Somebody explain why the Scottish didnt want to be independent?
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jono
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Umm I know I probably wasn't paying close attention to the years long argument of Scottish independence but I did see that recently they decided to stay in the United Kingdom.
This begs the question, why? I'm sure there are some UK/English posters here. What was the thoughts in your country, did you even give a damn?
This begs the question, why? I'm sure there are some UK/English posters here. What was the thoughts in your country, did you even give a damn?
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i think the election was rigged
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going with a combination of "the rest of the UK foots the bill for things in Scotland" and "not entirely convinced the rosy projections from the pro-independence side were on the level"
but you know, they have a long-shared identity and it's not like the Scots are oppressed and suffering, so... -
Scotland made a straight business move, and decided it's not worth the risk to their economy. Scotland on its own has a lot of poverty (1 in 4 children there live in poverty I believe), so breaking away from London would have made that worse.
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cannonspike1994 wrote: »i think the election was rigged
Maybe but Scotland isn't really challenging anything, voting for unity won by ten percent that's a pretty big win -
or nah? -
You're late man, the election was rigged... Tho this is a nonstory compared to what's going on in the world right now
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Money.
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good to see such a strong argument in support of that claimJudah Back wrote: »You're late man, the election was rigged...
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good to see such a strong argument in support of that claimJudah Back wrote: »You're late man, the election was rigged...
This was reported on mainstream news with video proof. If you don't believe me tho, I couldnt care less -
it's almost like a statement like this could be backed up with a link or something. but instead, it's the same old "everyone must prove my claims" noise.Judah Back wrote: »This was reported on mainstream news with video proof.
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I believed the election was rigged also. That was until I learned more about Scotland.
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If you're going to claim that there was rigging involved it would help clarify things if you mentioned who exactly would rig the election and why?
If it was British interests what would they gain? -
I don't necessarily believe it was rigged but If it were then obviously it would be rigged by the loyalists.
The British still have a lot of control over Scotland, including Scottish law which is more than likely beneficial to the Scots ruling class.
All that said, you can't underestimate emotional attachments and many people have emotional attachments to Britain from it's hundreds of years of history together.
Generally speaking I'm all for independence. The people Quebec, the people of Ireland, those morons down in Texas and anywhere else should have a formal, fair vote about whether they should stay affiliated to their respective nations.
A fair vote can't hurt anyone. Scotland debated the subject for years before voting, that's how it should be. I'm also not averse to violent revolution, civil war is always entertaining. -
well, Quebec did. even Ireland sort of did (as in, i'm not sure people blame the current situation on vote rigging back in the day). so i guess the question is, now many votes resolves it?Generally speaking I'm all for independence. The people Quebec, the people of Ireland, those morons down in Texas and anywhere else should have a formal, fair vote about whether they should stay affiliated to their respective nations.
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Quebec did not separate
the vote just barely lost though -
I know Quebec isn't separate, the point is all the communities I mentioned have strong independence movements.
