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So yeah, my country may cease to exist tomorrow. :cry:

It's a shame that it's a close run thing, though. No matter what the result, just about half of Scotland is going to get something it doesn't want.
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Graham Kennedy wrote:
It's a shame that it's a close run thing, though. No matter what the result, just about half of Scotland is going to get something it doesn't want.
Yeah, while it's a very different situation, that historically hasn't gone very well.
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Graham Kennedy wrote:So yeah, my country may cease to exist tomorrow. :cry:
No it won't - it just stands a 50/50 chance of shrinking a bit.
No matter what the result, just about half of Scotland is going to get something it doesn't want.
Aye. Maybe if the central belt votes decisively for independence and the rest against we could just give that bit independence, build a wall around them, and let them get on with it. I hear the Italians need a bit of economic stimulus, and do a very nice line in such walls - we could kill two birds with one stone.
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It's been a while since they built a wall in that area, and after all you still ended up where you are today. I'm led to believe the Chinese do a nice anti-Mongol wall, though.
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Well then. Scotland remains in the union, with 55% to 45%
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Griffin wrote:Well then. Scotland remains in the union, with 55% to 45%
I just read the headline. 55.3% against independence is hardly a secure majority. I smell a Quebec of the UK in the offing.
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Aww! Why did I even bother with this avatar?!
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:UK: :UK: :UK: :UK: :UK:
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Guess Sean Connery is still retired.
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Too late?
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From England to Scotland:
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Nutso wrote:From England to Scotland:
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More like "From Scotland to Alex Salmond".
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Common sense prevails :UK:
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This actually comes as a relief to me. :)
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