The Jock vote

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Also am I correct in saying they have lowered the voting age to 16? personally I would not send a 16 year old out to buy a bottle of milk never mind decide the possible future of the Union. I know when I was 16 all I had in my head was football, girls and motorbikes
If the vote is a NO vote will the voting age then go back up to 18 again, that is unless the rest of the UK also lower it.
We hear daily on the news and other media that employers are concerned that children leaving school are not coming to the work place equiped with basic skills such as reading and writing. Salmond and his mates are using these young people for his own ends here.
Me if I was at school these days likely as not I would be in special needs. [img alt=]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/wink.gif[/img]

Yup 16 and 17 year olds get to vote.

I think it's a good move.  The important factor I think is that at 16 or 17 you can go out and work, therefore pay taxes.  If you are old enougth to pay tax then you should logically have a say in how those taxes are spent.

It's also engaging people in politics at a younger age, and crucially at an age when they are either still at school or just about to leave. 

Yes I would hope, irrespective of the outcome of this referendum, that in Scotland and across the UK the standard voting age will be 16.

And 16 yr old kids that have never contributed to anything and expect their free university places (paid for by England) will continue whichever way they vote.

At the end of the day Stupid, Scotland contributes X amount to the UK.  Via the barnett formula we get X minus a big chuck back- ie our budget.  The Scottish Parliament then has to decide how to spend it's budget, the reason we have free education, free prescriptions, free care for the elderly etc is becuase how we in Scotland decide to spend our budget.

I reckon if the Scots vote no the English should get their own referendum to decide if we still want to subsidize them.

Don't be stupid now.

You may wish to ponder why the pound took a wee slide when we had a poll suggesting a YES victory. 

And as for the currency union, well I'll bet you if there is a YES result, very quickly both sides will be discussing a possible currency union.  The last thing that anybody needs is a run on the pound, and that's a real danger if there is no currency union. 


YES YES YES