Not enough Scots?

[charles_reed]

And I thought you were talking

About Scotch!

The story is the same, all round the British Isles, people rushing like lemmings to the South East, hating it but unable to tear themselves away from the MONEY.

It's likely, I reckon, that the added weight in that corner will result in it tipping over and depositing them all in la Manche.

I bet the depopulation in the NE is nearer double that in Scotland.

But these journalists have to say something to attract attention - is the UK population expanding or dropping (excluding economic migrants if you can)?

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[charles_reed]

No, he just went

to a Scottish public school.

Unless you trace Scottishness back 3 or 4 generations - then you'll find the emigration has been even more imposing.

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[Ohdrat]

Re: Actually......

the population in the Highlands is growing..

Generally Scotland has the same demographic problem as the rest of Europe .. that of an ageing population..

Not sure about the NE's (England) comparative de pop figures but I think the are around the border on both sides has had a lot of economic decline/trauma and hence the move South generally and to a lesser extent North to the Highlands

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[Forbsie]

Re: or other things like.....

...and some specifics for Aberdeen.

* Robert Henderson designed the first iron lung, in Aberdeen, in 1933.
* Scientists at the University of Aberdeen developed the world's first underwater holographic camera, which can take three-dimensional pictures.
* Sir David Gill, who took the first photograph of the moon in 1868, was born in Aberdeen.
* The fastest sailing boat ever, the Thermopylae, was built in Aberdeen in 1868.
* In 1942 the people of Aberdeen raised over £2m to pay for the building of HMS Scylla as part of the war effort. That's the equivalent of £57m today.
* Until 1858 Aberdeen had two universities, the same number as the whole of England.
* Robert Davidson of Aberdeen is recognised for his pioneering work in developing electric motors in the early 19th Century.
* James Gibbs, architect of St Martin-in-the-Fields and St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, was born in Aberdeen
* Charles Cameron from Aberdeen designed many buildings in Leningrad during the reign of Catherine the Great.
* In the late 19th Century Aberdeen was the British centre for envelope production.
* The self-seal envelope was developed in Aberdeen.
* Waterloo Bridge and the Terraces of the Houses of Parliament are built of Aberdeen granite.
* Water polo began around 1863 on the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland.
* More medieval coin hoards have been found in Aberdeen than anywhere else in Britain. (wonder if they've found the Learner Shilling)

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[Guest]

Not enough of them! You have got to be joking!! Every bar you go to there will be one or more droning on about how great Scotland is. Trouble is they do not seem to want to return. Strange that.

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[Rabbie]

See you English ........

..... you just don't appreciate us. Take for example my holiday visit to London last year. I stayed at a large hotel near Trafalgar Square. I immediately got the impression that I was disliked the moment I got into my room. From then on, I was pestered by banging on the walls at all hours of the day and night. They banged on my door, and the floor, even the ceiling was thumped regularly. What an unfriendly bunch these Sassenachs are, I thought. I got so fed up with it in the end that I could concentrate on my bagpipe practice no longer and left.

 

[Sybarite]

Maybe it's the cold draught blowing under the kilt.

Anyway when they steal their name, their language and the formula for whiskey (they can't even spell it right) from the Irish then maybe it's a good idea.

Slainte

John


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[Artemis]

Re: or not

Quite possibly, I believe he had a penchant for the hard stuff.

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[ponapay]

They are all running the English

Parliament.

Unfortunately depite the practice they still haven't learnt how to govern their own country effectively.

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[Shanty]

Re: They are all running the English

Didn't know the English had a parliament - when did that happen, and who gave them permission?


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[TheBoatman]

Could it be that most of them are in parliament and trying to govern us (badly)?

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[bob_tyler]

Scottish MPs should not be allowed to vote or speak on laws which only apply elsewhere in the UK.

As far as I can see that would make the Labour Party a minority in Parliament!

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[jimi]

As a Scot, my opinion FWIW is that we in the UK are one nation and the divisive nationalistic movement is and will be a source of conflict. How much better to embrace and be proud of our common heritage as well as that of our seperate regions and ancestry. In England virtually everyone I know has at least one Welsh, Irish or Scottish grandparent.

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[Ohdrat]

Quite agree.. as far as I can see we (the UK) are a glorious genetic cocktail .. it's healthy for heavens sake .. if we weren't we'd all end up like the in-bred royalty!

Devolution is no bad thing if you agree with decentralization and after the way Maggie inflicted the Poll Tax on Scotland before imposing it in England and Wales I have to say that it is good to know that we in Scotland may not suffer to the same extent again policy/legislation dreamt up in Westminster.. The Regional Assemblies are in my opinion an excellent idea.. infact anything that lessens the effects of Westminster (except of course Washington) is a good thing.

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