Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

The seps really are getting their excuses in early.

Even if the referendum is a resounding, thumping great big NO, it will merely be evidence of a massive Establishment conspiracy. Apparently.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

If they do get smacked down i'll choose to believe it's evidence that we're not as gullible as they think we are.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

:D

http://newsthump.com/2014/02/17/alex...ger-member-of/

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Noooo, Virgin are just bluffing

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Virgin aren't just bluffing. They're bullying Salmond and, by extension, all of Scotland.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

The next thing will be that Salmond will start claiming they were bullied into having an independence referendum... :D

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

This is a good point

salmond does not talk for the people of Scotland - he speaks for a minority some of whom are the worst sort of racist crackpots.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

I agree with you. I just wish it was over & we can get back to normal, if that is possible. We could never go it alone. We need each other. ;)

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

I agree
:clap::clap::clap:

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

The latest survey conducted shows it's still a unanimous no:

http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net...20Scotland.pdf

The next poll should be out by the 1st of March. Will be good to see how things sit following the last 7 days of white paper bashing from down south and Europe.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Punditry suggests that Salmond's Braveheart rhetoric over the pound and the EU may win him some short-term sympathy over the next few weeks, but that once the furore dies down Scotland will be left with the threat of actual independence, i.e. no EU and no pound, and this will play on voters' minds, further entrenching the NO vote.

For the time being, it's heartening to see business as usual in the YouGov figures, a 60/40 vote for the Union amongst those certain to vote. Even on the top line results, YES is going to have to take all the 'don't knows' in order just to lose with its honour intact.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

What was nice to note that only 1 in 5 surveyed felt negatively towards England, and only 1 in 4 thought the Union was a bad thing.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

It will be interesting to see how this translates to polling once we've had a few weeks. I don't believe it will lead to a temporary Yes bounce. I think we might see a slight uptick in Nos with Yes remaining the same. However that No vote will become a lot more solid and less likely to budge.

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

Remind me, why do we want them to stay?

Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
 

because, as the campaign says, "we're better together"

I don't want Scotland to leave, I don't think any right minded person would.

Same as any right minded Scot should want to stay.