Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Scotland is a drag on the UK economy, with all the welfare money going up there. And the oil production is already declining, so it is a short term pleasure anyway. I think that economically, it is a wash for the rest of the UK. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA On 12 Sep 2014, at 07:31, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Natan, > Do you have any idea how UK finances will stack up without North Sea oil? > That is what saved Blair, Brown and Cameron fiscally. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> It certainly is getting a lot of coverage in the otherwise very >> ethnocentric Spanish radio and TV. The obvious comparisons are being >> drawn, >> and some commentators compare the UK (where the people decide and the >> campaign has been peaceful) favourably with Spain (where the central >> government denies Catalonia the right to vote). >> >> Having said, this I see a lot of silly nationalism both on the Scottish >> and Catalan side. >> >> Incidentally, if Scotland becomes independent, it may well be Spain, not >> the UK, that blocks its EU accession, just as Spain is one of only 5 EU >> countries (and the only important one) that has not recognised Kosovo. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12 Sep 2014, at 05:27, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> You must be waiting for the Scotland vote with bated breath! >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Lluis Ripoll < >>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Here are some shots from the Demonstration of the Catalan People for the >>>> right to vote >>>> >>>> Pictures processed in Capture One 7Pro with only a general automatic >>>> adjustment, all the pictures are with Leica M9, Tri Elmar 28-50-35, >> Elmarit >>>> 21mm, Summicron 90 AA >>>> >>>> < >>>> >> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/catalonia-for-the-right-to-vote-national-day-of-catalonia-2014/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >>>> >>>> Saludos cordiales >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >