Rioting. Complete breakdown of society. The police stretched thin. The British will send in the army to strengthen the police force. Then you'll have 30 years of occupation and unionist / nationalist paramilitaries... not.
Poll: The GD Referendum – Scottish Independence
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Rioting. Complete breakdown of society. The police stretched thin. The British will send in the army to strengthen the police force. Then you'll have 30 years of occupation and unionist / nationalist paramilitaries... not.
There's nothing to stop Holyrood organising a second referendum if there's enough public support. If Scotland demands the promised new powers and they aren't delivered, that could well be the end result. I can't see No winning a second referendum under those circumstances - it would be too easy to dismiss Westminster's view as 'the same lies as last time'.
To be honest, I expect political and constitutional reform to remain hot topics all the way up to the general election. Labour and the Tories will offer minor changes that they likely won't deliver upon. The Lib Dems will offer significant changes, yet they'll know fine well they'll never be allowed to implement them. Fringe parties like UKIP will offer up all sorts of populist, crowd pleasing ideas that sound big, but ultimately aren't very workable.
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They don't have the power.
They can't have another referendum without permission from the UK govt, as far as I understand things. Which they won't get for many years (some people saying that they could try again in 15 years at the absolute earliest).
That seems quite likely.
There will be a re-enactment of the ballot in the pub.
They can't hold another legally binding referendum on Scottish Independence without the support of Westminster. There's nothing to stop them organising a non-binding referendum. A Yes result from such a referendum wouldn't guarantee independence, but it would put Westminster in a difficult position.
Not that such an event is likely. Even the threat of it happening would be enough to make the government cave in to reasonable demands.
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Maybe SNP should have pushed for proportional representation before the vote and thereby given Scotland ~40%+ of independence.
Na, we have FPTP. Salmond can have Glasgow.
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Good evening, the BBC welcomes you to the smoking ruin that was Wembley .... the camera just shows in the background our Scottish friends manning a trebuchet ....
I think that you'll find Celtic Park to be a smoking ruin by the time we've won there.
They could do this but referendums are expensive and without agreement from Westminster it would seem unlikely that the Scottish government would be allowed to pay for it. The yes camp would need to find £ms to cover it itself.
Yip. Dunno what he was permabanned for I thought he was just suspended. Was kind of looking forward to seeing the reaction of Salmonds official spokesperson.
Cameron: No re-vote "for a generation, or perhaps ... a lifetime."
SNP will love that
Another 307 years should keep them quiet. They'll be salmon free by then.