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Originally Posted by Osem
IMHO the SNP rely on stirring up nationalism amongst the few and the apathy/disenchantment of the many. The Scots have a big decision to make and I hope they get it right and don't base their decision on Salmond's soundbites. As an Englishman fed up with leftie lunacy, I'd quite like to see a lot fewer Labour MP's deciding our affairs, especially those doing so from the relative safety of Scotland.
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Scottish voters have never paid too much attention to the SNP's drivel about independence. They are in power in Holyrood purely and simply because in Scottish Parliament elections they are the only viable alternative to Labour.
The SNP's popular electoral success does not, and has never, had nationalist undertones and Salmond knows this, which is why he has done everything he possibly can to delay the referendum and to set it in a context where he thinks he has at least an outside chance of success (Commonwealth games in Glasgow plus the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, an event sacred to Nats but which in my experience most Scots don't give a stuff about ... it is of similar significance to 1066 in the English consciousness and has about the same level of relevance in modern politics).
Of far more significance will be events marking the centenary of the Great War and the 75th anniversary of WWII, which of course will be draped in the Union Jack and will resonate strongly where most of Scotland's votes are - in and around Glasgow where in places the bomb scars are still evident.