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Scottish independence: 5 reasons yes is winning
theguardian.com ^ | 4 September 2014 | Mike Small

Posted on 09/06/2014 1:59:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

None of this is supposed to be happening at all. Better Together is supported by every major media outlet in Scotland as well as in London. It has the full research resources of the British government and the backing of big business. Yet there now seems to be an irresistible momentum towards yes.

This week saw polls showing a massive eight-point swing to yes in the last month alone, with women and Labour voters leading the way. Photos of people queueing up to register to vote in Glasgow have been circulating. Maybe they were people queueing up to defend the union? Aye, right.

Here are five reasons why yes is winning.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alexsalmond; europeanunion; independence; indyref; scotland; scotlandyet; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Because I don’t believe in permanent solutions to temporary problems. A few decades ago, Scotland was a Conservative stronghold. If the Union is broken, it is gone for good.


81 posted on 09/07/2014 8:05:38 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

De-stabilizing, at a minimum. Republican sentiment in Ulster certainly relates to ardent Scottish nationalism and will be electrified by what they perceive to be the ease with which Caledonia was perhaps able to democratically remove itself from the Union.

Act II will be in the Six Counties.


82 posted on 09/07/2014 8:37:05 AM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Zionist Conspirator

As a US observer with no current political insight into the issue, I do have some casual observations.

It appears that Scottish politicians and office holders would decide one way and the Scottish electorate is running the other way. That is common here as well and lets us know the mental distance of office holder functionaries everywhere.

It also appears that the electorate is doing this on a gut level set of feelings, which is probably not always the best way to plot the course of a nation. Athens was our founders cautionary observation about democracy and government by plebiscite or referendum. That being the case, it is still pretty obvious that if the gut level choice of the population is that the union is something that should not be part of their society, they are always hampered by its presence — a dilemma.

I have to agree with one thing that has been pointed out. That is the nature of socialist costs to England by a Scotland that is not pulling its weight except in what it would keep in oil revenue. The balkanizing of medium powers is going to eventually lead us to the UN becoming more powerful and dominate.


83 posted on 09/07/2014 8:40:23 AM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

You’re saying that Celtic nationalists have dominated English politics since just after WWI? That sounds something of a stretch.


84 posted on 09/07/2014 8:55:01 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

And another winner at York, you will have no pounds left.


85 posted on 09/07/2014 10:43:47 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: goldstategop

Scotland has been a country since 843.


86 posted on 09/07/2014 11:32:12 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: goldstategop

Scotland has been a country since 843.


87 posted on 09/07/2014 11:32:13 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Just because you feel something dosent make it correct.


88 posted on 09/07/2014 11:32:41 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Jonty30

We ARE free!.


89 posted on 09/07/2014 11:32:58 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Lysandru

Your last paragraph hit the nail on the head, that’s what’ll happen.


90 posted on 09/07/2014 11:33:27 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: MadMitch

Gambler eh? Now I understand the mentality behind your vote for Scottish Independence. Sadly, the odds do not look to be in your favour, in fact, it will be like playing russian roulette with a semi-automatic pistol...


91 posted on 09/07/2014 11:39:40 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: the scotsman

You want to feel my boot up you’re arse Quisling. Move away from the grassmarket.


92 posted on 09/07/2014 11:39:42 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This poll DOES NOT show independence winning. The media headlines are a nonsense.

It was 51% with undecideds taken out, when it was “weighted”. Using the 2011 Scottish elections.

In the actual poll 475 voted Yes, 538 voted No.

So the poll actually has the NO vote winning!.


93 posted on 09/07/2014 11:41:10 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Prefer to see myself as a border reiver. Always easy pickings over the tweed.


94 posted on 09/07/2014 11:42:35 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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As an American that has loved his time in both England and Scotland, I hope it goes well for all sides regardless of what is decided. God speed.


95 posted on 09/07/2014 11:48:57 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The YES vote is running a campaign that voting yes will save the NHS from privatisation.

Except of course, its already a devolved (to the Scottish parliament) health service, and Westminster cant touch it.


96 posted on 09/07/2014 11:49:59 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: MadMitch

I sincerely hope you are being jokey with me.


97 posted on 09/07/2014 11:50:56 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: the scotsman

Of course I am quisling.


98 posted on 09/07/2014 11:56:33 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: MadMitch
You won't be doing quite as much 'border reiving' from iScotland when the rUK puts up border posts to control who comes and goes from Scotland due to Salmond's proposed liberal immigration policies and having to sign up for Shengen when you rejoin the EU. So much hassle and self-inflicted hardship, all in the name of
99 posted on 09/07/2014 12:00:02 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

If he opens the immigration door wider, independent Scotland won’t be Scotland for long. It will be Scotlandistan and/or a minor vassal of the EU. Hope if/when Independence occurs, true nationalism kicks in and Scotland is saved for the Scots.


100 posted on 09/07/2014 12:04:36 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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