Nicola Sturgeon getting the red carpet treatment.

FortySeven

First leader of a nation to get to speak to the Senate. Whisked around Dublin in a motorcade Obama would be proud of. Lots of talk of independence and the similarities of the Scots and Irish with a nudge and a wink. (Ah, sure, don't we all hate the English?)

Seems a bit odd, they even rolled out old mikey d.

A Celtic pact against the brexit breakaways of England and Wales?

The_Valeyard

The confederation of Ireland & Scotland?

Ferrari3600

FortySeven wrote: »

First leader of a nation to get to speak to the Senate. Whisked around Dublin in a motorcade Obama would be proud of. Lots of talk of independence and the similarities of the Scots and Irish with a nudge and a wink. (Ah, sure, don't we all hate the English?)

Seems a bit odd, they even rolled out old mikey d.

A Celtic pact against the brexit breakaways of England and Wales?

Clever politics, tbh.

failinis

https://twitter.com/AllHandsOnDex/status/803643633664561152

prinzeugen

FortySeven wrote: »

First leader of a nation to get to speak to the Senate.

Leader of a nation?

She is the leader of a regional government. Bit like the governor of Texas or some other place.

Arghus

She wants what we want, so we'll treat her real nice.

RayM

I dunno, there's definitely something fishy about her...

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

She's nae oil painting.

maudgonner

Can't believe nobody has made the joke about her getting the red carpet treatment to match the drapes.

This is AH dammit, not the Politics Café!

Dr Crayfish

I think she comes across really well and I hope she does what's right for Scotland. Maybe we're buttering her up with all the pomp as it might encourage her to push independence even more for Scotland and perhaps throw a spanner in the works of Brexit? Funny, I saw 2 motorcades for her in the last 2 days, and then I saw another one for some dude in what looked like Arab dress earlier at St Stephen's Green.

ted1

prinzeugen wrote: »

Leader of a nation?

She is the leader of a regional government. Bit like the governor of Texas or some other place.

Are Texas a member country of FIFA?

Are Wales in the 6 NATIONS?

diomed

The "border" moving to the England/Scotland border?

prinzeugen

ted1 wrote: »

Are Texas a member country of FIFA?

Are Wales in the 6 NATIONS?

Is Scotland a member of the UN? Is Scotland a member of the EU. Is Scotland recognized by any country as being a independent sovereign state..

Nope..

FortySeven

prinzeugen wrote: »

Is Scotland a member of the UN? Is Scotland a member of the EU. Is Scotland recognized by any country as being a independent sovereign state..

Nope..

She is the leader of my country. Scotland. We are a country within the United kingdom. It's complicated but I think we can say it is nothing like being a state governor in the US. She has a very good chance of getting independence should brexit carry on the way it is going.

The first national leader to speak at the Senate was actually how it was reported by BBC Scotland. Take what you will from that.

maudgonner

She had a captive audience anyway.

http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/3108899/original/?width=630&version=3108899

Beanntraigheach

Hopefully she'll be back someday as Prime Minister,
or "Taoiseach na h-Alba", perhaps

testaccount123

prinzeugen wrote: »

Is Scotland a member of the UN? Is Scotland a member of the EU. Is Scotland recognized by any country as being a independent sovereign state..

Nope..

nation

noun
a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory.

Cortina_MK_IV

I suppose she had the caviar.

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Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

I suppose she had the caviar.

I got the joke:D

feargale

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

She's nae oil painting.

That comment is acceptable only when you post a pic of yourself for comparison.

Yamanoto

They should have created a giant mosaic mural of her face on Stephen's Green.

The collage of Sturgeons.

Junkyard Tom

But where would the Royals go shooting Scottish deer if Scotland became independent? What would happen to the Crown's 37,000 acres, fishing rights and other hard won assets?

Junkyard Tom

Yamanoto wrote: »

They should have created a giant mosaic mural of her face on Stephen's Green..

You'd probably pull the pelvis out of yourself if they'd created a mural of Mrs Windsor's face.

jimmy blevins

There are numerous tenant Farmer's being kicked off their farms by landlords over in Scotland at the moment. It really is a pity land rights haven't been sorted out now they have their own nationalist controlled government.

Ferrari3600

prinzeugen wrote: »

Is Scotland a member of the UN? Is Scotland a member of the EU. Is Scotland recognized by any country as being a independent sovereign state..

Nope..

I think you'll find it is!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJPOVGlEPs

prinzeugen

prinzeugen wrote: »

Leader of a nation?

She is the leader of a regional government. Bit like the governor of Texas or some other place.

That's like saying the leader of the Kurds is not the leader of a nation simply because the Kurds have not got their own state yet. Parnell was acknowledged leader of the Irish nation long before we overthrew the colonial state in most of the country and established an Irish state. And so it is with Scotland... if they have the courage this time. A nation of bottlers so far, alas. Will the ancient nation rise from centuries of bondage and build its own independent state?

Junkyard Tom

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

But where would the Royals go shooting Scottish deer if Scotland became independent? What would happen to the Crown's 37,000 acres, fishing rights and other hard won assets?

Not forgetting that Scottish island where the English government tested those glorious chemical weapons to wipe out the German civilian population... but whisht.

Ferrari3600

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

But where would the Royals go shooting Scottish deer if Scotland became independent? What would happen to the Crown's 37,000 acres, fishing rights and other hard won assets?

To be serious for a sec...you're right.

Thatcher's close associate, the nonce Peter Morrison, was from the family that own the Isle of Islay.

His sister is a 'lady-in-waiting' for Elizardbreath.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morrison

Ferrari3600

Deleted User wrote: »

Not forgetting that Scottish island where the English government tested those glorious chemical weapons to wipe out the German civilian population... but whisht.

Must admit, that's a new one on me. It just shows you, the victors control the narrative (and that's in no way advocacy for the Nazis).

jimmy blevins

jimmy blevins wrote: »

There are numerous tenant Farmer's being kicked off their farms by landlords over in Scotland at the moment. It really is a pity land rights haven't been sorted out now they have their own nationalist controlled government.

This. 100%. Scotland needs its own Land League to finally sort that longstanding problem out.

Richard Hillman

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I think she comes across really well and I hope she does what's right for Scotland. Maybe we're buttering her up with all the pomp as it might encourage her to push independence even more for Scotland and perhaps throw a spanner in the works of Brexit? Funny, I saw 2 motorcades for her in the last 2 days, and then I saw another one for some dude in what looked like Arab dress earlier at St Stephen's Green.

The ambassador's for Morocco, Turkey and Peru were getting the Presidential treatment this week too.