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On 18 September, the people living in Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide if we should to slice the top off Great Britain and create a separate country. If that happens, and once the locals sober up, Scotland could be a country with universal broadband, a publicly owned postal service and mobile coverage which would be …

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: It's Troll time!

      "@It's Troll time!

      As an Englishman I am fully in favour of Scotland voting yes.

      Why you say?

      1 - Standard Life and most of the other big pension firms will move south of the border, probably to somewhere cheap with lots of drones to hire - say the North East. (making Newcastle the financial capital of the world! Muhahaha...)."

      Except Standard Life has denied this.

      "At the company’s AGM in May, chairman Gerry Grimstone said it was unlikely to move its thousands of employees out of Scotland."

      http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/standard-life-denies-plans-for-london-hq-move-1-3492860

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      1. Omgwtfbbqtime
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        Re: It's Troll time!

        Unlikely to move its employees out of Scotland?

        Yep much easier to sack them and get fresh ones.

        Denies plans for London HQ move?

        Yep much cheaper in teh Norf.

        Just reading between the lines........

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      2. SleepyJohn
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        Re: It's Troll time! - it's synonym time, or not

        "unlikely to move its thousands of employees out of Scotland" does not have the same meaning as "will definitely not move its business out of Scotland"

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  2. David McCarthy

    Regulator's name?

    I presume the Scottish equivalent of Ofcom would be Scofcom ... and also regulate the sales of battered Mars bars.

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  3. Li1t

    This article mentions that Labour and Lib Dems have support traditionally in Scotland.

    After the Tory/Lib Dem coalition brought us to the point that around 50% of Scottish adults are willing to leave the UK, it's likely that Lib Dem support has been completely wiped out.

    Seeing Labour campaign beside the Tory and Lib Dems is only going to have a negative impact on Labour's support.

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