Scots indy results thread
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in that speech just now alex salmond spelled out whats next, namely forcing the Vow to take place to Browns timetable, every slip on that will be rightly exploited as a betrayal of the democratic process...im sorry its not a Yes, and feel bad for everyone gutted by the result, but still cheered that these islands are going to move another step closer to a more meaningful democracy....will get there in the end
time to turn the media off before cameron pops up on it
time to turn the media off before cameron pops up on it
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Treacle Toes
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Oh god. My mission today is NOT to hear or read any speech or gloating/patronising from the tories.
/feels sick at the thought.
/feels sick at the thought.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Och aye the NO. Looks like they listened to Bonnie Prince Billy.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Was it unwinnable? If he'd had a defensible and feasible plan for the post independence currency arrangements and a feasible roadmap for EU membership instead of just "It'll be ok because reasons." then he could have got it over the line.
Tankus
Amused OAP
Oh god. My mission today is NOT to hear or read any speech or gloating/patronising from the tories.
/feels sick at the thought.
It's not going to last long couple of tweets perhaps .....then they are going to go at it like ferrets over what's been given without consultation......also the Welsh assembly will be (rightly) unimpressed at the differential in the distribution of powers
jakethesnake
In bed for Britain
I'm really disappointed. I thought it could happen there for a while and that a yes vote would force Cameron to resign
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
Shame but not a massive surprise. Now wait for the backlash from England on Devo max and the Barnett formula. Condolences to those who were hoping for a yes.
ska invita
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Ive no idea if this is true, but i wonder if the starting point arrangements of the UK made it harder to make the smooth transition case (or are all successions equally problematic?). If a desire for federalism sweeps the nation in the coming months it may create a smoother transition to the same end goal of devolution of power, better avoiding any of those big unknowns that worried some.
Personally i would've preferred the short sharp shock of a Yes win, but I'm not sure the genie can be put back in the bottle now...funnily enough 24hrs ago I doubted a No vote would result in much more than a rapid and forced return to the status quo, but now i think the thin end of the wedge has been hammered into the system and theres no going back and the momentum for self-government will snowball across the UK.
ha yeah i agree. That said Camerons truly panicked and distraught face has been one of the highlights of the campaign up till now, and I reckon there'll be plenty more squirming to take some pleasure in between now and the GE.Oh god. My mission today is NOT to hear or read any speech or gloating/patronising from the tories.
/feels sick at the thought.
It's that attitude that helped you lose. They made their own decisions for their own reasons.
Salmond's cuts, right? The ones he forgot to mention in the debate with Darling when he asked us to vote Yes to protect the NHS?
Yes. It will happen the next time the SNP hold the balance of power in Westminster.
ska invita
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re the cost, its wrong to be paralised by spending to potentially create deep and meaningful changes to the system, the end logic of that argument is sitting in a closed room eating bread and water. A Yes win would've completely changed the financial make up of the country. Worth remembering that the SNP had it in their manifesto to have this referendum and had a mandate to follow through on that promise from the electorate - within a proportionally representative parliament at that.
any failure to follow through on the Vow will also give real justification to a rerun
ska invita
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only one for absolute wins with each voting region coloured in for its final result which doesnt really reflect the fact that the Yes vote is spread across the whole country, not just in pockets...the lowest Yes vote in any region was a third of the electorate
Sod Stevenage, the West Country aint sharing a region with the south east!
Treacle Toes
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I was awoken at 3am by a massive thunder/lightening storm. I was hoping it was a good omen.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
84% Turnout. 
If only the rest of the UK would get that political 
If only the rest of the UK would get that political Meaningful choice might just do that84% Turnout.
ska invita
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they are84% Turnout.
ska invita
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why so allowed? Who allows it and why does this vote encourage it to happen? Im asking as i know nothing about it
He backed Indy
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