Yes or No?

[Anon_F]

So will Scotland vote Yes or No on Thursday 18th?

 

[Ian]

I'd put my money on a no vote - but things are looking close!

Anyone here with strong opinions either way?

 

[TriplexDread]

Not really bothered tbh

There will be bitterness on both side whichever way it goes

But then apparently I've been told in the past, I'm not entitled to an opinion because I don't even vote here

 

[nivrip]

Back from a few days in Edinburgh, and very nice it was too.

Not sure how representative Edinburgh is of the whole of Scotland but I got the very strong feeling that the Yes people are very much more vocal and demonstrative than the Nos. Considering that it's supposed to be very close I noticed very few No posters and stickers in house and shop windows but lots of Yes signs everywhere.

My missus had a very telling conversation with a shopkeeper ( I know, it was only one person) who was terrified of a Yes result. She made the point that life was fine at present so why change it and risk chaos. She hoped that the rest of the country would "come to their senses". She had no posters in her shop window and no badges on her lapels.

We got the feeling that the No voters felt a little intimidated and felt that it was better to say nothing. We have some friends in Montrose and they will be voting No but do not go around shouting about it.

I hope that it is a No vote. My prediction - Yes 45% No 55%.

There we go - now I've stuck my neck out.

 

[muckshifter]

business are taking a hit already as shares have been dipping down, and this isn't the little guys ... as a Scot myself, I would have no qualms in leaving this whole (un-united kingdom) far behind ... the thing is, I quite like it here.

 

[floppybootstomp]

I hope we stay united, we're too tiny an island to be split up.

Would willingly see Eire as one independent country though.

But if Scotland go their own way (and I feel if they do they may live to regret it) what next? Wales? Cornwall? Pimlico?

All that will be left of the UK, perhaps, will be an allotment in Wapping

And on a political note, without mentioning parties, if Scotland don't vote any more for MP's at Westminster, it's extremely likely one party will be permenantly elected which in my mind will not be a good thing. It would be bad for any one party to have constant rule cos they could pretty much do whatever they wanted to.

Time to re-build Hadrian's wall?

 

[Anon_F]

Even though i started the thread i'm not going to add anything because i will end up being naughty.
And Mr Flopps or Mr Mucks will put me on the naughty boy step!

 

[nivrip]

Well, all over now and I'm pleased it went the way it did.

They will now be able to get rid of all the Plan B banknotes that were ready in reserve.

 

[Urmas]

I knew it was coming — didn't take long:

Russia’s state-funded English news channel RT has aired doubts about the referendum and the size of the turnout, by giving a platform to a conspiracy theorist.

Its commentator Afshin Rattansi, presenter of RT’s Going Underground show, suggested the result could have been rigged: “There’s weren’t UN observers. This may seem an absurd point to some, but this is a nuclear power in Scotland. There were international considerations – Britain’s nuclear deterrent. And with the vote as close as this, with the mainstream media on one side, with a massive amount of people from Westminster running up to beg Scotland the other way, and certain recounts in certain bits of the poll, which way did the vote go, really?”

He added: “It is normally the sort of turnout you would expect in North Korea. Usually media here would go ‘we don’t believe it. How can it be nearly 90%?’.”

http://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-no-in-independence-referendum-live-coverage


Cute.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Trouble is with them thar russkies, they think everybody behaves like them.

I dare say if ever Russia deigned to hold a referendum on anything (unlikely) it would be organised by ex-KGB officers.

Having said that, nothing would surprise me

 

[Taffycat]

I hope we stay united, we're too tiny an island to be split up.

My sentiments exactly Sir Flopps.

To be truthful, I dislike the way our Welsh Assembly "Government" (as they now call themselves) like to emphasise the divide between "us" and Westminster. Too much time, effort and funding are wasted on making insignificant, sometimes parochial changes... (bilingual roadsigns, anyone?)

Just my own humble opinion of course. Some of my fellow countrymen/women take the opposite view, and that's fine. Certainly not worth getting ones undies in a twist.

 

[muckshifter]

Russians have reforendum all the time, except, they not Russians, yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27360146




I see share prices have recovered.