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Scottish Independence: Yes camp closes the poll gap
telegraph ^ | 01 Sep 2014 | Press Association

Posted on 09/01/2014 11:04:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Support for Scottish independence has risen eight points in a month, according to a new poll.

The No camp are now six points ahead of the Yes campaign, down from 14 points in mid-August and 22 points early last month, excluding undecided voters.

The latest YouGov poll found that, excluding ''don't knows'', 53% of those questioned planned to vote No, while 47% would back Yes.

This compares to 57% for Yes and 43% for No in mid August and 61% for Yes and 39% for No at the beginning of last month.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: freedom; independence; ukssr
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I would be sad to see the end of a glorious union of three centuries’ standing. But then again, I have ancestors on both sides of the border.


21 posted on 09/02/2014 1:29:56 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: nathanbedford

“Oh, how the ironies prevail.” No, not even close.


22 posted on 09/02/2014 1:43:13 AM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Scotland's independence movement is as foolish as Quebec's.

It's emotional. Scotland has the best of all possible worlds as part of the UK. I hope that, just as in Quebec, saner minds will prevail and vote this down.

23 posted on 09/02/2014 3:31:54 AM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Go for it Scotland!

I for one am tired of paying for your crushing welfare costs, and of having half the political representation per capita that you do.

Say yes Scotland. Say yes.


24 posted on 09/02/2014 3:48:06 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: agere_contra

I am tired of your assertion that Scotland is a drain. We give more to the UK than we get back, and give more than our % of the UK population.

We are 8.3%, we give 9.9% and we get 9.3% back.


25 posted on 09/02/2014 5:16:21 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sky News in particular were orgasmically OTT last night about it.

53% still means we NO’s win.

I still say the NO vote will be nearer to 60%.


26 posted on 09/02/2014 5:19:12 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: MrShoop

Scotland until 1964 was heavily Tory, with the rest heavily Labour. The skilled working class and rurals voted Tory. There is still scope for a conservative revival in many parts of Scotland. We just voted our first UKIP MEP this year.


27 posted on 09/02/2014 5:19:20 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: aumrl

NO thanks.

Strong Scotland in a strong Britain for me.


28 posted on 09/02/2014 5:19:56 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Vanders9

Not from where I am sitting.


29 posted on 09/02/2014 5:20:27 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: BfloGuy

Amen, brother.

Be a strong part of a stronger whole.


30 posted on 09/02/2014 5:20:55 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE
Maybe,just maybe Scotland sees the sh!thole England is becoming and is saying no thanks.I hope they do vote Yes.

The Scots are to the Left of the English. It should be the English wanting out. Unfortunately, as the catalyst and historical engine of the Union, England can't seem to disentangle its identity from that of "Britain."

31 posted on 09/02/2014 5:28:26 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: CorporateStepsister
Amen! Go for it Scotland! I support any country that wants to be independent from the Crown. After all, I am certain that this is what we wanted, right?

The Scottish National Party is a left wing party whose nationalism is no different than that of any Communist "national liberation movement" (with the sole exception that they operate only politically rather than with terrorism). They also want to merge "independent" Scotland into the European Union.

The anachronistic William Wallace/Rob Roy Celt-worship on Free Republic is ridiculous. How can people be so uninformed?

Have you ever heard of the Scottish National Liberation Army? Did you know it is a MAOIST organization?

32 posted on 09/02/2014 5:31:48 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: Winniesboy

Makes you wonder if the Stuarts had kept the crown, would this independence movement be aborning?


33 posted on 09/02/2014 5:43:45 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: the scotsman

I suppose it depends how you count the figures. Not that it matters. Personally I think there has been too much bean counting in these debates over independence.


34 posted on 09/03/2014 10:57:33 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Media just trying to make it interesting.

“No” will win by at least 20%.


35 posted on 09/03/2014 10:59:23 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: the scotsman

Well I hope and pray that is so.


36 posted on 09/03/2014 11:00:16 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Zionist Conspirator

The cultural disadvantage of being part of the majority.


37 posted on 09/03/2014 11:02:32 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: driftless2

I dont think it would make a lot of difference to tell the truth...there are only a few diehard old fashioned jacobites in the pro-independence camp. Maybe there wouldn’t be quite as much of this sickly backwards-looking, inward-looking lionisation of the past - the Scots suffer from it even more than the English do.


38 posted on 09/03/2014 11:10:57 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9
The cultural disadvantage of being part of the majority.

If you're referring to the curse of English identity being submerged in Britishness, I agree with you. The same holds true for English-Americans like myself who are denied any identity beyond plain, ordinary, generic, "non-hyphenated" American. That doesn't keep some FReepers for constantly calling for "white history month" or a "Congressional white caucus," though.

39 posted on 09/03/2014 11:28:22 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Yes that is exactly what I was referring to.

I have an ambivalent attitude towards this issue. On the one hand, nobody likes their identity to be marginalised, especially beneath the arc of "majority", so I can understand and appreciate calls for "white history month", or the establishment of an English parliament here in the UK. However, I also understand that such movements only help to highlight the differences between us, accelerating the process whereby the United States/United Kingdom are rapidly becoming the Disunited States/Disunited Kingdom. In the end, what happens in this Scottish independence referendum is less important that what the English make of it all. If the slumbering giant of English Nationalism ever wakes, that really will be the end of the Union. The English are the deciding factor, simply because there are just so many of them. In spite of all the uninformed rhetoric you read on this site, the Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Asians (of either muslim or hindu persuasion) and all the other ethnic minorities in total come to less than 20% of the population of the UK.

40 posted on 09/03/2014 11:14:18 PM PDT by Vanders9
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