Francis Spufford

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• Ian S commented on The referendum question
  It's one of the inanities of this campaign that the implication is "we can ditch the self-serving, incompetent, corrupt politicians by jumping ship from the UK". What on earth gave them that idea? All the while you have lawyers, economists, pol sci types getting paid by rich pimps to get elected to political posts in a system that can safely ignore democracy for 4 years; nothing changes. And as has been pointed out, the SNP has certain similarities with the republican party in that it's tied to religious nutters as well. Jumping from a foundering ship to a foundering life...
• Greg. Tingey commented on The referendum question
  Please grow up? I am a lifelong resident of the Little Village (London) The picture you paint is at least 150% false. Please stop it? Unless, of course you are posting in heavy-handed irony - at this point it is diifcult to distinguish, err .... Oh your subsequent post at # 366 would be sickening, if some of us didn't know already, thanks to "Private Eye" Applause to Charlie for # 360 Can we PLEASE address the problem we are saddled with, whether Scotland stays in the Union or not ... The incomptence & corruption of our leaders. { Hint:...
• guthrie commented on The referendum question
  You mean basically how can we stop Britain being so shit? That's worth a thread by itself....
• Sean Eric Fagan commented on The referendum question
  Stop squabbling. All of you....
• Charlie Stross commented on The referendum question
  OK, fed up now. I am closing comments on this thread. A new thread will open on Friday, for discussing the results, and "what happens now". Until then, I'm going to be nose-down rewriting a Laundry Files novel and/or chilling and ignoring the news inasmuch as that's possible....