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Scottish independence: First referendum results declared
BBC.com ^
| 9/18/14
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Posted on 09/18/2014 6:04:31 PM PDT by blueyon
The first results are coming in for the referendum to decide whether Scotland should stay in the UK or become an independent country.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alexsalmond; europeanunion; independence; scotland; scotlandyet; scottish; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Robert the BruceIs that like Smokey the Bear, or Santa the Claus?
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:39:56 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: yarddog
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:41:06 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: blueyon
To: blueyon
I’m not surprised. Most people vote their heads than their hearts.
Scottish nationalists got an unambiguous question posed before the voters and they lost. People just thought in the end the benefits of independence weren’t worth the risk.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:44:04 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: FR_addict
86.45% turn out. Amazing, we don’t get close to that for any elections.
To: FR_addict
| NO |
Votes 38,991 |
- 59.17% |
| YES |
Votes 26,902 |
- 40.83% |
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:47:38 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:48:29 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: Irish Eyes
No one in Scotland can claim the result wasn’t free and fair.
It was an unequivocal repudiation of independence by a decisive margin. That closes the door on the issue for a long time.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:48:39 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: yarddog
Still one of the most beautiful anthems in the world.
To: goldstategop
Only 3 of 32 councils have reported.
It’s way too early.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:54:00 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: goldstategop
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:54:28 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: blueyon
Returns are being shown on C-SPAN.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:54:36 PM PDT
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: goldstategop
>> Most people vote their heads than their hearts.
Really? “Thinking people” voted in Obama? TWICE??!? Somehow I doubt that.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:56:02 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: blueyon
I was hoping they would vote “yes”.
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:57:23 PM PDT
by
stevio
(God, guns, guts.)
To: blueyon
Is there a Palm Beach County in Scotland? Any Philadelphia’s? Those 150% voter turnouts can work wonders! Any Al Frankens to find enough absentee ballots?
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:58:51 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: goldstategop
No one in Scotland can claim the result wasn’t free and fair. It was an unequivocal repudiation of independence by a decisive margin. That closes the door on the issue for a long time. LOL
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posted on
09/18/2014 6:59:31 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: stevio
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:01:17 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: DoodleDawg
Yes like 4.3 million or thereabouts
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:02:57 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Talisker
Those Black Panther poll watchers on location IN Scotland?
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:03:09 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: blueyon
Why is the question Independence, with answers Yes or No?
Should the question not be Who should rule us? with answers GB or EU?
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:04:37 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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