Today is the referendum in Scotland.
| Voters will answer "Yes" or "No" to the referendum question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" |
Polls have been open since this morning, will close 5pm NYC time. Decision to be announced 1:30-2:30am NYC time (if my math is correct).
News media are prohibited by British law from discussing results until after all voting has closed.
So what do we think, BBI? Who will win?
Any voters posting here today? Any otherwise British BBIers with an opinion one way or another?
Personally, I hope they go for it, economic "consequences" be damned. National borders are about more than efficiency, IMO.
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The guy announced the results in Scottish which was kinda weird. BBC guy had no idea what he was saying.
I went through that in the 90s in Quebec and it wasn't pretty. While deep down I think every region wants to be king of its own castle, we live in such an interconnected world it is virtually impossible to risk a reset/reboot.
FREEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM next time.
The guy announced the results in Scottish which was kinda weird. BBC guy had no idea what he was saying.
Gaelic? Scots is just a dialect of English.
Somewhat. A lot of similarities.
Dundee votes Yes, first to go that way, 53k Yes, 39k No, the No lead is cut to about 6k with 7 districts in.
Across the country the result is currently Yes 49.1% and No 50.9% with the really big areas still to come.
At the moment it is 178,811 NO, against 172,426 YES
West Dunbartonshire with an expected Yes vote, joining Dundee.
East Lothian, sorry
http://www.bbc.com/news/events/scotland-decides/live
Dumfries decisively no, 36k to 70k
That being said, assuming it stays the same, how do you think the "yes" supporters react? Do they just accept the democratic process or do they rebel?
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I think that was a mistake.
75% turnout.
194,779 Yes
169,347 No
54.33 NO 45.67 YES
Jesus, it's the Gymboree of news networks.