I've only just seen the front page of yesterday's CITY AM which reckons if the yes vote goes through Scotland will need to borrow £100 billion in the short term to cover potential financial liabilities/commitments, that get this, the rest of the UK will have to lend them. Unbelievable. This is becoming more farcical by the day. It's basically like some stroppy teenager who is ready to move out, has been shouting and moaning that living with their parents isn't doing their street cred any good, but if they go, they want their parents to fund them.
If they really want this, then I expect them to have contingencies and have planned for such outcomes. This £100 billion will have to come from the British taxpayer so now it becomes a joke. Why are we being hit (again) for other people's poor decision making. If this is the case then at the very least I hope the levels of interest we impose upon an new independent Scotland are to say the least, giving us a proper pay back.
I'm not sure if this pisses me off more than bailing out the banks.
If they lend it from us all well and good, as long as they keep up repayments. They must remember their home is a risk ..........
It's not a lack of foresight. It is a refusal by UK government to pre-negotiate the terms of Scottish secession. By making arrangements the government is admitting it is a possibility, giving further encouragement to the Yes campaign. Its not sensible, but it is politics and I can see why they took that stance
This is now getting hilarious on BBC1. The NO Vote has obviously won quite comfortably but as they are paying people all night to work they are trying to drag out the result. Jeremy Vine is as unfunny as his brother is and the succession of YES people Hugh Edwards has had on his panel have all looked as uncomfortable as their predecessor. As time goes on and reports come in it is comical the way these people hang on to the ridiculous theory that the Nationalists may win that just makes the YES lot look stupid. It's all over, it was all over years ago.
Word is that Glasgow has gone YES. That was always a given but the vote is only 56/44 and they really needed a lot higher than that. Really needed 66/44.
Gordon Brown has seemed very keen to cede more powers to Scotland in the wake of a tight vote. If only he was ever in a position of authority where he might have actually enabled further devolution.
Gordon Brown has seemed very keen to cede more powers to Scotland in the wake of a tight vote. If only he was ever in a position of authority where he might have actually enabled further devolution.
Gordon Brown's constituency is in Scotland, he needs a NO or he'll be out of a job eventually. That is why he was promising Scotland the world the other day.
This may have been asked before, but I wonder what the vote would be in England if we were offered to go independent from Scotland, Wales and N Ireland?
I really cannot see that being much different from 90/10 in favour.
First result 54:46 for no but no idea how that area fits in to bigger picture - assume no vote will be guaranteed within the hour (or two) as other results come in. England doesn't need independence because London has been running the show. We are on the bigger stage because of our history and values. What matters is people's participation and the big ideas on the table for our country in this century.
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That's ok then, normal service resumed...
Last poll: 54% No. 46% Yes.
Yes- 33%
They'll bottle it.
If that's the case Salmond isn't going to win.
Criminal investigation launched
For 15 years.
Reports of turnouts between 85% and 90%.
It's all over, it was all over years ago.
I really cannot see that being much different from 90/10 in favour.
England doesn't need independence because London has been running the show. We are on the bigger stage because of our history and values.
What matters is people's participation and the big ideas on the table for our country in this century.
YES 26,902 NO 38,991