Scotland's independence; any thoughts, chaps ?

[DaveB]

Bless.. I'm sure that's what he'd have said were he still alive too!

ATB
DaveB

[Tomliner]

Perfect Gordon.Private Fraser the perfect antedote to the stress that many of us are feeling at moment EricT

[Vancouver]

I tuned into LBC radio this early morning for you lot, late night here, to judge how the vote is going only to discover that under Broadcasting rules, they are not allowed to discuss it.

Yes I believe that's true for all elections in the UK. Come voting day, all campaigning and debating on radio and TV has to stop. By this time tomorrow, we will know. Potentially a historic 24 hours ahead of us.

So it is a bit like living in a tartan North Korea. You are not allowed to know until we your masters make up the result.

[Harry Basset]

The No Campaigning on Polling Day rule or convention seems to have failed. I saw photos of Polling Places with both Yes and No boards outside.

[Paul K]

I think the policy applies to broadcast media - TV and radio - so as not to be seen influencing people on the day they actually go to the polls. Its always been that way in the UK as far as I can remember. They can report on turnout and things like that, however.

[gordon-in-aberdeen]

I just remembered I have photos of whats possibly the Scottish Air Force's only aircraft
Its G-AXIG & she's in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh though, might take a bit of effort to get her outside in an emergency






I do like that roundell on her though

[Jon.M]

I'm not sure which appalls me more, the gullibility of my fellow nationals in being taken in by the hectoring buffoon and his vacuous impractical and improbable promises, or the ability of the better together campaign to throw away a 20% lead.

I was concerned for the No campaign from the moment I heard that it was being led by Alistair Darling. He may be a wonderful person but I've never been able to listen to him long enough to find out! When he was chancellor of the exchequer and was interviewed regularly on the Today Program I always had to go to the next item of the podcast before slipping into a coma. Especially as I was usually driving at the time.

I've not known an item of British news to get more attention on the TV news here in Italy than this referendum (with the possible exception anything to do with Princess Diana). This evening they were speculating on the knock-on effect in Europe with Basque separatists, the division of Cyprus and even Flanders separatists being mentioned. I've had people here asking me what I think about it which has never happened before, the general reaction here is incredulity that the Scots might want to leave Britain.

At least the important Scottish referendum has been decided - Women are to be allowed to join St Andrew's Golf Club.

Jon

[Garry Russell]

I just remembered I have photos of whats possibly the Scottish Air Force's only aircraft
Its G-AXIG & she's in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh though, might take a bit of effort to get her outside in an emergency






I do like that roundell on her though

Shouldn't it face forwards ??

Maybe they could get a couple of the Aurigny Trislanders as VIP/Presidential aircraft

[Paul K]

I've just downloaded the London Evening Standard, and they have a poll that places the No campaign six points ahead. I don't know what constitutes a point, or the voter numbers involved, but there you go. If the result is indeed a No, I have a feeling things could turn ugly on Scotland's streets tomorrow.

[hobby]

I am a Scot with family on both sides going back in time a long way. My Grandfather told me when I was a small boy that first I was British, secondly that I was a Scot and lastly that, despite being born in England, I was not English. For the whole of my life I have always thought that what my Grandfather meant was that Scots should be proud of their country - a separate kingdom - but able to see the strength of the unity of two kingdoms making up the United Kingdom.

I am concerned that Scotland seems no longer to have a large fishing industry, nor do the shipbuilding yards see hulls sliding into the water in great numbers, there may well be some engineering and manufacturing companies but making what and for whom? Yes, there is a whisky industry and hydro-electric power and I hear that Edinburgh has a burgeoning financial industry but is there enough to support a population of 4 million plus? I am concerned that there might not be a large enough economic engine to make a fully independent country successful enough to better the fortunes of the people living there within the next ten years. Scotland has seen much poverty and de-population in the past, I do not wish to see any more.

Wonderful to see that 97% of those enabled to vote have registered to do so.

Miracles can happen, but not very often. Whatever the verdict, it will be a close run thing!