British Democracy Forum - View Single Post - Europhile Scot. Nats want Scotland to have own Olympic team

22ANDUK · 20-05-2007, 11:12 AM

Scotland already has an olympic team and it will be competing next year at the Beijing 2008 games as well as London 2012:
http://www.olympics.org.uk/home2.aspx

An achievement such as gaining its own Olympic team would potentially equal anything an election could raise. For a Scottish team competing independently on British soil would be a massive victory for the SNP and would utilise one of the most effective weapons in politics - sport. The tactic of using sport as a political tool really is low and has been used throughout history by the most distasteful of leaders from despots such as Nero, Hitler, Stalin and Mugabe to opportunist lightweights such as Blair and Wilson.

20-05-2007, 11:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
22ANDUK Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,438	Scotland already has an olympic team and it will be competing next year at the Beijing 2008 games as well as London 2012: http://www.olympics.org.uk/home2.aspx An achievement such as gaining its own Olympic team would potentially equal anything an election could raise. For a Scottish team competing independently on British soil would be a massive victory for the SNP and would utilise one of the most effective weapons in politics - sport. The tactic of using sport as a political tool really is low and has been used throughout history by the most distasteful of leaders from despots such as Nero, Hitler, Stalin and Mugabe to opportunist lightweights such as Blair and Wilson.