they're very impressionable

easy game for flag-waving nationalism and vague promises of ending poverty etc.

The advantage the YES campaign had is that they didn't have an actual record of an independent Scotland to refer to or defend and could therefore easily portray it as some sort of fantastic panacea.

Posted By: mr carra on September 19th 2014 at 14:00:52

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If people who live in Scotland but weren't born there (NCFC) - ingi, Sep 19, 13:44:23
- Would have worked both ways; the accepted wisdom seems to be..... (NCFC) - Kirrie, Sep 19, 16:13:56
- They were able to vote (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 19, 14:30:03
  - Yes. That's why he's asking what would have happened if they weren't able to. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 14:31:07
    - Ah yes, fooled by the inelegance of the phrasing! (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 19, 14:35:49
- We will never know because there were no exit polls so (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 19, 13:56:30
- What about all the Scots (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 19, 13:56:06
- They also reckon the majority of U18s said NO (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Sep 19, 13:55:21
  - On the contrary, they were the largest YES group (71%) (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 19, 14:23:12
    - Different polls saying different things on this (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 19, 14:34:18
      - no, Lord Ashcroft said 71% of 16/17 year old said YES (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 19, 14:46:49
  - they're very impressionable (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 19, 14:00:52

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