tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post7531611072325688469..comments2024-01-22T14:42:24.863+00:00Comments on Robin Tilbrook: Bus passenger told to take the high road as Scottish banknote gets rebuffed on Arriva serviceRobin Tilbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12922542867174343361noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-30430624600895293772016-09-18T07:43:54.729+01:002016-09-18T07:43:54.729+01:00I hope one day Manchester becomes part of Scotland...I hope one day Manchester becomes part of Scotland. I've never had any trouble exchanging Scottish money anywhere here. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204469393854879144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-86976356111262111512013-11-01T14:53:58.806+00:002013-11-01T14:53:58.806+00:00Here close to the border Scottish notes are accept...Here close to the border Scottish notes are accepted. However, down in Oxfordshire where we used to live they are not. Of course in some outlets down south euros are accepted aren't they?<br /><br />Have just been down to Oxfordshire and nearly every shop I went into had East Europeans whom I found difficult to understand. They try not to venture too far north. As for the South-east it seems to be turning into a suburb of London wherever you go and little villages are full of commuting yuppies. Fortunately, there still seem to be some real people left in such villages, living in the council houses and driving old cars. Not all the poor are up north and if you are poor in the home counties it must be hell.<br /><br />It seems that HS2 is now a fait accompli and the government are up in Scotland trying to bribe the Scots from voting no or frightening them by promising them HS3 which will go straight through the area of outstanding natural beauty which is eastern Cumbria. But they don't care. All the Tory plutocrats and their Marxist Lib Dems care about is money, money, money; fatherland, a people to belong to, nationalism, England's beautiful countryside means nothing to them. Just look at the booming South east which is turning into Hong Kong where everything is being torn down and replaced with concrete. These people do not have a soul; they are the spawn of the devil.<br /><br />Orientals have always been more collectivist, even the Russians who are more oriental than European. Now we are heading the same way with the Marxism thought up by a gentleman of Asian descent. North European democracy means nothing. George Osborne wants us to be like the Chinese and that means collectivist, quite happy to live in a dictatorship.<br /><br />As Afro-asia expands into European countries/white countries and sweeps us into history, the future now belongs to China, a mixture of communism and extreme capitalism and we are all meant to be the same. <br /><br />Personally I hope the Scots wave too fingers at the British establishment and vote yes rather than being part of the one world dictatorship which the plutocrats and the Marxists have planned for us.<br /><br />Evil has taken over the world and we are all pawns to them or commodities to be moved at their will like money or goods. The whole of Europe is in turmoil. History and belonging mean nothing. It now seems to be too late for Europeans everywhere at the mercy of these kleptocrats. Have just read about the Russian Revolution, Lenin cared nothing for the people. The only thing that mattered was ideology and that is where we are now; be it Milliband's Marxists or Cameron's libertarian capitalists. Who will set us free?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-62952708988574166792013-10-31T22:54:55.713+00:002013-10-31T22:54:55.713+00:00I always nake a point of stocking up with Scottish...I always nake a point of stocking up with Scottish Bank Notes before travelling south, few ever question them as they dont want the bad publicity, the rest always back down when I become belligerent and offer to hand back the goods. In this day and age few businesses can afford to lose a sale to make a petty point, they know they can change them at the bank.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-56215276075060774242013-10-31T13:29:26.642+00:002013-10-31T13:29:26.642+00:00They will need all the money they can get ! when I...They will need all the money they can get ! when Independent.<br /> I agree 100% with the London Taxi Driver. I avoid the notes too,and dont get caught out if you decide to chance it,the note must say "Sterling" otherwise it is worthless.Alfred99https://www.blogger.com/profile/09363694853933715030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-91456605324955043832013-10-31T10:32:24.078+00:002013-10-31T10:32:24.078+00:00We don'n accept it in Nigeria either. No thank...We don'n accept it in Nigeria either. No thanks. Well done to the bus driver and shame on Arriva saying she got it wrong. She phoned the depot, who also told her not to take it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-77612521179540312652013-10-31T02:47:19.707+00:002013-10-31T02:47:19.707+00:00I am a London taxi driver and have scottish notes ...I am a London taxi driver and have scottish notes given to me quite often and on every occasion I give them straight back quoting the Bank of England standpoint. I do this simply because if I try and pass the notes on, the reaction of the would be recipient is usually a look of horror, like I've just handed them a hand grenade with the pin puled out. I agree with the bus drivers stance and as a cabbie the guy knew he was chancing his arm and if the truth was told, he only accepted the note himself because no alternative was available to pay the fare he was owed.I have had many arguments over the legality of scottish notes and as far as I'm concerned they can keep it in scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-68455900823557785262013-10-31T00:18:24.554+00:002013-10-31T00:18:24.554+00:00I would ask is it really any wonder that our poor ...I would ask is it really any wonder that our poor England is in such a mess when even our bus companies are indirectly owned by foreign states? And no doubt our British Establishment politico/media types are glad about it?Robin Tilbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974909806623883864noreply@blogger.com