Scots indy results thread

[redsquirrel]

WEST LOTHIAN RESULT
"No" wins by 65,682 to 53,342.
That's 55% for "Yes" and 45% for "No".
Total votes 119,024. Turnout 86.1%.

NORTH AYRSHIRE
"No" wins by 49,016 to 47,072.
That is 51% for "No" and 49% for "Yes".
Total votes 96,173. Turnout 84.4%

 

[MikeMcc]

Borders 67% No 33% Yes
YES - 27,906 NO - 55,553

No shocks there, think all my family there were voting no

 

[weepiper]

Listen to these cunts cheering to keep inequality.

 

[joustmaster]

Is the job fucked then?
Can I go to bed'?

 

[JTG]

Listen to these cunts cheering to keep inequality.

Bracing myself for the conga line of SE England Tory backbenchers calling for less money for anyone other than them

 

[redsquirrel]

SOUTH AYRSHIRE RESULT
"No" wins by 47,247 to 34,402.
That's 58% for "No" to 42% for "Yes".
Total votes 81,716. Turnout 86%.

 

[MikeMcc]

Fwiw my heart goes out to weepiper, steeplejack, geminisnake and everyone else who's disappointed. My lovely housemate will be upset too

I'm sorry that they will be upset, but personally I'm glad. I really believe a No vote would have been disastrous. The voting mandate, and the strength of feeling, must mean that our whole approach to governance must change. It can't stay as it was.

 

[Anonymous1]

I'm sorry that they will be upset, but personally I'm glad. I really believe a No vote would have been disastrous. The voting mandate, and the strength of feeling, must mean that our whole approach to governance must change. It can't stay as it was.

We can discuss it when we're queueing for health insurance as the NHS gets stripped in the name of austerity.
How's that for disastrous?

 

[MikeMcc]

05:14 BBC calling a no result

 

[JTG]

West of Scotland votes show how many people have stopped listening to Labour in Glasgow, N Ayrshire, N Lanarkshire, Inverclyde, Dunbartonshire etc

 

[MikeMcc]

We can discuss it when we're queueing for health insurance as the NHS gets stripped in the name of austerity.
How's that for disastrous?

And you think the SNP could really deliver what they have been promising? What happens if they can't keep the currency, the Scots Pound goes pear-shaped, and corporations desert Montreal-style? I really don't think the consequences have been fully thought through, that doesn't necessarily make the alternatives attractive.

 

[weltweit]

05:14 BBC calling a no result

I've just woken up, how can the BBC call it now with so many votes yet to come in?

 

[MikeMcc]

Because Edinburgh and Fife should carry it.

 

[redsquirrel]

Because they can extrapolate from the data they do have and make a prediction

 

[JTG]

Because Edinburgh and Fife should carry it.

Yup, Yes needed more votes from the West in particular

 

[quimcunx]

I don't understand what happened to Angus.

 

[JTG]

55/45 projected split

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

For the 'Yes' supporters: don't despair if you lose. The first sovereignty referendum was held in Quebec in 1980. The No side won.

All that meant was.... another referendum: this time in 1995, and this time, the No side won by a much narrower margin.

In 1980, No got 59% of the vote; in 1995, No got 50.58%

No doubt there will be another one, and this time, who knows?

 

[JTG]

I don't understand what happened to Angus.

Or Falkirk, Western Isles, Glasgow...

Got the last minute fear

 

[quimcunx]

55/45 projected split

I waivered between this and 56/44 on the predictions thread. plumped for the second.

I'm last left standing in my flat now. *drums fingers* Maybe it's time for bed.

 

[JTG]

For the 'Yes' supporters: don't despair if you lose. The first sovereignty referendum was held in Quebec in 1980. The No side won.

All that meant was.... another referendum: this time in 1995, and this time, the No side won by a much narrower margin.

In 1980, No got 59% of the vote; in 1995, No got 50.58%

No doubt there will be another one, and this time, who knows?

Oh, it's coming alright

 

[quimcunx]

Or Falkirk, Western Isles, Glasgow...

Got the last minute fear

I'm not from any of those places though!

 

[weepiper]

For the 'Yes' supporters: don't despair if you lose. The first sovereignty referendum was held in Quebec in 1980. The No side won.

All that meant was.... another referendum: this time in 1995, and this time, the No side won by a much narrower margin.

In 1980, No got 59% of the vote; in 1995, No got 50.58%

No doubt there will be another one, and this time, who knows?

I haven't got 30 years.

 

[MikeMcc]

For the 'Yes' supporters: don't despair if you lose. The first sovereignty referendum was held in Quebec in 1980. The No side won.

All that meant was.... another referendum: this time in 1995, and this time, the No side won by a much narrower margin.

In 1980, No got 59% of the vote; in 1995, No got 50.58%

No doubt there will be another one, and this time, who knows?

All well and good until the Montreal Effect comes into effect

 

[Batboy]

And you think the SNP could really deliver what they have been promising? What happens if they can't keep the currency, the Scots Pound goes pear-shaped, and corporations desert Montreal-style? I really don't think the consequences have been fully thought through, that doesn't necessarily make the alternatives attractive.

I don't think Salmond or the SNP have really put much thought into in any of this, they simply allowed their hearts to rule their heads without presenting much of an incisive mandate or realistic polices for an Independent Scotland. Salmond got found out largely by a silent majority. There will be a bitter aftertaste from this referendum. Scotland is at times a very divided country. Some 30 years ago I lived in Dundee for around a year. Dundee voted with a largish majority of yes voters, I don't think I would find the same element of hospitality today in Dundee that I did 30 years ago.

 

[Celyn]

Or Falkirk, Western Isles, Glasgow...

Got the last minute fear

Glasgow did vote "Yes". So, I suppose it might cause a wee bit of concern to the Labour Party in Glasgow, which generally thinks it will always win by a sort of divine right. So that's sort of good, but the referendum as a whole is "no".

 

[weepiper]

Glasgow did vote "Yes". So, I suppose it might cause a wee bit of concern to the Labour Party in Glasgow, which generally thinks it will always win by a sort of divine right. So that's sort of good, but the referendum as a whole is "no".

The leader of the Scottish Labour Party's own constituency voted for independence by 26807 Yes to 22956 No. Labour are a busted flush in Glasgow.

 

[JTG]

But not by nearly enough and on a lower than expected turn out

 

[newbie]

r4 has gone to prayer for the day. time to stop listening.

 

[albionism]