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Implications for the rest of us if Scotland votes yes

With regards to the post title we will no longer have to have endlessy see Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon on our screens in rUK please vote Yes if you can - you are welcome to them.
 
Sean Connery might say bugger taxation and sunshine and going to live out my final days in a free and independent Scotland. Scottish diaspora come home !
 
Given Scotland's tendency to lean a bit more to the left than the rest of the UK (in recent times at least) then the increase in registered voters for the independence ref could increase the popular vote for Labour at the GE, whilst probably not making much of a difference in terms of seats. Conversely, people could also be demotivated to vote if independence is on the horizon.
 
Dogsauce said:
Given Scotland's tendency to lean a bit more to the left than the rest of the UK (in recent times at least) then the increase in registered voters for the independence ref could increase the popular vote for Labour at the GE, whilst probably not making much of a difference in terms of seats. Conversely, people could also be demotivated to vote if independence is on the horizon.
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I suspect a lot of Labour supporters who are voting yes will think long and hard about voting for them in the general election. A lot of the newly-registered (not those newly-eligible by age) registered because they felt there was something positive to vote for and because they felt they were being listened to.

These things are unlikely to apply to the Westminster elections so imagine voting within this group will likely be way, way down.
 
Regarding the Clyde oil, can't get too carried away with it unless there is exploration that actually confirms the scale of extractable oil resources in the area.

But since it has been blended into the defence issue, I note that a load of former armed forces chiefs have been parping to the press, rather predictable and well in tune with other tactics of recent weeks!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29232793

In an "open letter to the people of Scotland", they expressed concern about the possibility of a separate Scottish military.

"As former chiefs of the Royal Navy, British army and Royal Air Force, we know it is fiction to talk about regional armed forces," they wrote.

"We train as one, fight as one and are under one command. We are not, and have never been, structured for division."

They said a vote for separation would "undermine both Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom's defence".

"At risk is the most successful alliance in history and one which has seen men and women from all parts of the country play their part in securing the liberties we now enjoy," they continued.

"This unity has guarded our borders and given us the space to prosper in a troubled world."

The letter concluded: "The division of the UK may or may not be politically or economically sensible, but in military terms we are clear: it will weaken us all."
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Dogsauce said:
Given Scotland's tendency to lean a bit more to the left than the rest of the UK (in recent times at least) then the increase in registered voters for the independence ref could increase the popular vote for Labour at the GE, whilst probably not making much of a difference in terms of seats. Conversely, people could also be demotivated to vote if independence is on the horizon.
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Given the Labour Party is firmly in the NO camp - I would respectfully suggest they are gonnae get a guid gubbin' at the next GE - whatever way this vote goes.
 
gosub said:
you read some of the stuff on journos blog, being told to fuck off back to England quite often, is going to inform your judgement
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any examples?
and even if so, journalists are meant to report correctly no? with some facts at least
 
considering how the vast majority of the media has acted as a promotional arm of the 'no' campaign, 'fuck off back to england' sounds like a measured and reasonable response.
 
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