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SCOTLAND WOULD 'RATHER BE IN THE EU' SAYS SNP MP The interesting thing is that 80 percent of the calls are from Scots who don't want to leave the United Kingdom. I have no

idea why the polls show differently. Whatever their First Minister little Jimmy Krankie thinks, Scottish independence will never happen. There is no way the economy of a country of five

million people could be viable. RELATED ARTICLES Also, Nicola Sturgeon reckons they will re-join the EU. That's just a laugh – the EU won't want them. Spain will veto it every time

because of the problems they have with Catalonia, which also demands independence. What a waste of money, time and effort this whole idea of independence is. If anybody could put up a good

argument I'd like to hear it. Nicola Sturgeon chats to some fans (Image: Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty) Hello everyone. Let me introduce myself. As you can see, my name is James

Whale, but I've been called many other things in the almost 50 years that I've been doing this. When I started back in the Seventies, my proudest moment was to be dubbed the

"rudest man on radio". I've never considered myself to be rude, but I have considered myself to be entertaining. Of course, one person's entertainment is not necessarily

another's. I started my broadcasting career on Metro Radio in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early Seventies as a young man in his 20s. I was given a late-night show and told to play

soothing music. That lasted about two months and I began to get very bored, so I asked if I could take some phone calls on equipment the radio station had just bought. The boss told me

bluntly I could do anything I wanted because no one was listening at that hour, so I had nothing to lose. But one of the first callers made a very racist comment, to which I replied that he

was an absolute idiot, though perhaps I was a little more erudite than that. Since then I've been on many radio stations around the country. The rudest man on the radio goes into the

Big Brother House (Image: Karwai Tang/WireImage) I ended up, 25 years ago, on the very new Talk Radio UK, and I've been there ever since. In the Nineties I even had a TV show. I've

been called controversial. You'll have to listen to me on Talk Radio – 7-10pm – to make up your own mind! This week happens to be special to me because it's National Kidney Cancer

Awareness Week. I had kidney cancer 20 years ago. It's quite rare. A lot of people, including me, had no idea you could get cancer of the kidney. I had my left kidney removed and for

the last 20 years I've been fine. Then six months ago I was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. There is no stage five. But please don't feel sorry for me: I'm being

treated at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and couldn't be in a better place. These things happen to everybody at some point and it's not a question of being brave;

it's a question of getting on with life. Which is what I'm doing. I would, however, like people to visit kcuk.org.uk. If you know the symptoms and are treated early it could all

turn out well. I WAS WRONG TO VOTE REMAIN...THE EU’S BECOME AN EMPIRE OF GRUMPY TEENAGERS I have to admit I always think I'm right, but I like to think I always admit when I'm

wrong! And I was very, very wrong when I voted to remain in the EU. Like many who voted Remain, I just wanted the status quo to carry on, to be able to go to Europe without any hassle, buy

some wine and cheese, and have a nice holiday. I didn't think about the wider picture until I met someone who has become a very good friend. Why would anyone vote Remain now? (Image:

Getty) Let's call them Nanny. Nanny has some very interesting ideas and explained to me how the EU was just out to control us. So I should have known better. I've known Nigel

Farage for more than 20 years and he's a good guy, except that we disagreed on Europe. Then Nanny put me right. The EU is nothing more than an embryonic empire. Perhaps it's

actually a teenage empire. You could see how cross they got when they were told they couldn't have an embassy: why would they need an embassy if they're not a country? I'd be

amazed if there were any Remainers left.