Wars of Scottish Independence!

[scottish]

because all politicians are liars and will do anything to make you vote for them regardless of how many lies they tell you.

[GommeInc]

because all politicians are liars and will do anything to make you vote for them regardless of how many lies they tell you.

Amazingly well put The problem with politicians these days are that they are career politicians, so they rely on being voted in to live unlike many minority (or least heard of) politicians who do it on the side of another job. They tend to be the more down to earth, too as they do not have to worry so much.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Salmond is popular and likable in character like Farage because he doesn't come across as a cardboard cut out and he's at least entered politics on a principle that he's never really ditched. Those factors, including having an actual job outside of politics, are very rare nowadays especially in the three established political parties, all of whom are identical in policy, what they say and what they do. I'm probably the strongest Unionist on here yet I rather like and respect Salmond even if I disagree with him completely. I can't say same for the three clone leaders of the cartel parties.

At least when Salmond, Farage, Galloway, Benn, Paisley, Powell, Skinner and others speak/spoke: they actually say something of substance.

[AgnesIO]

Patriotism is no excuse for idiocy.

India has a lot of problems, but it has seen astronomical development.

[-:Undertaker:-]

India has a lot of problems, but it has seen astronomical development.

Only since the 1990s when it dropped socialism and turned to the free market, prior to that India had actually gone backwards like much of Africa has since the end of Empire. That said, although India has been doing better: it could still do a lot better like China has done.

[Mark]

The latest thing coming from yes voters is that make sure to bring a pen to put the x in the box because no voters are rubbing them out... Can't wait until the whole debate is over and we remain a valued part of the United Kingdom.

[A4R0N]

because all politicians are liars and will do anything to make you vote for them regardless of how many lies they tell you.

except from future king of the north patrick harvie

[Collegno]

India has a lot of problems, but it has seen astronomical development.

Increased Caste and religious violence, increased poverty levels, rampant crime, a partition along religious lines that created Bangladesh...remind me how exactly India has improved, other than the fact that there are now a couple of millionaires to complement the billion starving people?

[Kardan]

Increased Caste and religious violence, increased poverty levels, rampant crime, a partition along religious lines that created Bangladesh...remind me how exactly India has improved, other than the fact that there are now a couple of millionaires to complement the billion starving people?

You do realise that there aren't even a billion starving people in the entire world, let alone India?

[Collegno]

You do realise that there aren't even a billion starving people in the entire world, let alone India?

I concede that I typed without thinking. Let me say that I assume that those in a country living below the poverty line are, for all intents and purposes, starving or close-to.

India's population is 1.21 billion, their percentage of people living in poverty is 68%. 822,800,000. Not quite a billion, I'll concede.

China's population is 1.355 billion. Their percentage of people living in poverty is 27%. 365,850,000.


You were right in your correction of my figure for India; wrong in your correction of my global figure. I didn't even get -started- on Africa