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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
It's not "a tantrum" as such, and it seems to be a risk they are prepared to take.
As far as the undecided are concerned the ball is in the Tory, Labour, Lib Dem court. All they have to do is once and for all unilaterally and absolutely rule out any sharing of the pound and put the issue to bed.
Their language has softened, and in some cases shifted, since their initial ruling out of the sharing of the pound. In the face of continued insistence on the part of the Yes campain they need to (re)assert that position if it is indeed (re)assertable.
Problem solved.
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I suspect the politics of phraseology is a little more sophisticated in Northern Ireland than it is over here Mr A. The nationalists may continue to argue it's a bluff, but there is no sense around here that people in general are combing through the words and phrases used by the politicians and coming to that conclusion. The committed Yes campaigners say it's a bluff because that's what their campaign leaders have told them. The committed No campaigners, the opposite, for the same reason.
In the middle of it all, there are a lot of uncertain people - and in a constitutional referendum, uncertainty is the friend of the status quo. It is doubtful whether any further "clarification" is necessary, or even helpful.