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30-06-2016, 06:28 AM | #1 | |||
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Scots Against Second Independence Referendum Despite Brexit Vote, Poll Shows The Survation poll showed 44.7 percent of people think Scotland should not conduct a second independence referendum, compared to 41.9 percent in favor of a fresh vote. Scotland starts drive to remain in EU, to prepare for possible independence vote To stay in EU, Scotland will veto Brexit or leave U.K., minister says Brexit vote causes alarm abroad as ripples spread REUTERS - The Scots do not think there should be a second independence referendum, a poll showed on Sunday, days after Britain voted to leave the European Union despite strong Scottish support for remaining a member of the bloc. The Survation poll showed 44.7 percent of people think Scotland should not conduct a second independence referendum, compared to 41.9 percent in favor of a fresh vote. In September 2014 Scotland rejected independence by 55 percent to 45 percent. The prospect of a second referendum has been raised after Britain as a whole voted to leave the EU last week, despite results showing a large majority of Scots supported remaining within the bloc in every region of Scotland. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said another referendum is "highly likely" and that Scotland would do whatever it takes to remain in the EU, including potentially blocking the legal process behind Britain's exit. The poll of 1,002 people, conducted for the Daily Record and Daily Mirror on June 25, also showed that despite not favoring holding another referendum, if one were to be held immediately Scots would back a breakaway from the rest of Britain. Survation said 47 percent were in favor and 41.2 percent against. Boris Johnson, the favorite to become Britain's next prime minister, said on Sunday that he did not detect "any real appetite" for another Scottish independence referendum.* read more: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/eu...onthlypromoted
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30-06-2016, 06:49 AM | #2 | |||
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They should have a referendum, and if the Scottish people vote to be an independent Country, then that's what should happen.
If they want to remain then they're very welcome. It's for the people of Scotland to decide their futures. The same with Northern Ireland, and even Wales if they wanted one, although I'd be more happy to keep Wales after they voted the same way as England. A question for Scottish members If you went Independence, would you want to keep The Queen/future Kings' as your head of state like Canada, Australia and New Zealand or would you prefer a Republic? |
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30-06-2016, 07:09 AM | #3 | |||
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A 1,000 person poll is not conclusive
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30-06-2016, 07:18 AM | #4 | |||
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No poll ever is, and increasingly, a lot of polls get it wrong, but it is a poll Reece and I merely reproduced the article.
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30-06-2016, 07:56 AM | #5 | ||
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Why oh why does anyone honestly still have any faith whatsoever in polling, they get so much wrong they are a sideshow, a joke, nothing of any value at all now.
A poll came out last week that said 59% of Scots now would vote for independence and now even this poll does not give a clear answer anyway as to being in favour or not,, it has over 44% against and near 42% for. Almost a 14% shortfall to make up the 100% Inconclusive only,is what this poll is at best,that is just about all you can say about it. I myself will not put any faith in any polling now, whether that is for general elections or referenda. They get far too much wrong to be reliable and in fact, in my view,until they get things really right, they should be more controlled because they actually in my opinion mislead the public too, being so wrong as they have been for years now.. |
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30-06-2016, 09:09 AM | #6 | ||
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To be honest I don't think this is the same as saying that they definitely wouldn't vote out if there was one... The reason so many people don't even want there to be one is simply that we're tired and have had enough. We've been to the polls for major things three times in a year. A lot left disheartened by the result last summer although fair enough, it was representative of the will of the people. Then you have the GE - Scotland overwhelmingly did not vote Tory. We got Tories anyway. Scotland overwhelmingly did not vote for Brexit. We got Brexit anyway.
I don't see much faith in voting up here at the moment... It feels like a charade. |
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30-06-2016, 09:38 AM | #7 | |||
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30-06-2016, 09:46 AM | #8 | |||
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pretty much what TS said
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30-06-2016, 09:52 AM | #9 | ||
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We have not really a UK parliament at all, it is an English one,the rest of the UK only matters when it agrees with England in the main. Not the majority of English people but a strong and good number of the English MPs,particularly the farther South they come from. |
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30-06-2016, 10:05 AM | #10 | ||
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I think full indy is sadly broken now. I don't think it necessarily works at all after all of this. My opinion now is that the UK has probably seriously damaged itself, and actually, damaged the rest of Europe too. We've all been looking inwards a lot, there hasn't been much discussion of the effect that Brexit will have on the EU with one of the major pillars removed.
However you are totally right about the power imbalance as you shift southwards. My best case scenario, assuming Brexit does indeed follow through, is a "devo-max" solution for Scotland as part of the UK. Keep the union intact but fully devolve domestic decisions to Edinburgh. I'd go even further and say that this might be the best solution for England, too: to be divided into three or four regions with similar devolved powers. London still "steering the ship" so to speak on the world stage (if we're even still relevant in 10 years time...) and devolved regional governments governing for the interests of the people of that region. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 30-06-2016 at 10:06 AM. |
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30-06-2016, 10:07 AM | #11 | ||
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"The United States of Britain" we could call it
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30-06-2016, 10:24 AM | #12 | ||
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I hope they get another Referendum. The Brexit has shown that, when it comes down to it, England will always have the final say.
