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factchecker on Faces In Sand: “Our learned professor of boats says 24 October, 2026 at 10:08 am “In any event there is no democracy for…” Oct 24, 10:22
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “It’s all very well pointing out the obvious (in TURABDIN’s case) that “referenda have their limitations”. Like, no shit Sherlock,…” Oct 24, 10:11
factchecker on Faces In Sand: “Get says “Fact checker not checking their facts again. Scotland voted YES in it’s wee “open to all” pretendy opinion…” Oct 24, 10:10
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: “In any event there is no democracy for a people who continue to be made subject to territorial alienation and…” Oct 24, 10:08
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““Don’t go preaching about fair democracy in the UK and claim it is a unitary State when there are not…” Oct 24, 10:05
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “@ Geri says: 24 October, 2026 at 9:35 am Way to go, Geri. Always educational and informative to read a…” Oct 24, 09:59
factchecker on Faces In Sand: “Geri says ” It wasn’t a democratic vote. You removed EU citizens & migrants from the vote … Democracy my…” Oct 24, 09:59
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “@Dan Electoral franchises and constitutional matters are hardly my area of expertise, but surely it’s obvious that EU nationals living…” Oct 24, 09:55
Factchecker on Faces In Sand: “Agreed. But most of the same reservations apply to actual elections. The turnout for the Referendum was higher than for…” Oct 24, 09:48
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““They’re a nobody” Yet somehow they’ve got Scotland crushed, oppressed, asset stripped, robbed blind, colonised and doun hauden. It’s so…” Oct 24, 09:45
Geri on Faces In Sand: “Slippery falsefact sassanach. The legal mechanism for Brexshit happened AFTER the Brexshit referendum. It was a glorified opinion poll that…” Oct 24, 09:35
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““diversity stress: a kind of constant, low-grade anxiety associated with having to negotiate normative and linguistic differences, public-resource competition, and…” Oct 24, 09:35
Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “Hotpot. HOTPOT ENGLISH HotpotTttt! EEEENGLISHHHHHH HOTTTTPOTTTTT!!!11!!!1!111!1!1!11 AARRRGH!! hotpothotpothotpothotpottttt FLIBBLE ANGLOS111 FRANG!!!!!” Oct 24, 09:27
Dan on Faces In Sand: “And how would the EU vote have gone if it had utilised the same open to all franchise used for…” Oct 24, 09:24
Geri on Faces In Sand: “I can’t wait for the day that it dawns on English that they’re colonised by the yanks & everyones favourite…” Oct 24, 09:11
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “@Alf Baird says: 24 October, 2026 at 12:05 am “That was an opinion poll using a local government franchise not…” Oct 24, 08:54
TURABDIN on Faces In Sand: “WHAT AN AI GEN ASSISTANT has to say on the matter of referendums. Reliability of Referendums Referendums are often viewed…” Oct 24, 08:53
factchecker on Faces In Sand: “The fact is that a majority of people living in Scotland and qualified to vote voted to stay in the…” Oct 24, 08:53
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Wee bit of the auld, colonised, cringe there, TURABDIN. Aren’t you thousands of miles away in a foreign country? You…” Oct 24, 08:47
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““Which people living in Scotland and paying taxes here would you want to exclude from a vote on their own…” Oct 24, 08:39
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Sure, Bob, you and a few hundred other Scots have your very own special set of facts. It’s great that…” Oct 24, 08:31
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “What does all that matter, Confused, when we’re gonna be independent real soon now? BTW, still waiting for you to…” Oct 24, 08:25
factchecker on Faces In Sand: “A referendum is a national opinion poll. You didn’t like the franchise – Alex Salmond, a very shrewd and astute…” Oct 24, 08:23
robertkknight on Faces In Sand: ““The one where the people of Scotland voted to remain part of the UK.” That’s the one where the Scottish…” Oct 24, 08:23
Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “What’s that you say, Sooty? Why doesn’t Dan include soup on his list of Scotland’s resources? Good question. It is,…” Oct 24, 08:18
Willie on Faces In Sand: “Yes and a local authority opinion poll where the franchise allowed non Scot – blow ins to vote with a…” Oct 24, 05:57
Alf Baird on Faces In Sand: ““I’d call the legal mechanism a referendum. Like 2014.” That was an opinion poll using a local government franchise not…” Oct 24, 00:05
factchecker on Faces In Sand: ““You get repeatedly told indy is a matter for the people of Scotland, yet find there is no “legal mechanism”…” Oct 23, 21:54
TURABDIN on Faces In Sand: “Andy (duck n dive, never a straight answer) Burnham thinks we all ought to stock up on food and, in…” Oct 23, 19:39
Bilbo on Faces In Sand: “What seems to be missing from these conversations of seasonality of our foodstuffs which is grown locally and doesn’t need…” Oct 23, 19:14