Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
1988 Jo Milligan 2014-03-18T13:46:38.76 There has never been, nor will there ever be, any substitute for local knowledge. Moving these call centres WILL cost...
1988 Laura forbes 2014-03-18T14:26:27.747 Please keep it open, important to have local knowledge
1988 Angela Savage 2014-03-18T14:41:54.127 Keep it open
1988 Lesley Naylor 2014-03-18T15:00:51.56 Local services are essential. Saving money should not be the only consideration. Common sense please!\r\n
1988 Arlene 2014-03-18T15:48:54.553 Please, please keep us safe!!
1988 mandy 2014-03-18T17:12:54.727 keep it open, what if people call saying we need an ambulance down the bouly" where im from this is down the beach bo...
1988 Rose Wilson 2014-03-18T18:17:57.77 It is ridiculous not having these services in Aberdeen
2033 Jen 2014-03-18T18:38:12.913 I'm half Shetlander half Orcadian....this is important to me.
1988 Terri 2014-03-18T19:53:10.34 Please keep the services local
1988 Andrew Ross 2014-03-18T20:48:49.043 Hopefully common sense will prevail.
2033 John Tulloch 2014-03-18T20:56:30.873 Islanders must be allowed to tell the politicians what they want and a referendum is the right way to do that.
1988 Lisa Thomson 2014-03-18T21:03:03.987 We rely on the expert local knowledge of these services - it could be the difference between life or death!
1988 Keith McDonald 2014-03-18T21:16:24.63 Think beyond the money box !!! You all know it's wrong to close these local services !!!!
2033 Ian F Hoyle 2014-03-18T23:16:50.593 Could we not also be asked if we want to join Russia?
2033 Ooi Chiat Hoe 2014-03-19T03:21:45.787 It would be sad for Scotland to break-awayer her 307-years of Union. UNITED Kingdom will never be United if any of th...
2003 Brian Cowan 2014-03-19T08:28:53.263 Family laws in this country are sub-standard & utterly incapable of protecting the best interests of the children who...
1988 Carol Duncan 2014-03-19T10:13:30.457 The loss of local knowledge and understanding of local dialects will cost time, if not lives. These call centres nee...
2033 Bill Smale 2014-03-19T11:12:34.28 In the event of an overall Yes vote, all parts of Scotland where the majority have voted No should be able to decide ...
2033 Brian Gray 2014-03-19T11:14:59.14 It will be a huge mistake to leave the UK. It will turned Scotland into a shambles.
2033 patriot 2014-03-19T11:30:50.66 The so-called uk does nothing for anyone apart from england.time to end englands empire on ALL levels.good luck islan...
1988 Christine Sangster 2014-03-19T12:38:34.587 The Local System works - why change it?!... Saving money is never more important then saving lives!
1999 Alasdair Morrison 2014-03-19T13:11:20.36 closing the Inverness control room i feel puts local lives at risk and puts the highlands and islands at severe risk ...
2033 Douglas Young 2014-03-19T13:13:55.727 Shetland left to run it's own financial affairs?\r\nHow would we subsidise both Northlink and air fares?\r\nThis is g...
2033 An Orcadian Scottish British European 2014-03-19T14:19:22.09 Separation is regressive - strength comes as countries becoming more united not less.
2033 Robin Mair 2014-03-19T14:39:54.47 I went to school in Orkney for a few years and loved my time there. I have been back several times. Orkney people hav...
2033 Ali Inkster 2014-03-19T15:23:41.183 Douglas we would not need subsidies we would be stinking rich with OUR OIL. As it is we pay net £86million to the tre...
2033 Ali Inkster 2014-03-19T15:43:11.953 Is there a paper version a lot of folks have said they don't use the internet but would like to sign it anyway
2033 Stan 2014-03-19T15:58:37.4 I am signing this petition as I strongly agree that the islanders should be a able to decide their own future without...
2033 Lord Simmons 2014-03-19T16:54:55.52 Forget it. The Islands are Scottish and shall remain so.
2033 ann kane 2014-03-19T18:49:58.293 quite right and the very best of luck to you all
2033 Leo Brennan 2014-03-19T19:17:23.193 The 'Yes' campaign people are forever saying that decisions effecting our llives should not be made in London. They ...
2033 jimmy budge 2014-03-19T19:45:03.873 Shetland is doing well in the oil and gas industry but orkney is struggling. I will vote no... Stay with the UK is th...
2033 William Rendall 2014-03-19T20:31:00.767 As an Orcadian living and working temporarily in London, I would like to be able to have this vote. I personally thin...
2033 Malcolm Stout 2014-03-19T22:01:16.243 Should Scotland secede from the Uk Orkney & Shetland should move for a return to Norway or the Danish commonwealth. I...
2033 christian kane 2014-03-19T23:00:09.197 There should be no double standards and that's why I sign this petition. Hopefully Scotland will go independent and t...
2018 frank gillingham 2014-03-19T23:34:28.83 Where is the "Box Belopw"?
2033 Derek Macrae 2014-03-20T01:23:09.737 its not the Scottish FM that can grant the right of a ref for the islands, its westminster, unless, of course, you vo...
2033 alan duncan 2014-03-20T01:50:29.123 the snp want democracy then the islands can have it also
2033 J London 2014-03-20T02:27:55.947 I think more thought should be given re offering a referenda, and devolution, in addition the Western Isles, to the N...
2033 John M Graham 2014-03-20T06:36:22.94 We should make in roads to associate ourselves with Norway and there culture which for obvious reasons are similar to...
1988 Lorraine Milne 2014-03-20T07:30:16.36 Aberdeen is a world recognised City at the heart if the oil industry, and it can't have its own locally based call ce...
2018 Moderator 2014-03-20T09:44:52.23 Frank Gillingham - it is the box directly underneath the Captcha text in which you should re-type the words or number...
2033 Vicki Redpath-Watson 2014-03-20T10:29:07.597 I hope you don't need to but in the event of a Yes vote I hope you vote for the third option.
2033 Stephen Clackson 2014-03-20T10:42:13.753 Devolution has stopped at Edinburgh, why should independence do the same?
2033 craig 2014-03-20T10:53:52.19 It scotland goes its sell I honestly think we are going to the wall
2033 Graham Irvine 2014-03-20T10:57:40.68 I dont believe Alec Salmond will allow us this option.
2033 Kirsty Maclean 2014-03-20T11:55:02.26 Ali Inkster - I think if you email petitions(at)scottish.parliament.uk they will be able to tell you how to get a pap...
2033 Joyce Mackenzie 2014-03-20T12:13:54.317 Scottish, living in Belgium at the moment, I am not entitled to vote in the Referendum & the future of my country ! S...
2033 Island man 2014-03-20T12:39:38.23 Some of you guys need to get a grip fast, the isle are Scottish and will remain that way for a long time after a yes ...
2033 Barry Porteus 2014-03-20T14:20:06.483 Orcadians don't think that they are "Scottish" - they are Orcadians with a different view than that of the SNP. If Or...