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01-07-2016, 07:57 AM | #13 | ||
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So as you say England gets the final say, really it was a waste of time the Scots and Irish voting here. It may as well have been lets just see what England thinks. The Scots, Irish and Welsh votes combined, had a double figure percentage to 'remain'. It was only England that totally changed that scenario form its higher populated base. So the majorities Scotland and N Ireland registered became meaningless. That is not a United kingdom of any standard in my opinion. |
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01-07-2016, 08:05 AM | #14 | |||
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Scotland, as part of the UK has representation that reflects its relative population. Its only when you give it labels of a separate country that these objections can be raised. The referendum was UK, not Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland |
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01-07-2016, 08:46 AM | #15 | ||
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Since that is not the case now,that referendum is made void by the false guarantee. David Cameron never expected to hold a EU referendum,never over the previous 2 years before the election did it look like any party could get an overall majority in May of 2015 and that was the case right until polling day. No referendum was expected, David Cameron stipulated that he would only hold an 'in' 'out' referendum on the EU, IF the Conservatives got an overall majority. The Scots were played again and now their concerns,vote and decision on the EU referendum should be dismissed only because of the might of England. So a promise to the Scots can be broken as long as it is England that gets all its own way. No way, that is not democracy,not in my book. Maybe I see this differently because I am English by birth and lived in the West Midlands until I was 18,I am also of full Irish ancestry on my Mother's side and full Scottish ancestry on my Father's. So what is now being said as to any UK wide referendum,immaterial of how the Nations vote,if it is different from the majority of England, and just because England is higher populated, they always have to accept losing. Despite any previous promises or guarantees. That then makes any UK wide referendum on anything pointless in my book. Last edited by joeysteele; 01-07-2016 at 08:48 AM. |
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01-07-2016, 08:50 AM | #16 | |||
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"Why oh why does anyone honestly still have any faith whatsoever in polling, they get so much wrong they are a sideshow, a joke, nothing of any value at all now."
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01-07-2016, 09:23 AM | #17 | |||
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The whole premise of the UK is that decisions are taken as a whole for the UK, not for its individual parts |
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01-07-2016, 09:32 AM | #18 | ||
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01-07-2016, 09:32 AM | #19 | |||
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As BOTS rightly says - Scotland voted to remain in the UK and all this bally-hoo now is laughable. Wasn't it the United Kingdom and not Scotland who was accepted into the EU by the EU? and did not Scotland ENTER the EU as PART of The United Kingdom, and not in her own right as a Country? Then it is only right and fitting that Scotland leave the EU as part of The United Kingdom'. Bleating now about 'Election' being 'Undemocratic' because.... is just ludicrous and tiresome. The UK has a job to do now that we are finally free of the corrupt failed and failing EU, and this complaining is draining and deflective. If Scotland REALLY do want to leave the UK, then let them hold a referendum, and if the result is to part from us, then they should be allowed to part. If Scotland then want to join the EU, then that is a matter for Sturgeon and Salmond and any other 'fishy sounding' Scottish politicians. Our Democracy is not perfect, but there is nothing better to replace it, and every free country in the world has followed our lead.
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And this is not based on me wanting to force any change its purely an account of what DID happen. I at this point happen to agree that Scottish independence hopes are currently dead in the water and it would be a major mistake to pursue independence with Europe as it currently is. For better or worse, we're with the UK going forward and need to make the best of that. I personally would not pursue Scottish independence again, UNLESS the EU dissolves entirely, at which point it would be worth looking at again. So very unlikely to be in my lifetime, I've come to accept. That said, I do think Scotland should be heavily pursuing devo-max controls over taxation and spending. |
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01-07-2016, 10:04 AM | #21 | ||
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That is a great advert for England I am sure, its word means nothing. Scotland did join the EU as part of the UK, that is the point, Scotland still wants to be in the EU and voted heavily to be so. It was promised if it stayed in the UK in 2014, that its EU position would be secure. Now let us imagine the outcry here in this scenario, had Scotland promised they will stay in the UK on that promise,then we had the EU referendum and say the UK had voted to stay but Scotland then again called for an Independence vote. The tune would change massively and from the English govt particularly the Scots govt would rightly be getting hammered left right and centre. Clearly England's word is meaningless and its promises from its govt worthless, that is really the only point here. I am absolutely fed up of English MPs and some of England's citizenship riding through any concerns and the will of the other Nations of the UK. The point here is Nicola sturgeon has to do all she can to keep Scotland in the EU, from her much larger mandate to do so, than any mandate the UK govt has. It stuns me that all we are hearing from Westminster is the overall result and totally discounting that 2 Nations, 50% of the Countries in the UK,voted to remain by double figure majorities. I say again,UK wide referenda are pointless if it all only has to go England's way no matter what the other Nations say. If I lived in Scotland and had a vote, I'd support Nicola's efforts here and I would vote for independence too now after so many broken promises to Scotland,it being taken for granted and its will ignored for decades. Last edited by joeysteele; 01-07-2016 at 10:05 AM. |
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01-07-2016, 11:32 AM | #22 | |||
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When is it going to be England's turn to say whether we want Scotland to remain or not? Or are we going to go through this nonsense every year until Sturgeon gets the result she wants?
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01-07-2016, 11:34 AM | #23 | |||
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01-07-2016, 11:41 AM | #24 | |||
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lets also consider the nature of how Scotland ended up in the EU in the first place. It was dragged in to the EU as a result of a UK decision to do so, not a Scottish decision. Right back 40 years ago when we first joined, if Scotland had been given the individual choice to join, it would have told the UK to **** right off then
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01-07-2016, 11:52 AM | #25 | |||
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I find your bitterness over the referendum a bit sad Joey. I hope you can find peace with it over time. Part of being in a democracy is accepting that the will of the people doesn't always go your way. But we are all very lucky to live in a democracy where we can express our views and have a say. China isn't even allowed to read the internet outside of it's own country.
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