotland than in England)

… And I’m not in charge of the whole thing! Haven’t spoken out against second home ownership!
Haven’t said publicly that tax avoidance costs lives!
Haven’t called out in Parliament and the media for others to step down/be sacked for similar!

Champagne socialists the lot of them and no different than any other party bedded into the cosy/self serving Westminster gravy train

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