exile Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/independence-referendum-figures-revealed-majority-5408163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReid Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Wow. Almost saddens me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Majority of Scots born here voted YES while voters from elsewhere in UK said NOWhat was the net result? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Aye, if only Scots had voted it would have been an AYE.. but we define Scots as those who live and work here, And IMO thats how it should be. Although i think the residency should have been 3 maybe 5 years, before you got to vote, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Wow. Almost saddens me Try enrages me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wembley67lisbon Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Article says top earners voted no but the pie chart says otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Top Earner - 46.8% Yes Low Earner - 42.4% Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 This was in the record. do not fall in to the trap of nats coming across as anti English, braveheart types. Thats the only reason for this poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 WOW Church of Scotland 60% no FFS Church of England 80% no, fair enuf But The national Church of the Country sayin NO..... Thats no right.... Wonder how many go to church or just call themselves Church Of Scotland .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Top Earner - 46.8% Yes Low Earner - 42.4% Yes That doesnt seem right Edited March 26, 2015 by stocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Like i've always said. The old, the women and the foreign shouldn't be allowed to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Top Earner - 46.8% Yes Low Earner - 42.4% Yes The Yes campaign didn't engage the working class, the RIC could only reach so many. Middle class politics and corporate wooing dominated the mainstream campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if those figures were accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 WOW Church of Scotland 60% no FFS Given that most of those who go to the Kirk are pensioners it's not a surprise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Saw this poll on Scotland Tonight earlier.... Just 3% of No voters were swayed by The Vow it says... http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/scotland-blog/2015/mar/26/the-vow-was-not-a-decisive-factor-in-scots-voting-no-to-indepedence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dod Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 This was in the record. do not fall in to the trap of nats coming across as anti English, braveheart types. Thats the only reason for this poll I don't think anyone is. But the media will paint it as that anyway, or just make it up if they can't find evidence. Genuine mainstream anti-Scottishness from down south in this GE campaign isn't reported in Scotland. There is no pretence of an equal union any more, why should we tread on eggshells while they treat us as 2nd class. F*ck them all. F*ck the media, f*ck Westminster, f*ck the UK and f*ck the English/British establishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I don't think anyone is. But the media will paint it as that anyway, or just make it up if they can't find evidence. Genuine mainstream anti-Scottishness from down south in this GE campaign isn't reported in Scotland. There is no pretence of an equal union any more, why should we tread on eggshells while they treat us as 2nd class. F*ck them all. F*ck the media, f*ck Westminster, f*ck the UK and f*ck the English/British establishment. Aye indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I'd like to see more investigation into the postal vote figures. Funny how they're hardly mentioned... considering the percentage that were apparently lodged.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I've always felt a majority of Scots born folk voted yes. The church figures don't surprise at all. The earners do. The age demographics are very interesting and positive for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbruman Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I totally agree about postal votes. There is so much suspicion around this area that proper sampling and follow up checking should be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRBear Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 This brings the hurt back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce778 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 It's a bit simplistic to say that people born in the rest of the UK have chosen to live here and are not Scottish. There will be plenty of people born in the rest of the UK who at the time of birth would have classified themselves Scottish and then moved to Scotland in later life. And vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockodile Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Might sound sour grapes but I do think the residency for voting on future referendums might be worth looking at to be honest. I know of Australians on working visas currently living in Edinburgh working in financial services that had a right to a vote, and were scared from the propoganda into voting No. It's not directly comparable but I do find myself thinking of when I was on working visa in Sydney in 2000 when the Republic referendum was on. That a passing worker could have been able to vote on such a fundamental national item would be have been utterly unthinkable, and quite correct imo. As for only 3% swayed by the Vow, the headline figure might indeed be true. I don't think it persuaded that many - what it did do, crucially, was give those who were always probably going to vote No, a way to do so without feeling guilt. To vote against the independence of your country with the whole world looking on is not something would do lightly, so in context of whole bunch of fears on currencies, EU and the rest when a nice and shiny gift wrapped 2nd prize is offered at the 11th hour it allowed a validation of voting No. Without this maybe it wouldn't have seen many Nos to Yes, but there would have been plenty and I mean plenty of abstensions.The Vow did make the difference, no question at all as far as I am concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I actually had this argument with an English bloke at a party a couple of week ago when he said I was anti english for wanting independence. Pointed out the above was a possibility but 99.9% of yes voters have accepted the result and got on with things, no riots (well apart from the loyalists at george sq). It's only a matter of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappafan Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 More bothered about the social class divide (people looking after number one) than divides along national origin, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aside from what the Liecord has reported, I had head that a lot of foreign immigrants from the former Communist bloc such as Poland and Lithuania had voted no. Always felt that to be odd considering what these people had to go through to finally gain their freedom in their homeland. Perhaps scared by the lies and propaganda spouted by BT and MSM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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