Scottish Independence (the sequel)

If the vote is for independence there's Going to be an awful lot of vacancies on the BBC news channel as repatriation commences
Being serious I note the no campaign is going to promote increased devolution for the Scottish if they vote no. While they are at it they can offer it to the English too so we can have a say on promoting England's national identity...without it coming across a rallying call for facists.

At lot of angst in the Sunday papers about that YouGov poll that had the "Yes" campaign marginally ahead.

Personally, I think the polls would have to show a decided lead to translate into a "Yes" win on Referendum day. It's easy to be courageous in a poll. Come the actual vote, a lot of people -- notably those with a comfy job, a car in the garage and a kid in uni -- will revert to the status quo.

reading into the overall debate..I think it will be a no...

SNP seem to be winning votes by claiming that the NHS could/would be privatised if we vote NO but Health is fully devolved so only the SNP as ruling party in Scottish Government could privatise the NHS in Scotland so SNP scaremonging based on a lie

Will the scots still be able to do the national lottery if there is a yes vote??

Guessing that they will

Yes Supporters still claiming we will get straight back into the EU despite present and former EU presidents saying they won't and still clinging to legal advice that turned out not to exist

(08-09-2014 18:26 )HannahsPet Wrote:  Guessing that they will

You guessed wrong. The rules of the national lottery are clear. To buy a ticket you must be at least 16 years old, a resident of the UK and physically present in the UK at the time you buy the ticket.

The Scottish Government’s White Paper on independence said that the lottery would continue in Scotland after separation, but this has been contradicted by Alistair Darling, who said it's the national lottery not the international lottery.

Christ where was this gordon brown in 2009-10

I'm not for independence by any stretch of the imagination, but I am left completely cold by these dire warnings about what is and isn't possible for Scotland if they separate.

It's like a divorcing couple. When you are at that stage of throwing dishes and threatening divorce, nothing is possible. I want it all, you can't have any of it, f**k you and the horse you rode in on. But once the decision is made, tempers cool, pragmatism kicks in and the lawyers bills start to add up ... then everything is just a negotiation.

Take the EU issue. I don't doubt that EU ministers have thrown cold water all over it. But seriously ... they were about to accept Georgia. They were in the process of letting in the Ukraine. They've let in all of the Baltic states, which have only been states for a couple of decades. In what twisted, bizarro, Belgian calculation does in NOT make sense to let in an independent Scotland?

In short ... pre-referendum, this is all just political brinksmanship. In the event of a "yes" vote, post-referendum will be all economics all the time. If it makes economic sense, it will happen. If it doesn't it won't.