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[Helgoland]

I don't see a signature there...
Do we even have French people? Lots and lots of Benelux guys/gals, some Germans, some English folks, most Eastern European countries are represented as well, there's at least two Spanish guys - but French?

[Max White]

There is a setting to turn off signature images, you must have that on.
I can't think of any French... Pretty sure we had somebody from Switzerland? Was that here or somewhere else?

In other news:

I like them, I'm considering learning the language, but their fishing policies are just so horribly dumb!

Ok, I'm interested. What smells fishy?

[LordSlowpoke]

we need a person from france to tell us about the miracles that happen on a daily basis in french politics therefore stop lurking french persons

before you hear what sounds fishy, i'd just like you to know that i updated my signature

[XXSockXX]

I'm pretty sure I've seen a french user or two here. I just guess, if they are anything like their president, they are too busy cheating on their spouses to bother with mundane politics threads. 

[Sheb]

Actually, the french President is not married, so he was cheating on his girlfriend, not his spouse. :p

[misko27]

We had a Frenchman up by the upper boards, but he's stopped posting.

[PanH]

Well, I am french, though I remember there was another one.

[Helgoland]

In other news:

I like them, I'm considering learning the language, but their fishing policies are just so horribly dumb!

Ok, I'm interested. What smells fishy?

What do you mean?

[Digital Hellhound]

Presumably he's asking what exactly is wrong with Norwegian fishing policies. I don't know the specifics, but it doesn't really seem like a reason not to learn the language, anyway?

[GreatJustice]

I still think that even if the Scottish independence movement manages to win the hearts of all Scots that are currently undecided, it will still eventually get 47-49% of the votes at best, like the Quebec independence movement at a similar referendum in 1995.

Quebec is a bit different from Scotland. Quebec basically wants all the benefits of being an independant country, while still retaining all the benefits of being a canadian provence. At least that's how it was explained to me while I was in canada.

Quebec pretends to support independence, but most are basically full of bluster. They realized a while ago that if they pretend they're going to leave, they can extort the other provinces that actually make money in order to get special subsidies, exemption from Federal policies, disproportionate benefits from Federal policies, and so on. If they left, the biggest annoyance would be figuring out how to keep the Maritime provinces from getting screwed by nonsense like Quebecois tariffs or Quebecois tolls on "foreign" transportation.

[Helgoland]

Presumably he's asking what exactly is wrong with Norwegian fishing policies. I don't know the specifics, but it doesn't really seem like a reason not to learn the language, anyway?

I don't know the specifics easy, but basically they don't want to have a quota like the European one, which itself is actually set too high.

[Culise]

I still think that even if the Scottish independence movement manages to win the hearts of all Scots that are currently undecided, it will still eventually get 47-49% of the votes at best, like the Quebec independence movement at a similar referendum in 1995.

Quebec is a bit different from Scotland. Quebec basically wants all the benefits of being an independant country, while still retaining all the benefits of being a canadian provence. At least that's how it was explained to me while I was in canada.

Quebec pretends to support independence, but most are basically full of bluster. They realized a while ago that if they pretend they're going to leave, they can extort the other provinces that actually make money in order to get special subsidies, exemption from Federal policies, disproportionate benefits from Federal policies, and so on. If they left, the biggest annoyance would be figuring out how to keep the Maritime provinces from getting screwed by nonsense like Quebecois tariffs or Quebecois tolls on "foreign" transportation.

From the Quebec side, it'd also be rather amusing to see them suddenly have a bout of separatism on its own, as certain First Nations and Anglo-Canadians of Quebec have little desire to join them in independence (which I'm sure everyone already knows; they've made their opinions on that quite vocally).  The Maritimes could also deal with it in part by going through the United States - most US-Canadian trade is duty-free, and was even before NAFTA. 

EDIT:
Oh, say, while we're all talking about secession and devolution in Quebec and Scotland, has anyone thoughts on the big fuss in Spain over the planned Catalan referendums?  It's really interesting to see it in contrast to the Scottish referendums; London lets Scotland go on with it with a minimum of trouble, while Madrid screams bloody murder, threatens Catalonia with being forced to go through the EU processes again (and by extension Scotland, because Scottish accession on the grounds of the United Kingdom's entry sets a terrible precedent for Catalonia; this position is also officially supported by Brussels), and considers the planned referendums illegal and has warned that it will block any attempt at them. 

[Sheb]

Yeah, Cameron's position on Scotland was definitely on of his good points.

[MonkeyHead]

Outgoing head of English schools inspectorate OFSTEAD accuses the current Tory administration of forcing non-Tories out of influential positions in order to replace them with those with sympathetic political leanings.

The times, they arent a'changing. Jobs for old public school buddies, all over again.

[Owlbread]

Another poll from a different pollster (one of the more pessimistic ones about the Yes campaign's chances) shows a 5 point swing towards Scottish independence. This seems to be a trend, rather like the start of the SNP's steady swing to victory in 2011.

As I said earlier though I will wait until the end of this month, early March or so before I start calling anything.