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2014-03-14 Britain

UK will be told to remove all submarines from an independent Scotland

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Posted by 3dc 2014-03-14 18:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Other than Scotland being Scotland, what is the motivation for this? I'd like to think they want less to do with the EU and tighter immigration and welfare policies.

Which means I am likely completely wrong.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-03-14 18:36|| 2014-03-14 18:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "Independence offers the prospect of a completely nuclear-free Scotland, with no Trident, no nuclear power stations and no Astute submarines."

Independence offers the prospect of having to pay for your own damn defence.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2014-03-14 19:32|| 2014-03-14 19:32|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Brits had any nerve, they'd do what the French did to Guinea:

... French President Charles de Gaulle made it clear on 08 August 1958 that France's colonies were to be given a stark choice between more autonomy in a new French Community and immediate independence in the referendum to be held on 28 September 1958. The other colonies chose the former but Guinea under the leadership of Ahmed Sékou Touré whose Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) had won 56 of 60 seats in 1957 territorial elections voted overwhelmingly for independence. The French withdrew quickly, and on October 2, 1958, Guinea proclaimed itself a sovereign and independent republic, with Sékou Touré as president.... De Gaulle withdrew the French administration, with much of the French population following, which took much of the countrys infrastructure and large amounts of capital. Three thousand French left the country, taking all their property and destroying anything that could not be moved: schools, nurseries, and public administration buildings were crumbled; cars, books, medicine, research institute instruments, and tractors were crushed and sabotaged; horses and cows on farms were killed; food in warehouses was burned or poisoned. The purpose was to send a clear message to other colonies that the consequences for rejecting France were high.

Posted by Pappy 2014-03-14 20:47|| 2014-03-14 20:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be a considerable capital outlay for a new submarine base. Further, the lower North Sea really isn't suited for it -- shallow and a long distance before a sub would have enough water under its keel to be comfortable.

But the ~~Brits~~ English could do it. Then Scotland would have an empty submarine base in Faslane. Maybe they could turn it into a port and shopping mall, the way the Filipinos did Subic Bay. We all know how well that turned out.

Posted by Steve White 2014-03-14 20:58|| 2014-03-14 20:58|| Front Page Top

#5 The idiot greens in Scotland "nuclear free"

Posted by OldSpook 2014-03-14 23:03|| 2014-03-14 23:03|| Front Page Top

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