Crosswords4 mins ago
Alex Salmond
Tried to divide the UK -succeeded in dividing Scotland-Berk !
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by brionon. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Another referendum?
Surely not.
If the vote was YES ... would there be another referendum then?
Or do the SNP "accept the democratic decision" only if it goes their way?
Was this referendum just to establish a temporary position?
Or is it going to be referendum, after referendum, after referendum, after referendum ... until the SNP get their way?
Or do the SNP not trust the Scottish people? Do the SNP think the voters have made a mistake?
It's all over, isn't it?
Surely not.
If the vote was YES ... would there be another referendum then?
Or do the SNP "accept the democratic decision" only if it goes their way?
Was this referendum just to establish a temporary position?
Or is it going to be referendum, after referendum, after referendum, after referendum ... until the SNP get their way?
Or do the SNP not trust the Scottish people? Do the SNP think the voters have made a mistake?
It's all over, isn't it?
I don't think it should be it forever. A generation from now there will be a whole new part of the electorate who may well have different views. This should be it for at least 30 years, though, but the idea that one referendum should be the last word seems risky. The direction the UK takes might end up changing in a way that increases the clamour for independence in the future.
Rather like the EU, in fact. I'm hoping to stay in the EU (after some renegotations) but it's *** annoying that some sides of the argument respond to calls for a referendum with "we had one...". Yes. In the 1970's, long before I was born, and since then the EEC has changed markedly. Another referendum is probably appropriate. And so, too, it may be appropriate in Scotland once again, but not for a long while to come.
Rather like the EU, in fact. I'm hoping to stay in the EU (after some renegotations) but it's *** annoying that some sides of the argument respond to calls for a referendum with "we had one...". Yes. In the 1970's, long before I was born, and since then the EEC has changed markedly. Another referendum is probably appropriate. And so, too, it may be appropriate in Scotland once again, but not for a long while to come.
Baldric // . . . took almost 50% of the population with him . . . //
Doesn't mean a thing. If you took a Scottish referendum on each and every contentious issue - nuclear weapons, nuclear power, gay rights, independent schools, health services, etcetera - there wouldn't be a bigger split than 65% to 35% on any of them. The Scots simply can never agree among themselves about anything. Against that background, 55% to 45% has to be seen as completely decisive.
Doesn't mean a thing. If you took a Scottish referendum on each and every contentious issue - nuclear weapons, nuclear power, gay rights, independent schools, health services, etcetera - there wouldn't be a bigger split than 65% to 35% on any of them. The Scots simply can never agree among themselves about anything. Against that background, 55% to 45% has to be seen as completely decisive.
