tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395009448595723532.post3560900898987754880..comments2024-02-25T10:14:38.642+00:00Comments on English Pensioner: Scotland - Government by Assertion !English Pensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395009448595723532.post-43088705802356152772012-11-06T22:18:24.064+00:002012-11-06T22:18:24.064+00:00According to what I have read in the media, Intern...According to what I have read in the media, International Law requires the sea boundary between two countries to continue in the same general direction as the land boundary between the two countries. The border between England and Scotland runs roughly SW to NE, and would continue in a NE direction. Salmond prefers to ignore this and draws the sea boundary as running due east from a point just north of Berwick.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395009448595723532.post-89675369473912509702012-11-06T11:24:13.007+00:002012-11-06T11:24:13.007+00:00"being correct, one being the ownership of No..."being correct, one being the ownership of North Sea Oil which most certainly would not be Scottish under current international law, regardless of Salmond's assertions to the contrary."<br /><br />And your assertion is based on greater knowledge that Mr Salmonds is it?<br /><br />Patently ,it is also a policy which both Labour and Liberal want at an election near you - the only reason those parties are oohing and ahhing is their usual, "SNP = bad ,ANYONE and their Auntie other than the SNP = Good." policy which has played a blinder in Scotland!Disgusted Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656716908787035739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395009448595723532.post-58405358876020798852012-11-05T08:22:12.500+00:002012-11-05T08:22:12.500+00:00Salmond missed a trick in fighting to get the vote...Salmond missed a trick in fighting to get the vote for 16- and 17-year-olds. They'll make only a small difference. If he really wanted to win, he needed to give votes to the English. patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.com