The point is that most No voters will I think, accept the result whatever it is....

whereas the YES campaign will just keep wanting more and more referendums until the get the result they want. That's the nature of the Nationalist beast!

Gordon Brown isn't in the Scottish Parliament, so at the moment your scenario isn't possible.

Posted By: Kirrie on September 18th 2014 at 10:34:52

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Done my citizens duty - that's one NO vote in the bag! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 10:17:16
- I think if I lived up there, I'd abstain (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 18, 10:22:45
  - I can see the logic of the residency qualification but it still annoys me (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 18, 10:27:14
    - Correct all the EU migrants get to vote as long as they are registered.... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 10:29:48
      - You agree with this Kirrie? (General Chat) - pants, Sep 18, 11:24:16
        
        Totally agree with points 1-4 inclusive...... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 13:29:54
      - And they've only been in for a few months! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 18, 10:35:16
      - They'll soon piss off again when they increase taxes to fund things (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Sep 18, 10:34:28
  - I have lived and worked here since 1988, my kids were all born here etc. (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 10:26:17
    - You're a migrant as well then? You're happy to vote, but unhappy that other migrants (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 18, 10:56:39
      - Surely you can see the sense of a minimum period of residence to qualify for a vote like (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 18, 11:18:56
        
        Although the transient immigrants probably won't vote. Most of them probably dont care? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Sep 18, 11:33:16
        
        Well, something. Maybe not a time period, but some evidence of a commitement to society (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 18, 11:29:29
        
        balls. to be cont'd (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 18, 11:29:51
        
        ... some sort of commitment to functioning society. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 18, 11:32:07
      - As OG points out - many of these EU migrants have only been here for a few months.... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 11:17:01
        
        Yup, eg a lot of the fish farm dudes are Eastern Europeans (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 18, 11:22:14
        
        I blame Tesco for that. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Sep 18, 11:24:46
      - He's not a migrant as things stand (General Chat) - King, Sep 18, 11:03:49
        
        he is a migrant, he is an internal migrant (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 18, 11:26:45
        
        True, but being an internal migrant is pretty meaningless (General Chat) - King, Sep 18, 11:54:35
        
        that would be totally analogous if Taverham operated a different legal system (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 18, 12:35:46
        
        And there'd certainly be grounds for considering thier migrant status in the event of (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 18, 12:39:14
- What's the general feel up there? (General Chat) - Duck, Sep 18, 10:19:16
  - Yes it is getting heated - Scotland is VERY divided....... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 10:24:52
    - The nationalist message seems to be.... (General Chat) - yellowman, Sep 18, 10:48:07
    - Lots of No voters don't want to speak out (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 18, 10:31:58
      - You're spot on and that's a shame, but it's true! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 10:36:07
    - Much more heated if they have to form a government after a YES vote (General Chat) - harry boulders, Sep 18, 10:30:27
      - The point is that most No voters will I think, accept the result whatever it is.... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 10:34:52
        
        It could, his constituency is in Scotland, if they leave the UK... (General Chat) - harry boulders, Sep 18, 10:38:52
        
        Maybe, but he'll have to get elected to the Scottish Parliamnet first.... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 18, 11:19:26
        
        The Neverendum, as the Canadians called it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 18, 10:35:56
    - Good luck mate x (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 18, 10:29:54

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