Posted on 09/18/2014 6:04:31 PM PDT by blueyon
The first results are coming in for the referendum to decide whether Scotland should stay in the UK or become an independent country.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Remember Tories were shut out in Scotland in the last election.
You have to wonder why David Cameron spent so much time and effort trying to keep in the UK a region that’s not going to vote for his party.
11 of 32...NO winning.
Stirling in big for No
It’s pretty much over now...
Thank you. I took around a dozen or so pics of many of the same flowers. I could not really pick the best as they were all about as good as the others.
“you do know that Scotland already rules Scotland right?
This is not a braveheart movie., this is about a bunch of socialists who want more socialism in Scotland”
I don’t care if they are Marxists like half of our citizens and most of our national elected officials. Independence, responsibility and freedom are always best.
East Lothian cast a big NO vote.
Told you “No” was going to win big.
The mood just wasn’t there.
We’ve seen it in Quebec. A lot of the “NO” voters are “soft sovereigntists” - they want more concessions from England but not outright independence.
This was entirely predictable.
this is exciting
As watching paint dry.
We’re not witnessing the birth of Europe’s newest country.
Become the next Venezuela with or Zimbabwe without London?
I guess that is the question to ponder
Scotland will get more powers and money from London.
For a shakedown, its paying off quite handsomely.
Yes 335,482
No 381,025
Steady for NO.
Counting the vote could take a while...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDlPnExilKc
10 hours of Cetic tunes
What a tremendous election turnout for this Scotland election averaging around 88%. Imagine how that would work in American elections.
They are saying that Midlothian is a bellweather for this election. BBC Graphics are not necessarily accurate reflections of the actual results. Below I posted what the election officials announced:
Midlothian
No 56%
Yes 43%
East Lothian
(missed it)
Stirling
No 60%
Yes 40%
Falkirk
No 53%
Yes 47%
It was close for awhile but “NO” is now comfortably ahead.
Big margins - especially out of bellwethers Midlothian, Stirling and Falkirk.
Its going down by a wide margin.
Now it’s 53 - 47 No, with 12 of 32 counties declared.
Cameron doesn’t care about party, he is more leftist than his base anyway. This vote is not about party
The only question is whether England will get its own Parliament.
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