Top ranking courses.

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I just stumbled upon the link below, made me realise how lucky we are here in the UK to be able to play all the top courses. There are only probably 3 or 4 courses in the GB&I top 100 that are not open to Joe Public.

Compare this with the US list where only 16 of their top 100 IS accessible to the man in the street!

http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2011-05/100-greatest-golf-courses

NBS
There is the rub.

The SNP seem to be making a better job of running the country than the only real alternative which is Labour.
I suspect that there are many Scots like me who do not want an independent Scotland but feel that we are not getting a fair deal from Westminster.
£1.60 a litre for petrol in the Highlands is a good example. There would be riots in the streets of any Southern English town if it was the other way round.
I think only about 30% of Scots wish independence so I feel a fudge coming on.

Only about 30% of Scots seek independence, which is why the SNP/Liblaps did not push for it in the last administration.

We have a choice{!} of SNP or Old Labour and the SNP did a fairly decent job last time.

The SNP finally have a majority government and we can judge them fairly on their results this term. It is make or break for them. Salmond knows fine the union is still the preferred option in this country, that is why a referendum is way down his list of priorities.

I think SR raises a good point about the calibre of politician that become an MSP, they are all failed MPs or glorified councilors. Nicola Sturgeon is moron, if she is the second best available to the SNP then they won't be around long after Salmond calls it a day (again).

Salmond? Sturgeon?

It all smells fishy to me.

Can I just say that much as this is off topic, it's very interesting as a southern Englishman to read this 'debate', as we have very little insight into the minutiae of Scottish politics down here. I can't see that Scotland is hard done by (pretty sure there are remote parts of Wales and even places like the Scilly Isles where the cost of transporting fuel is going to add to the already high prices. I don't think any government would be able to stop the petrol companies from charging higher prices in remote areas any more than they'd be able to influence the premium paid at motorway services. Simple supply & demand) given the amount of tax raised there and the amount it receives from Westminster, but then as I say I don't really know that much, being down here.

Mercurio wrote:Salmond? Sturgeon?

It all smells fishy to me.

Very good.

Didn't mean to go "off on one" before but sometimes I wish all these parochial politicians would just grow up.