It's Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings ...

[youngmafbog]

Well Salmond aint singing ..

The angry outburst from the normally mild-mannered former Labour chancellor came 24 hours after Mr Salmond said on Sky's Murnaghan programme that Scotland could declare independence without holding another referendum.

As I said before the election, the Yes will not go away, they will continue to be a drag on the economy, no one in their right mind will invest in Scotland until it becomes Independent now.

http://news.sky.com/story/1340332/darling-to-salmond-you-have-lost-the-plot

[murraymints]

He will be gone after the conference ..with no voice !!...

[janbee]

I have always said that Salmond is dangerous and is the David Icke of politics. He lost the plot a LONG long time ago but sadly, still has some very gullible followers... just like Icke !

[youngmafbog]

//still has some very gullible followers//

Like nigh on 40% of the voting Scottish ?

[murraymints]

Jan..once he is lost on the back benches of politics this madness will die down, he is the troublemaker..would be king....he will take his ball and go home when nobody wants to play with him..he is embarrassing himself and his Party !

[ToraToraTora]

So what's he saying, civil war?

[ToraToraTora]

Mel Gibson could make a film......hang on!

[youngmafbog]

No, TTT. More along the lines of the Germans and the way they have used the EU to take over Europe - stealth

Salmond will not go away, an ego like that does not just fade.

[ToraToraTora]

yeah but even he can do arithmetic, is he saying that the 55% nos are really a yes/maybe?

[ludwig]

Politicians never like it when the public gives the 'wrong' answer. They either want to keep asking the question until the public gets it right, or just ignore them and carry on with the plan anyway.

[Wharton]

Alec Salmond is merely moving to another seat in Holyrood. Many seem to forget that the SNP is still the majority ruling party in Scotland. I'll explain 'majority' for you. The SNP has more MSPs than all the other parties put together, compare that to those who turn up at the Westminster tribal hut.

[ToraToraTora]

so if 55% vote one way and 45% vote the other who wins wharton, perhaps you can explain.

[Wharton]

There is no doubt that the NO vote won in the referendum debate, but I was referring to the last Scottish general election. The next one takes place in May 2016 and I predict an increased majority for the SNP. You heard it here first :-)

[mikey4444]

I can't see that Darling has said much wrong here. Salmond and his party lost the Referendum, as it was widely predicted they would. They already have considerable powers over their own affairs, courtesy of the devolution brought about years ago. It seems that now they want their cake and eat it too.

A period of silence from the failed YES campaign would be nice and not before time.

[youngmafbog]

Darling has done nothing wrong, in fact quite the opposite in my opinion. It's Salmon that seems to be the sore looser.

[Wharton]

I agree that the YES campaigners should accept the referendum result, but I refuse to let the pejorative and generally ill-informed comments from the NO sympathisers here go unanswered. These posts are initiated by the latter.

[sevenOP]

"As I said before the election, the Yes will not go away"

Gaulleing, isn't it ?

[Quizmonster]

It's perfecty obvious - to all but the usual suspects here on AnswerBank - that neither (a) the SNP nor (b) the hope of independence in the minds of nearly half the Scottish electotate are at all likely to disappear.
Cameron can talk as much as he likes about the clarity of "the firm will of the Scottish people", but he seems to forget that this is true only here and now! He has not the remotest idea what the 'firm will' of these same people will be in 2016, when the next Scottish general election is due.
Given what seems to have been a considerable increase in the number of people joining the SNP post-referendum in tandem with the disappointment of the 16 - 30 age group who substantially voted 'Yes'...who knows?
What is he going to do if the SNP win an overall majority at Holyrood AGAIN?
When Labour beats the Conservatives, do the latter say, "Ah well, the British electorate have shown their firm will for a Labour government, so we will pack up our Tory tents and disappear quietly."
Would that they did, but sadly, they never do! Nor will the SNP.