The EU Referendum

[Alex 30393]

The Krankies. Talk about a strange relationship.

[Dr Gloom 19819]

"we nae want austerity." It's no wonder you're such a Boris Johnson fan.

 

och aye the noo

[Rob W 0]

Funny place Scotland..................

[JJ 0]

So the decisions on who can vote is essentially excluding those groups most likely to vote to stay in. No EU born citizens living in Britain. No British citizens living on the continent. And it looks like they'll ignore the call for 16 and 17 year olds.

 

Imagine the outcry if we'd stopped English, Welsh and Northern Irish people living in Scotland voting in our referendum? But now that we're excluding just regular foreign people I guess it's fine....

[Makom 0]

I'm pretty sure you would have won independence if your referendum had been run under the same rules.

[JJ 0]

I'm pretty sure you would have won independence if your referendum had been run under the same rules.

By the looks of all the studies of voting habits by demographics, we'd have won by an extremely narrow margin. It would have been 51-49 if not even narrower. But we shouldn't win by excluding certain groups because they might not vote the way we want them to.

[Makom 0]

Fair point. But the irony is that the only way Scotland is ever likely to win an indy ref any time soon is if the rest of the UK votes to leave the EU.

[Rob W 0]

who would takeover financing Scotland if we go out???