Rangersitis 0 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I think what is being said is that in say 20 years time, many of the over 55's will likely have passed away if current life expectancy doesn't change much. In their place will be the 35 to 55's now. If they stick with the same votes - unless it is an age thing where you change your mind as you get older, then that demographic could change. That could make a big difference if everyone else keeps the same vote and the next generation of 15 to 35's vote in a similar way to those now. It seems pretty logical, if having a fair few assumptions. It is as logical as using favourable assumptions to come up with the complete opposite. That is what makes it all totally irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 And as if by magic, the type of guy mentioned in the OP is now throwing around thinly veiled religious insults. This place used to be a hotbed of passionate discourse, but for whatever reason, the past year has seen guys like Andy Steel disappear and replaced with the guys found in other classless forums. Think it's time for the site owners to weigh up what kind of talking shop you want here. Dry your eyes, sunshine. You are no stranger to throwing insults around. Your bitter hatred towards the Orange Order and it's members was hardly the behaviour of someone who was striving for classy, passionate discourse. You're not quite clever enough to disguise your true feelings and detest it when the mask slips and someone spots it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I think what is being said is that in say 20 years time, many of the over 55's will likely have passed away if current life expectancy doesn't change much. In their place will be the 35 to 55's now. If they stick with the same votes - unless it is an age thing where you change your mind as you get older, then that demographic could change. That could make a big difference if everyone else keeps the same vote and the next generation of 15 to 35's vote in a similar way to those now. It seems pretty logical, if having a fair few assumptions. but yes voters die younger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,770 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 As has been shown, we could absolutely use sterling but perhaps not in a currency union. Although, that one could have been a bluff to bully the voters. You can't see the cards if you don't call. EU membership - no chance we would be rejected, the problem would be the conditions - like adoption of the Euro and Schengen. There was far more chance of not being in the EC in say 10 years time, by the no vote winning. Middle England are more and more adopting the opinion that the UK should leave. NATO would be a complete formality. That's just a red herring. This is where you're arguing against yourself. A lot of the no votes was because some of this *couldn't* be promised. There is nothing to renege on. The devolved powers *were* promised and the impression was given that this was possible and even guaranteed. One thing is for sure is that the new Scottish parliament would have tried it's hardest for those issues, can the same be said of Westminster? Ok then when all major UK party leaders said there would be no currency union they were just kidding on. I believe you. As for the EU membership you require approval of all EU countries. The Spanish prime minister specifically said Spain would not approve an independent Scotland's membership due to potential issues it could have with the Basque region and Catalonia.I believe Belgium and Italy were of the same opinion.As for the EU legal advice that never was? As a condition for NATO membership you need to be prepared to have nuclear weapons and deploy a first strike policy. The SNP were committed to getting rid off Trident so unless they were replacing how could an independent Scotland get into NATO? Quite frankly Salmond and the SNP were going around making up all sorts of nonsense before the referendum knowing as long as they got the vote there was no going back and they could do whatever they liked. Many people saw this and voted accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,665 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I think this discussion has gone well off course. I'll be back online tomorrow to have a good look through it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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