Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yeah, but to be honest, they'd still be in Scotland after a Yes vote.
Will you vote for independence?
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Thanks everyone - been a really good thread. I've appreciated all your contributions. I really appreciate the effort to tell us about your town, your country and your state.
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Frankie Jack
Not a bloke..
Says it all.. 
Were there any arrests?
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
A LOT of them said they would leave after a YES and one day we will hold them to that.
Frankie Jack that Bruce guys lives in the local town, we have mutual friends on fb.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
6 arrests. Media doing their best to say'both sides to blame' as usual. The BBC headline said 'rival groups' when from social media it was wvident that it was groups of SDL and Rangers casuals roaming central Glasgow looking for anyone with a Yes badge or a Saltire.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Yes. There's a Radical Independence conference in November. SNP, Greens and SSP are all reporting a surge in new memberships since yesterday andthere's a lot of people muttering about wanting to change things and stay involved in politics
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Cheers.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I don't know if that's aimed at me - I'll assume it is. No sense of victory here, just a sense of relief that we're not taking a giant leap in the dark that we can't get back from if things go tits up. Certainly no sense of lining up behind a flag either - never been into the whole football/religious sectarianism thing.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
I haven't read this yet but I am one of the 45, over 100K likes in less than 24 hrs
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/20/scotland_0_n_5854258.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
The Unionist parties might like to think they've won this but they haven't and it's not over. 10 incidents of electoral fraud in Glasgow alone are being investigated by the police, there are other allegations too.
The genie is out of the bottle and it ain't going back in happily.
And this from FB
We're hearing reports that over 4000 people have joined the SNP, over 1200 have joined the Scottish Greens and over 585 people have joined the SSP within the past 48 hours!
We do hope that everyone who has backed the Yes campaign remain engaged with the political process and one of the best ways of doing that is to join a political party.
• SNP: https://my.snp.org/join
• Greens: http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/join-donate/
• SSP: http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/join-us/
Apparently the SNP site is crashing due to people signing up to be new members.
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
10 allegations of personation. Who were they pretending to be? YES voters? Are you suggesting the vote was fixed?I haven't read this yet but I am one of the 45, over 100K likes in less than 24 hrs
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/20/scotland_0_n_5854258.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
The Unionist parties might like to think they've won this but they haven't and it's not over. 10 incidents of electoral fraud in Glasgow alone are being investigated by the police, there are other allegations too.
The genie is out of the bottle and it ain't going back in happily.
xslavearcx
time for a nu-metal revival?
Just anecdotally my ex wife, friends, parents and my partner are all going to get involved in politics post this result.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
The Common Weal, a cross party group led by Robin McAlpine, has also been deluged with emails asking for membership and how to help.
National Collective are making a statement shortly but look likely to continue campaigning.
"The 45" is likely also to organise itself into a cross-party campaign in the coming days on a specifically non-party basis, with groups such as Women for Independence and individuals like Lesley Riddoch likely to be prominent. Pat Kane has been talking up a "Scottish Bloc" for 2015 GE explicitly aiming at a Labour wipe out for the Scottish seats.
Greens now report 2000 new members in last 36 hours; SSP pushing 700. SNP 4000+.
Meanwhile Jack Straw is gibbering on about making future referendums illegal and Miliband says new powers for Scotland are not a priority whilst Cameron crudely tries to turn the devolution argument to narrow Tory advantage. Keep it up guys, you'll bring about a second referendum very shortly like this- and one you will lose.
National Collective are making a statement shortly but look likely to continue campaigning.
"The 45" is likely also to organise itself into a cross-party campaign in the coming days on a specifically non-party basis, with groups such as Women for Independence and individuals like Lesley Riddoch likely to be prominent. Pat Kane has been talking up a "Scottish Bloc" for 2015 GE explicitly aiming at a Labour wipe out for the Scottish seats.
Greens now report 2000 new members in last 36 hours; SSP pushing 700. SNP 4000+.
Meanwhile Jack Straw is gibbering on about making future referendums illegal and Miliband says new powers for Scotland are not a priority whilst Cameron crudely tries to turn the devolution argument to narrow Tory advantage. Keep it up guys, you'll bring about a second referendum very shortly like this- and one you will lose.
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Have you a ref for that MIliband quote?
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Ta. So the quote doesn't exist. That's your reading of sky's reading of something he said. Why put it in quotes though? It's not a quote.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
how else do you read "constitutional change is not a top priority"?
I understand your angry, but fabricating up quotes is just going to make you look dishonest.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
I didn't "fabricate a quote"!
I will take the quotation marks off it it makes y'all feel better.
I will take the quotation marks off it it makes y'all feel better.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
It's not how i read something. It's about whether he said it or not. And why you chose to say that he did. I accept that your reading of what he said is not dishonest - it's a partial gloss though at best as he tried to emphasise that constitutional change is really important. It's just not a quote from him though. This really is bad form - esp now.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Jesus, get over yourself.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
And they say standards in academia are dropping.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
how arch.
DairyQueen
Well-Known Member
Twitter Followers
SNP 46.9k
Scottish Green 15.6k
Scottish Labour 13.2k
SSP 9.7k
Scottish Conservatives 5.2k
Scottish Lib Dems 4k
Not a poll, but probably indicative of relative activist base in Scotland
SNP 46.9k
Scottish Green 15.6k
Scottish Labour 13.2k
SSP 9.7k
Scottish Conservatives 5.2k
Scottish Lib Dems 4k
Not a poll, but probably indicative of relative activist base in Scotland
Supine
Newt Member
Twitter Followers
SNP 46.9k
Scottish Green 15.6k
Scottish Labour 13.2k
SSP 9.7k
Scottish Conservatives 5.2k
Scottish Lib Dems 4k
Not a poll, but probably indicative of relative activist base in Scotland
An opinion poll for the twitterati
andysays
Love and solidarity
I realise this name is intended to represent the 45% who voted for independence, but I'm sure you're also aware of the other significance of "The Forty-Five".
Do you think it's helpful to have a name which, deliberately or accidentally, evokes this historical event, with its connotations of a doomed campaign to restore an exiled ex-royal house?
I have joined the Greens as of this morning. I know at least one other who has done the same and a third who is looking at options about where they would be most at home.
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