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Scotland rejects independence with No winning 55% of vote; Market reaction to Scotland vote: it’s 'up, up and away'
Topic Started: 9 Sep 2014, 10:43 AM (3,410 Views)
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Lef-tee
16 Sep 2014, 04:17 PM

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A homeless man named Bob waits for donations from passing motorists on October 11, 2012 in Camden, New Jersey;
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That faceless bear poster around here that goes by the name of Guest?
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Vote no? I don't get to vote either yes or no, I'm Australian :)
By the way BP, I own a copy of Braveheart and I used to like watching "Hamish Macbeth" :)
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Australian flag-change champions aflutter ahead of Scottish independence vote

September 16, 2014 - 5:56PM
Patrick Begley

Fred Rieben has a lot riding on this week's Scottish independence vote.

That is because Mr Rieben may be Australia's foremost flag change fanatic. He is hoping a break-away Scotland could alter not only the Union Jack but Australians' attitudes towards their own banner.

"It would make our flag seem even more outdated," Mr Rieben, 69, says.

Born and raised in the US, he has spent the past 15 years promoting his Southern Cross and Boomerang design, handing out more than 80,000 stickers.

What the West Australian window washer lacks in a design background he more than makes up for in self-belief.

"Aesthetically, there's nothing in cooee of this design," Mr Rieben said.

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"I'm beating my own drum, but this design has flair, it has aesthetic qualities, and politically it's spot on."

A poll by the UK's Flag Institute found 64 per cent of Britons supported a change of flag if Scotland were to secede.

Legally, an independent Scotland would require no change to the UK flag, let alone that of an independent nation such as Australia.

The Union Jack can remain just as it is: an intersection of England's red cross of St George, Ireland's red, X-shaped cross of St Patrick and Scotland's white, X-shaped cross of St Andrew.

But Harold Scruby, chief executive of the change group AusFlag, said the confusion around the future of the Union Jack was reason itself to abandon it.

"The notion that if Scotland leaves the union that we should possibly have to change our flag, it shows the absurdity of our flag," Mr Scruby said.

"We are not a colony, homeland protectorate or dominion of Great Britain."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-flagchange-champions-aflutter-ahead-of-scottish-independence-vote-20140916-10eet2.html
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It could seem appropriate to lose the Union Jack I guess; And just replace it with the Stars and Stripes.

Though maybe we should hedge our bets - And replace it with the Stars and Stripes on one side and with the Chinese flag on the other ... :)
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16 Sep 2014, 07:35 PM
It could seem appropriate to lose the Union Jack I guess; And just replace it with the Stars and Stripes.

Though maybe we should hedge our bets - And replace it with the Stars and Stripes on one side and with the Chinese flag on the other ... :)
That's probably a sensible enough idea :)
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Actually, we could leave the jack on the flag, like Hawaii.

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16 Sep 2014, 09:15 PM
Actually, we could leave the jack on the flag, like Hawaii.

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You mean ER still secretly owns Hawaii? :re:
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What would an independent Scotland look like?
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This will play a large part in it. If independence occurs 80% of the revenues from the north sea will go to Scotland. And Britain will no longer be able to use them as collateral for issuing cheap debt.

If that north sea oil had never come online england would be a third world nation by now.
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What else is he wrong about?
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