Scottish Referendum / Independence - Vol 6
Discussion
saaby93 said:
and often elections are decided on a much bigger margin
Not many - and not by much.Out of the last 8 UK general elections held since 1979, only three have been won by a party with more than 10% more votes than the second place party.
Of those, the winning party won by 11.4%, 12.4% and 14.8% respectively (1987, 1997 and 1983)
Year......1st......2nd......Difference
2011......36.1%....29.0%....7.1%
2005......35.2%....32.4%....2.8%
2001......40.7%....31.7%....9.0%
1997......43.2%....30.7%....12.5%
1992......41.9%....34.4%....7.5%
1987......42.2%....30.8%....11.4%
1983......42.4%....27.6%....14.8%
1979......43.9%....36.9%....7.0%
The referendum was as decisive as most UK general elections are.
Edited by Moonhawk on Friday 19th September 10:06
Gecko1978 said:
So that's it two years of debate an end of the day it was a no. I would like to say thanks to the regular posters on here who made this a great debate from yes side we have fluff and Burger (who voted no) and on yes we had wiggle, Guam, big rod, Simmond, Welsh beef and many others thanks for the great debate chaps I doubt we will ever meet but I am sure I would 3 joy a beer with anyone of you.
Gecko
Cheers Gecko, Gecko
, but are you sure about that? LOLWelshbeef said:
So what did burger vote in the end?
Is Fluffy balls emigrating
Is VincterPrick going to start a new movement
Does Fluffy get a refund?
Does XJS and PVC driver get to chill out.
Do all Pro Yes on this thread now accept the settled will of the Scottish people and stop banging in about splitting away? You will never again be offered the choice
/in you're lifetime.
So who's for a Fully fedral UK ? I am. But I do want the wealthier parts of the union supporting the weaker parts and happy for that to continue.
Hi any chance of an answer to this my friend Burger?Is Fluffy balls emigrating
Is VincterPrick going to start a new movement
Does Fluffy get a refund?
Does XJS and PVC driver get to chill out.
Do all Pro Yes on this thread now accept the settled will of the Scottish people and stop banging in about splitting away? You will never again be offered the choice
/in you're lifetime. So who's for a Fully fedral UK ? I am. But I do want the wealthier parts of the union supporting the weaker parts and happy for that to continue.
bullies180 said:
el stovey said:
Piersman2 said:
And the rest of the UK , and the English particularly must be given the same powers otherwise this inequality in the union , which Salmond has now shone a spotlight on, will continue to fester and the inevitable consequence of this will be a similar nationalistic 'uprising' in England as has been seen in Scotland.
Scotland has gone and got themselves more devolution, if people in England want more devolution or regional control too, they have to do something about it. It's pointless for English people to be sitting there b
hing about Scottish whinging and having a chip on their shoulder when it's actually the Scots that are leading democratic change and debate and improving their lot. Currently I fully support virtually everything UKIP has to say, however, I don't want it to continue along the SNP path and develop into nationalistic unpleasantness.
I want Westminster to listen to and actually react to some of the issues that UKIP are raising, not just ignore them like they've tried to do with Scotland, otherwise it wouldn't take much for UKIP to start really aggravating the English voter if they wanted.
Knuckle dragging nationalism is not smart, let's see if our political elite are smarter and can smother it before it gets hold.
2013BRM said:
On a more adult note, the only positive I can see from this is that it has focussed attention on Westminster and, hopefully, made more people think about Democracy
How the fk is that a positive? All it will mean is MORE politics MORE govt at various levels. We want LESS politics and less ppl involved in politics so that we have less govt! The entire aim of any sane person should be to ensure govt at any level is as far removed and irrelevant to them as at all possible. That is the only way you can minimise the negative impact that politicians have on your life.
Piersman2 said:
And the same sense of disaffection that has fueled the SNP is what is currently driving the support for UKIP. England is already on the same road that Scotland started a few years back.
Currently I fully support virtually everything UKIP has to say, however, I don't want it to continue along the SNP path and develop into nationalistic unpleasantness.
I want Westminster to listen to and actually react to some of the issues that UKIP are raising, not just ignore them like they've tried to do with Scotland, otherwise it wouldn't take much for UKIP to start really aggravating the English voter if they wanted.
Knuckle dragging nationalism is not smart, let's see if our political elite are smarter and can smother it before it gets hold.
Well said, I concur.Currently I fully support virtually everything UKIP has to say, however, I don't want it to continue along the SNP path and develop into nationalistic unpleasantness.
I want Westminster to listen to and actually react to some of the issues that UKIP are raising, not just ignore them like they've tried to do with Scotland, otherwise it wouldn't take much for UKIP to start really aggravating the English voter if they wanted.
Knuckle dragging nationalism is not smart, let's see if our political elite are smarter and can smother it before it gets hold.
blueg33 said:
I am sort of disappointed.
It would have been much more fun if Scotland had a yes vote announced this morning and we invaded this afternoon
Cannot help but wonder what was on the cards to go down at Faslane in the event of a Yes vote? It would have been much more fun if Scotland had a yes vote announced this morning and we invaded this afternoon
Doubling of armed guards, and/or a lockdown?
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