A Divided Scotland?

[Zacs-Master]

Could the Y/N referendum lead to a bitter division in Scotland. Recent events seem to indicate a polarisation of feelings which will take some time to heal:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/29/scotland-referendum-jim-murphy-abuse

[douglas9401]

No. There have always been and always will be loud mouthed cretins, they just need a cause to let them vent their idiocy to a slightly wider audience.
The vast majority will accept whatever the outcome is and get on with it.
It's called democracy, innit.

[Zacs-Master]

I hope so Douglas. Strange how those loud mouthed cretins seem to be on the Yes side of the fence, at least for the moment.

[douglas9401]

I couldn't possibly comment. :-)

[Zacs-Master]

Aaaaa, go on......

[Zacs-Master]

Off to walk the hound now.

[mushroom25]

does anyone know if there's a sectarian divide on the issue?

[douglas9401]

Not that I've noticed, mushroom.

[janbee]

I assume that if my fellow Scots vote yes, then they'll all want to adopt the Gaelic as their own language. After all, we cant that nasty English being spoken can we? An independent separate Scotland will need it's OWN language and not borrow a.n.others. Gaelic road signs, shop products. cash machines, in fact everything. That vile Eckie Salmond though only chooses and cherry picks. "Oh, we'll have this and have that but we don't want this or that." Sorry Eck, independence, separatism means it's 100% or nothing. Stop piggybacking and cherrypicking. I hope with all my heart that my fellow Scots will vote a resounding sensible NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!

[lady-janine]

janb that man is such a loud mouth. just hope however the vote goes that Scotland does not suffer. wee fat alec can do . . . . . . . . . .

[anotheoldgit]

Makes a change for the 'Left' to experience such aggressiveness towards them.

[anotheoldgit]

Hope they do vote 'YES' at least then there will be vacant seats in the Commons, which can then be later filled by UKIP MPs.

[Zacs-Master]

Much, much later.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT why will there be any vacant seats in the Commons? If there is a Yes vote, the Scots MPs will at some point cease to be Westminster MPs and their Westminster constituencies will also go but there will be the same number of Ulster, Welsh and English constituencies left.

[Baldric]

Surely the 'Vacant Seats' will vanish along with the Scottish MPs if the Vote is Yes, why would there be Scottish seats in Westminster if Scotland becomes independent?

[douglas9401]

UKIP can have as many seats in parliament as they like, aog, they just have to get candidates elected.

[Wharton]

Z-M - A Divided Scotland? Are you kidding? What wasn't reported was the fight which broke out later as to whether the eggs were free-range or not :-).

mushroom - I don't have a link but the Orange Order declared its support for the 'Better Together' campaign some time ago.

janbee - Slainte!! :-)

l-j - Sigh....

aog - ....and a sigh for you too :-)

[anneasquith]

no one in scotland is voting for AS. it's not difficult to understand .... is it ?

[Zacs-Master]

Eggsactly Wharton.
Anne, who said they were?

[THECORBYLOON]

If folk think the vote is about Alex Salmond, do they think it is about Darling too?

[anotheoldgit]

THECORBYLOON

/// why will there be any vacant seats in the Commons? If there is a Yes vote, the Scots MPs will at some point cease to be Westminster MPs and their Westminster constituencies will also go but there will be the same number of Ulster, Welsh and English constituencies left. ///

The point I was trying to make was that if Scotland voted to go alone, then perhaps those Scottish MPs who hold English seats might want to no longer stand in English elections.

This is interesting however.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27129813

*** Based on the 2010 election, Labour, which won 41 Scottish seats, would be the hardest hit, followed by the Liberal Democrats, who took 11. The Conservatives would lose only one seat. Meanwhile, the SNP would lose all six of its Westminster MPs. ***

And these are just some who would be leaving

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Ex-Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy
Former Chancellor Alistair Darling
Current and previous Scottish secretaries Alistair Carmichael and Michael Moore
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander