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Listed below are comments made by Richard_the_Rogue between Thursday, 27th August 2009 and Thursday, 26th November 2009.

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• Getting on with it 11:50am on 26 Nov 2009 84. X_Sticks
  
  Re: posts 55 & 84
  
  Are you in politics? If not, you should be. More sense in two posts than in a decade of hot air from most politicians put together!
• Getting on with it 10:18am on 26 Nov 2009 Brian, why are you even bothering to talk about this? You and I know full well that these proposals will never be implemented. Labour won't get a majority at the next UK general election, the Tories will punt them in to the long grass, and the Lib Dems, well...
  
  This is nothing more than spin and empty promises. Even if the promises were to be fulfilled, they are either deeply flawed (tax/ borrowing) or relatively small beer. It's a sop to the voters to try and persuade them that Labour are doing something to help Scotland but you know what, folks? They ain't.
  
  PS Congratulations BBC on growing some cojones at last, but I reserve judgement until I see how you behave on Monday.
• The plebiscite to end all plebiscites 4:13pm on 15 Oct 2009 1043. Anglophone
  
  Your little contribution reminded me of the ear-bashing I got the last time I dumped a girl!
  
  Thanks for giving me a laugh :D
• The plebiscite to end all plebiscites 4:51pm on 14 Oct 2009 Dean. Listen up and listen good.
  
  An independence referendum will require 50% +1 of the vote to pass, not 65% or any other figure you care to pull out of thin air. This is called "democracy", you seem unfamiliar with the term. Those who do not vote don't count. Imagine a situation where 64% vote 'Yes' and 36% vote 'No'. Is it really right to have a situation where the Union is preserved by the will of little more than 1/3 of the voters and against the will of nearly 2/3?
  
  If the Scottish people reject independence, a future referendum could be held in another 20 years or so. It is only democratic (see- there's that word again) to allow a future generation to make their own decision.
  
  Anything less and there will be people on the streets. How can I be sure? Because I'll be one of them.
  
  DO YOU UNDERSTAND? (Yes, I'm shouting).
  
  Oh, and by the way, you were clearly denying the antecedent in your post 20. Your logic is severely wanting.
• Legislative programme 12:26pm on 09 Sep 2009 767. Sgt_Furry
  
  "However I suspect we've lost the rest of the BrianBlogosphere on this."
  
  Oh, I think you'll find there are a surprising number of us followers of the penguin here ;)
  
  ...and you're right, it should be government policy.
• Redirected controversy 11:45am on 03 Sep 2009 310. deanthetory
  
  "...disasterous abolition of Scotlands strong, historic and proud fuedal system... ...Damn Holyrood for yet another assault on rural Scottish life by a bunch of urban middle classers....!!!"
  
  Careful Dean, your mask is slipping...
  
  (respectfully doffs cap and tugs forelock)
• Rumblings of discontent 8:13pm on 28 Aug 2009 What's that funny noise?
  
  Oh, it was just the sound of the last shred of respect that I had for the BBC evaporating.
• Where next on Megrahi? 7:21pm on 28 Aug 2009 925. mrbfaethedee
  
  Curiously, your script gives me a 'respond' button on only every second post (odd numbered ones). I'm running Firefox 3.0.13 on Ubuntu 9.04.
  
  If anyone wants to post charts, graphs, links to google charts etc, feel free to do it at the quirkynats site and then just link from Brian's blog.
• Where next on Megrahi? 9:49pm on 27 Aug 2009 #835 vere_scribo
  
  I'm glad the four years have counted for something.
• Where next on Megrahi? 4:00pm on 27 Aug 2009 #805 vere_scribo
  
  You may have a file on gedguy, but he has 19 years on you, no? ;-)

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