Scottish Independence Vote

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BJGardner
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Not into British politics but someone said a lot of the labor seats are held in Scotland so if they do go independent that would pretty much make england a one party democracy. As I say, I've no idea but heard quite a well educated person saying that at golf yesterday. Any truth in it?
Yes Labour governments nearly always need their Scottish MPs for an outright, Westminster majority I think.
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to75ne
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whatever the result this as opened up one bastard of a can of worms.

in my opinion we will all suffer a whole lotta grief over this in the coming years (scottish, english, welsh, northern irish), cant see anything good coming out of this at all. :(
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Euler
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+1
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LeTiss
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I think there's an emotional connection between Scots wanting independence and people voting UKIP

There seems to be a growing resentment of centralised politics these days, and people are becoming more disconnected and resentful of being governed by others that do not understand them or represent them
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superfrank
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people are attracted to UKIP for more sensible reasons tho, i.e. they don't agree with mass immigration or being lumped in a union with Romania, Bulgaria and Greece among others (and have had no say on it).

the Scots thing is more blatant nationalism imho.
marko236
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marko236 wrote:I work in a place with about 60 workers, the yes vote is about 85%.
Found a few more no voters at work, some think taxes will go up and also people think there house prices will drop in value.

My vote is in :D
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Euler
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Tomorrow morning around 8am we will know the opinions of millions of people in Scotland, we will have an answer on a huge debate of great significance. What decision will they make?












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marko236
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Jeff hasn't made any comments lately? maybe he's made a run for the border, probably caught up in some barbed wire at the moment :shock:
PeterLe
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The No note has come in 6 or 7 ticks since this morning..Im just wondering whether to green up..what are you guys doing?
marko236
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PeterLe wrote:The No note has come in 6 or 7 ticks since this morning..Im just wondering whether to green up..what are you guys doing?
Surly it can't go much more. It's so low i'm thinking about putting in a lay bet.
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superfrank
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the pound has risen today and not very volatile considering so looks like the markets think it's a done deal No.
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Euler
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Tricky one, I guess some of this is down to when votes are announced and how they are counted. You can't help but think that somebody somewhere has their finger on the pulse.
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Euler
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Looking at the price, it appears to be decaying in line with time value.
PeterLe
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Im fairly sure its going to be a no, but Ive greened up now anyway.
Good luck to anyone still trading it
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LeTiss
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Huge run on 'no' now

Perhaps it's not going to be as close as the Nationalists would like
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