XPost: uk.politics.misc, scot.politics   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   DVH  wrote in news:m70sv3$jr5$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > In parliament yesterday, showing that thoughts of independence are   
   > quickly forgotten when hard times arrive.   
   >   
   > I'm reminded of the defiantly independent teenager who comes trudging   
   > home to the parents when he's run out of money.   
   >   
   > "John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab): The Minister will be aware   
   > that the price of oil has come down, which means that there will be a   
   > lack of investment in the North sea either side of the Shetland islands   
   > and into the Atlantic as well. What will the Government do about the   
   > jobs shortages that are starting to come through the system, and how we   
   > will maintain the reduced prices for customers?"   
   >   
      
   It's a pity you weren't reminded that the Labour party were fiercely pro-   
   union and that rather than being 'defiantly independent', they never   
   actually left the home.   
      
   1/10. Must try harder.   
      
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