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Scottish Independance.
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Oh I was about to contribute further on the topical question on Scotland's referendum on independence and there it was gone.
Anyone any idea why this question was removed?
But anyway I was going to congratulate our PM for managing to insist that the referendum should only contain a 'Yes' or 'No' vote, and we wasn't going to kow-tow to Scotland's request to provide further questions on the ballot paper such as proposing greater powers for the Scottish Parliament.
/// The deal agreed between the Government and the SNP means that the referendum will be held later than Mr Cameron had wanted but, crucially, will include only one question, on whether Scotland should become an independent country. ///
/// On the same programme, the party's Nicola Sturgeon said that many people in Scotland had wanted further questions on the ballot paper, proposing greater powers for the Scottish Parliament. ///
Anyone any idea why this question was removed?
But anyway I was going to congratulate our PM for managing to insist that the referendum should only contain a 'Yes' or 'No' vote, and we wasn't going to kow-tow to Scotland's request to provide further questions on the ballot paper such as proposing greater powers for the Scottish Parliament.
/// The deal agreed between the Government and the SNP means that the referendum will be held later than Mr Cameron had wanted but, crucially, will include only one question, on whether Scotland should become an independent country. ///
/// On the same programme, the party's Nicola Sturgeon said that many people in Scotland had wanted further questions on the ballot paper, proposing greater powers for the Scottish Parliament. ///
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I don't see how else they can do it DT. Mr BM considers himself scottish but has not lived there for 25 years. I just do not see how he ought to be allowed to vote on a country where he doesn't live, doesn't pay taxes and is unlikely ever to do so again in the future.
It would surely require wholesale electoral reform (and would be a blinking nightmare as well) in order to try and just let Scots vote. And how would you then define a Scot? Is it by country of birth, or by domicile or what?
It would surely require wholesale electoral reform (and would be a blinking nightmare as well) in order to try and just let Scots vote. And how would you then define a Scot? Is it by country of birth, or by domicile or what?
but it won't be full Independence will it, where Scotland raises it own taxes, Health Service, currency, armed forces, it's not as though we even know the dividing line in Scotland, is it Berwick on Tweed?
As others have mentioned what about all the Scottish people who do not live in Scotland, do they get a say. Or those who live abroad, those of Scottish descent, all i can see is a vanity exercise by Alex Salmond.
As others have mentioned what about all the Scottish people who do not live in Scotland, do they get a say. Or those who live abroad, those of Scottish descent, all i can see is a vanity exercise by Alex Salmond.