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    I don't care what the polls say, the bookies are rarely wrong, and the odds have been around 1/4 for weeks for the NO vote. You can get 7/2 for the YES. So, as I've said all along, the NO's will win by at least 5%.
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    I have always said it's a no vote and not changing my mind


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    I've always said i ain't bothered, and I think I will be right


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    I think it will be NO too. What time Thursday will we know for sure?


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    Friday


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ako Si Jamie View Post
    What time Thursday will we know for sure?
    Myrna's on duty at the count as an enumerator for the North Perthshire and the Perth & Kinross constituencies - two of Scotland's LARGEST ... ... at least in terms of their geographical landmass - and, according to her letter of appointment, counting should be finished at Bell's Sports Centre in Perth by around 2 o'clock on Friday morning ... and results [there] be known shortly thereafter.

    So, on that basis, we're likely to have a fair idea of the way things are heading by breakfast time on my 70th birthday!


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    I wonder what will happen to the Scots living in England if it a Yes. Will they get deported?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ako Si Jamie View Post
    I wonder what will happen to the Scots living in England if it a Yes. Will they get deported?
    I wouldn't have thought so Jamie!


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    In fact, having thought about it, what will happen to Corby if they do get deported?


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    I nearly punched my TV listening to Nicola Sturgeon

    She is even worse than Salmond!


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    She looks like a plastic doll that has been too close to the fire

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    Sheeeeees a witch


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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post

    She is even worse than Salmond!
    ..................... 's exactly what my son says also ... and I agree!


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    Why did Cameron agree to whoever got at least 51% would be the winner, it looks like it could be close to that number, if it is, then nearly the same number of people voted for the opposite camp

    With something so serious as this, I think the 'YES' camp should get 2/3rds of the vote or it doesn't happen. many exams you need 66%+ to pass

    The Ipsos-Mori poll for STV puts support for the yes campaign at 49%, compared with 51% for no, excluding people who were undecided.
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...oll-ipsos-mori

    This is probably the most accurate poll, published this evening.

    Well, we will know Friday
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    Some bookies are already paying out with the NO being the winners.
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    I feel that Scotland needs a yes vote


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    Well, if they vote YES, there will never be a Tory Government in Scotland - thou it will be a lot harder for Labour to win in the UK without the Scottish Labour MPs.

    But if they vote NO, it will be easier for Labour to win in the UK
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    Well, if they vote YES, there will never be a Tory Government in Scotland - thou it will be a lot harder for Labour to win in the UK without the Scottish Labour MPs.

    But if they vote NO, it will be easier for Labour to win in the UK
    s, Joe ... for some (obscure) reason, Scotland's long been a Labour stronghold.


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    Look at the table Arthur
    Scottish results at UK general elections
    and the collapse of the Tories in Scotland since the 1950s and the rise of the other parties..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Scotland
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    I really don't get why people are getting bogged down with the personalities. They're only wallpaper that can be changed every 4 years.
    It's not about Salmond Sturgeon Brown Cameron Darling or anyone else. It's about do you think Scotlands better in or out.
    Sadly I don't get a vote because from what I've heard over the last couple of months I'd vote yes.
    That said I agree with the boss at 1/5 with Paddy Power I think the NO's have it although turnout will be very important.
    Quite looking forward to tomorrow night on the box as Scotland decides.


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    British man to win £1 million bet if Scotland vote No in referendum
    The middle-aged businessman, who is not Scottish, has gambled £900,000, the biggest amount of money ever staked on a political event, on Scotland staying in the United Kingdom
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...eferendum.html
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    After already placing £600,000 on the outcome of the referendum the customer has now added a further £200,000 to his wager, and stands to collect £1,093,333.33 should the outcome of the poll be a No vote.
    So he only wins 93K if they vote no and loses 900k if they vote Yes? I assume that's tax paid?
    Doesn't look like a particularly enticing gamble opportunity to me especially as they are allowing 16 year olds the vote.


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    Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
    So he only wins 93K if they vote no and loses 900k if they vote Yes? I assume that's tax paid?
    Doesn't look like a particularly enticing gamble opportunity to me especially as they are allowing 16 year olds the vote.
    To risk £900k, unless he knows something we don't
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    Some Glaswegians are already making their way to the polling station.....


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    Some Glaswegians are already making their way to the polling station.....
    3 steps forwards 4 steps back!! Funny.
    What did the man taking the recording say?
    Sounded like a proper foreigner to me!!


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    I think it is a foreign movie...but with a Glaswegian, would that make any difference ? lol


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    Look at the table Arthur and the collapse of the Tories in Scotland since the 1950s and the rise of the other parties..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Scotland
    Oh 's an undeniable fact ... but it's equally true that Scotland gives more to Westminster than it receives in return. Little wonder, then, that the electorate north of the Border has - since the 1950s - increasingly turned to Labour in the forlorn hope of rescuing Scotland's declining industries and reclaiming at least a proportion of its money - suspected of being used to fill the coffers of the rich by successive rip~off Tory administrations.


    Sadly, as it turned out, Scotland has been deceived on BOTH counts by Labour and Tories alike over the intervening decades ... I mean, does ANYONE really think the MAIN political parties would be so keen to keep the Scots as part of the UK if we're being subsidised to the extent they'd have us believe?


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    To risk £900k, unless he knows something we don't
    It's Les!


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    To risk £900k, unless he knows something we don't
    All tax free, and easy money if you understand how to read the underlying trends. The Yes vote has NEVER been in the lead and has always lagged by 4% or more. That is a huge gap for a 1/4 shot, and makes it good value.

    Scottish TV if it is a YES vote

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    My bets these days are in tatters lol


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