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No I don't. They may not 'want' to leave but it might be in their best interests.

There's nothing to stop Ireland from leaving the EU, they only joined in the first place because Britain did.

The SNP is on the slide in Scotland, they used to have an overall majority but are now part of a coalition. The Tories are having a resurgence in Scotland under their new leader. Another problem for Sturgeon is that the original Scottish referendum called for an independent Scotland that was...

Many pro-EU parliamentary candidates - both labour and tory - were/are due to be deselected by their local constituencies before the next election. Cameron knew that which is why he called the referendum as quickly as possible. The likelihood is the next parliament will be overwhelmingly anti-EU.

Denmark and Ireland only joined because Britain did, they were frightened of losing their biggest export market.

It could have been worse, you could have failed to qualify like we did! :(

Anything with salt on it, especially pork scratchings. I'm not supposed to eat salt but I can't taste anything without it. :(

Yep, any "draw" forecast was completely wasted because a drawn result is impossible during the knockout stages.

Did anyone have Iceland down for a 2-1 win?

After some searching I read this explanation in another forum: "I think the characters jumping all over the map has got worse in the last couple of seasons and sometimes it does stretch the suspension of disbelief. But I'm less inclined to moan about it these days, because it's going to happen...

That freaked me out too.

Good guess, you were pretty close. :)

From the same credit rating agency that gave a Triple-A rating to junk bonds that contained sub-prime mortgages and triggered the 2008 crash: Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis All three agencies have been a joke in financial circles for a very long time.

Again, that remains to be seen. Do you have a link to support that statement because I certainly couldn't find any?

That remains to be seen. I believe Britain is in a much stronger negotiating position than either Switzerland or Norway. I very much doubt you had any influence before as was demonstrated when Cameron tried to renegotiate terms and failed miserably.

I wouldn't totally disagree with Andrew Marr's analysis but would point out that Coventry is a relatively prosperous, youthful, well-educated city but still voted by 55.6%-44.4% to leave.

But why would an independent Scotland want to join an EU that previously made it perfectly clear that it didn't want an independent Scotland as a new member?

In other words they were lying previously in order to influence the result of the Scottish referendum. What else are they lying about?

Didn't Juncker or someone say before the Scottish referendum that an independent Scotland wouldn't necessarily be granted automatic EU membership and that they'd have to apply like any other nation?

Food was cheaper in Britain before it joined the Common Market than after it joined whichever way you measure it. And there was no continuous stream of lorries driving to Dover just to claim an EU subsidy either.