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| Independence Day 2: Resturgeonce |
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44 | 21.36% |
| ScotPol - Unclustering this gently caress |
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19 | 9.22% |
| Trainspotting 2: Independence is my heroin |
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9 | 4.37% |
| Indyref II: Boris hosed a Dead Country |
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14 | 6.80% |
| ScotPol: Wings over Bullshit |
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8 | 3.88% |
| Independence 2: Cameron Lied, UK Died |
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24 | 11.65% |
| Scotpol IV: I Vow To Flee My Country |
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14 | 6.80% |
| ScotPol - A twice in a generation thread |
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17 | 8.25% |
| ScotPol - Where Everything's hosed Up and the Referendums Don't Matter |
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15 | 7.28% |
| ScotPol Thread: Dependence Referendum Incoming |
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2 | 0.97% |
| Indyref II: The Scottish Insturgeoncy |
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10 | 4.85% |
| ScotPol Thread: Act of European Union |
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5 | 2.43% |
| ScotPol - Like Game of Thrones only we wish we would all die |
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25 | 12.14% |
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Extreme0 posted:I'm wondering if it's associated more with stench unionists or stench zoomers. Do you mean "staunch"? Not that the other word doesn't fit both parties, but still.
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Jedit posted:Do you mean "staunch"? Not that the other word doesn't fit both parties, but still. I always thought it was stench for some reason. I never even questioned it till now.
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Jul 1, 2016 12:30
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Slovak leader (Robert Fico, next EU president) promises help with velvet divorcequote:The European Union’s next president has offered to help broker the divorce between Scotland and the rest of the UK should voters elect to dissolve the Union over disagreement on Brexit. Looks like "we want you to join the EU and we'll make it easy for you, but you have to be an independent country" is definitely the narrative the EU are going for.
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Jul 1, 2016 12:47
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Lets be independent and stay in the EU, my partner's career depends on it and she can make so much more than I ever will. Please pretty please. EDIT: She's actually a No to Yes because of this referendum loving up her plans.
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Jul 1, 2016 13:13
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https://twitter.com/mjkeatings/status/748558601124450304 Anyways I can't find the article from that newspaper so take with a hint of salt. baronvonsabre posted:Slovak leader (Robert Fico, next EU president) promises help with velvet divorce Yea I think this is the narrative that many were expecting and it's preety much comfirmed. Also wasn't Slovkia in the EU chamber supportive of us just recently? At this rate Scotland is going to win the Eurovision contest no problem and the UK is going to be last place. If that happens I'm going to get a bottle of lube and a live viewing of social media having a meltdown  keep punching joe posted:Lets be independent and stay in the EU, my partner's career depends on it and she can make so much more than I ever will. This is also going to be another sticking point that this stupid referendum has done. People that rely on moving freely and the implications of business and careers on the EU is going to get hosed and I'm honestly pissed off that some of my friends from Europe are going to be affected by this poo poo because they can't move freely now nor is it going to be easy to do postage for them when I send them stuff.
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Jul 1, 2016 13:48
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I'm trying to imagine how comically bad a Scottish Eurovision song would be. It'd just be Runrig, wouldn't?
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Jul 1, 2016 13:50
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This is literally what I suggested in the Europol thread. What a sensible people, those Belgians, assuming it's true.
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Jul 1, 2016 13:52
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forkboy84 posted:I'm trying to imagine how comically bad a Scottish Eurovision song would be. Do what Finland did and pull a lordi. It should be Alestorm.
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Jul 1, 2016 13:53
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You are all proving yourselves to be No True Scotsmen if you don't know full well that this will be Scotland's entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd_-Bjt30PU Also lol bless at stench. I thought it was a crack at the crazies!
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Jul 1, 2016 14:41
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Extreme0 posted:Do what Finland did and pull a lordi. It should be Alestorm. I'm sure I've said this before, but oh my god Alestorm are one of the very worst bands I've ever seen live. Horrible. And all their goofy fans dressed as loving pirates. Heavy metal is serious business, stop having fun!
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Jul 1, 2016 14:57
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They aren't terribly good recorded either.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:05
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Alestorm is the best thing to come out of Scotland and you know it  Yes, above even Gloryhammer.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:06
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forkboy84 posted:I'm sure I've said this before, but oh my god Alestorm are one of the very worst bands I've ever seen live. Horrible. And all their goofy fans dressed as loving pirates. Heavy metal is serious business, stop having fun! Right. So why is this bad for a eurovision entry?
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Jul 1, 2016 15:12
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I have to confess that I actually quite like Runrig. I think it's like the law if you grew up in the Highlands in the 90s?
