Quote:I thought Scotland had a referendum and the majority of people voted NO. Are you saying you just want to keep having referendums until they get the YES vote and then stop having them? Surely if the majority dont want Scotland to be independant then thats an end to it?????
Well firstly, it is entirely up to the people of Scotland.
Secondly when you hold a referendum you expect people to stick to the rules. The NO campaign broke The Edinburgh Agreement in the closing stages of the campaign with the introduction of 'The Vow'.
So many of those who voted in the postal ballot voted in a different referendum to those who voted on the day at the polling station (The Vow being introduced after the postal ballot)
And finally, 'The Vow' that was introduced against the rules (please note that the NO rejected a third option on the ballot paper) turned out not to be worth the paper that it was not written on in any case.
Now in that referendum, despite the full might of the Scottish and British media (only one small paper The Sunday Herald supported independence), the full might of the establishment, all the Westminster Parties and The Westminster Elite - despite all that - 45% of people in Scotland did not buy it and they didn't do as they were told. That's remarkable.
What have we in Scotland got to vote for come the General Election? The Good old Tories, The New Tory Party, The Third Rate Tory Party or Nigel's Ultra Fascist Tory Party.
With Jim Murphy (A Tory) about to be elected leader of The Labour Party in Scotland (a man with no seat in our parliament), I can't help thinking it's wipe out time for Labour at the general election. Scots vote one way in a general election, then vote the opposite way in a Scottish Election. I don't think that will happen this time.
The way things are playing out politically at the moment, YES! I think the people will demand another referendum.