Aye, a majority of seats, with half the electorate voting. Doesn't sound like a slam dunk referendum gig though, does it.
I sense another cleggie here. Push for your referendum, put all your eggs in the basket, and fall on your erse when it is rejected.
Clegg failed because he wasn't in control. He didn't set the date. he didn't set the question. There should have been alternatives. And he held the referendum when voters were clearly opposing it to stiff Clegg for getting into bed with the Tories. Clegg should go.
As for the Nasties, well we can expect a dirty tricks campaign from them. I've no doubt he will stir it up with Westminster prior to the vote to foment anti-English fervour.
Dangerous times indeed.
However, a modern republic, with 21st century justice education and health systems, freed from the privilege network headed by the English/German monarchy, may just have some appeal.
Salmond gets it wrong and loses the vote, then independence will be put on the back foot for generations and there will be no need for an SNP. back to the same old same old then
Remember, this SNP majority isn't predicated on anything they offered, it's because there was no one else to vote for. So the herd voted for the incumbent.
Labour were blamed for the recession, the Tories are a non-entity and the LibDems, well they're held in poor regard for thier betrayal to the Tories.
Which is why I'm laffing my cork off at the stupid Dougie and his ilk who think they've won a chocolate watch
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