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Jul 1, 2016 15:13
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Acaila posted:I have to confess that I actually quite like Runrig. I think it's like the law if you grew up in the Highlands in the 90s? I like Runrig, I've seen them live six or seven times down the years and still have an ancient t-shirt from the 1991 Festival Tour I think. The albums after Donnie Munro left weren't as good, but I was still kind of sad to hear they were hanging it up.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:20
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CommissarMega posted:Alestorm is the best thing to come out of Scotland and you know it They get full marks for effort but I've never heard anything by them that I'd actually listen to.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:31
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CommissarMega posted:Alestorm is the best thing to come out of Scotland and you know it Mogwai are the best musical thing to come out of Scotland. Indisputably. (Feel free to dispute it though, I'm being hyperbolic, in case that needs to be said) As for the best thing full stop? It's tablet. Extreme0 posted:Right. Because it would remind me that I paid money to go to see Alestorm, & I try to forget that, even if it was just to see the support band. Because I still saw them. And the terrible Christian power metal band who opened. Don't scratch a healing scab or something.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:48
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I'm not sure Mogwai would go down particularly well at Eurovision, though
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Jul 1, 2016 15:57
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Angepain posted:I'm not sure Mogwai would go down particularly well at Eurovision, though Bet they would. Just 4 guys on a stage playing some good music. Maybe a couple of strobe light effects. It'd be wonderful, they'd get max points from everyone except England, & the French who are mad the song wasn't sung in French. Despite being an instrumental. I fully concede that I may not be fully connected to the views of the average Eurovision viewer though.
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Jul 1, 2016 15:59
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Isn't vocal performance one of the criteria judges have to consider? I guess if you don't sing anything then you technically haven't hosed up the vocals any. Wikipedia says "No entirely instrumental composition has ever been allowed in Eurovision contests." but I'm not sure if that's just because nobody's ever been stupid enough to try. I will admit that part of me wants to see Mogwai subjecting people to With Portfolio for three minutes while Europe gazes on in horror, but then I hate seeing anyone enjoy themselves so
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Jul 1, 2016 16:07
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I think Alestorm are the Scottish equivalent of the Dropkick Murphys. This is not a compliment.
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Jul 1, 2016 16:12
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Clearly the answer is to send the Proclaimers every year and win for all eternity. Also Alestorm are boring, there's far better bands to come out of Scotland. Jedit posted:I think Alestorm are the Scottish equivalent of the Dropkick Murphys. This is not a compliment. gently caress off, the Dropkick Murphys are ace.
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Jul 1, 2016 16:20
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Belle and Sebastian are the obvious choice
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Jul 1, 2016 16:36
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Are Idlewild still alive?
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Jul 1, 2016 16:46
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Jedit posted:I like Runrig, I've seen them live six or seven times down the years and still have an ancient t-shirt from the 1991 Festival Tour I think. The albums after Donnie Munro left weren't as good, but I was still kind of sad to hear they were hanging it up. My first proper attendance at anything political (as opposed to being babysat at bakesales or running around some politician's house while the grownups talked) was at Donnie Munro's campaign launch for challenging Charles Kennedy back in the day. I looked into going to see them at the Black Isle showground the other year, but tickets were super expensive. I do regret that a wee bit in hindsight, but I was saving up for uni and if the tickets had been 20 quid instead of 40 I'd totally have gone. Also, Dropkick Murphys are awesome.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:18
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics...4b0b320cf128772quote:
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Jul 1, 2016 17:23
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I can think of a sure fire way to end the Barnet formula.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:34
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Coohoolin posted:Are Idlewild still alive? They got renamed to JFK. Also, Gloryhammer for Eurovision would be amazing.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:53
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Jedit posted:I think Alestorm are the Scottish equivalent of the Dropkick Murphys. This is not a compliment. As twee as they are I actually do like a couple of dropkick murphys songs.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:54
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I don't really understand Europe's musical taste, but as a serious option Chvrches seem like they would be able to put together a nice song that wouldn't be entirely despised by modern audiences, despite their choreography likely consisting of "they just stand there, two of them behind keyboards going 'ohhh' on occasion"
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Jul 1, 2016 17:57
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Chvrches would be great but probably too cerebral for Eurovision. Just bring Lulu out of retirement. Also OP pretty sure Kevin McKenna's been Yes for a while now, he's just milking the brexit a bit.
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Jul 1, 2016 18:14
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Coohoolin posted:Chvrches would be great but probably too cerebral for Eurovision. Just bring Lulu out of retirement. Yeah McKenna was a very late convert to Yes in 2014. For Eurovision, we should just get Marti off the skag long enough to front a Wet Wet Wet revival.
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Jul 1, 2016 18:41
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Ugh no, I saw him in Evita a couple of years ago and he was god awful and completely unintelligible.
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Jul 1, 2016 19:06
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Coohoolin posted:Also OP pretty sure Kevin McKenna's been Yes for a while now, he's just milking the brexit a bit. keep punching joe posted:Yeah McKenna was a very late convert to Yes in 2014. Ah I'll amend it.
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Jul 1, 2016 19:10
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#1 - Is he trying to build up Scottish Support for independence? #2 - what the gently caress is happening in that gif? makes me think those people who say that the government is run by reptiles might have a grain of truth to them
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Jul 1, 2016 22:27
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The chorus of minds within the shell of Gove are all attempting to experience the event at the same time.
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Jul 1, 2016 22:48
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Cant believe that oval office is Scottish.
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Jul 1, 2016 22:50
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keep punching joe posted:Cant believe that oval office is Scottish. I can
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Jul 1, 2016 22:50
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tithin posted:#1 - Is he trying to build up Scottish Support for independence? Either that or he's trying to drum up support for insurgency for being a complete poo poo. keep punching joe posted:Cant believe that oval office is Scottish. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. That's all that needs to be said really. We seem to have a black and white moral standard here and we seem to export the black to england and keep the white her- actually... maybe that isn't a good choice of words to use...gently caress it.
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Jul 1, 2016 22:57
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Gordon Brown isn't especially evil.
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