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**Chris** · 03-03-2014, 16:10

To be fair, those aren't the ones who have bought into Salmond's nonsense, those are the ones who have been in favour of separation since forever.

The infuriating thing about this whole referendum bunfight is that so far, it has utterly failed to shift public opinion significantly in one direction or the other. We have known for decades that there is a natural inclination for independence that ebbs and flows between about a quarter of the electorate, at its very worst, to a little over a third at its very best, and the referendum campaign hasn't shifted it significantly one way or the other. What shifts those numbers is the performance of Westminster politicians and whether Scottish voters think they are getting a fair deal or not. Tories are good for the SNP, which of course is why Fat Alec is so desperate to get in front of a camera with Cameron.

I wish we could just have the vote now, get the result everyone knew we were going to get, and then get on with building up our country instead of tearing it to pieces.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,134	Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK? To be fair, those aren't the ones who have bought into Salmond's nonsense, those are the ones who have been in favour of separation since forever. The infuriating thing about this whole referendum bunfight is that so far, it has utterly failed to shift public opinion significantly in one direction or the other. We have known for decades that there is a natural inclination for independence that ebbs and flows between about a quarter of the electorate, at its very worst, to a little over a third at its very best, and the referendum campaign hasn't shifted it significantly one way or the other. What shifts those numbers is the performance of Westminster politicians and whether Scottish voters think they are getting a fair deal or not. Tories are good for the SNP, which of course is why Fat Alec is so desperate to get in front of a camera with Cameron. I wish we could just have the vote now, get the result everyone knew we were going to get, and then get on with building up our country instead of tearing it to pieces.