gordondaviesmoustache said:
mad4city said:
They're an alignment of various interests who were united by a common goal and now remain bitterly disappointed. Faced now with the inevitable loss of standing in the eyes of the electorate and a need to save their political skins, naturally, the old fractures will quickly reappear. Over here, on the greener, more civilised island, with our written constitution, we get to hold far more referendums that ye do (yay, us!). Trust me, there is ALWAYS a woman fest amongst the losers.
Don't kid yourself that it'd be any different had the result been reversed.
I wasn't referring to in-fighting. Quite the opposite. I was talking about blaming the result on 'the media' 'big business' and ' vested interests' like Tommy Sheridan did, for example. Sturgeon was talking a similar talk.
Maybe the people of Scotland didn't want independence.
Like I said, no-one likes a bad loser.
Sorry, my mistake.
And you're right about the result being what Scotland wanted and no more.
Personally, I think had this vote been taken ten or fifteen years ago, when the economy was booming and the Yes Campaign could've urged the electorate to look at how there'd never be a poor day in post-independence Ireland again, they'd have won by a landslide.
In a close run thing, especially during economically straitened times, people may say one thing but in the privacy of the ballot box their wallets speak louder than their idealism. That ultimately was the tipping point for me.
On a side note, how stupid was Cameron not to demand that any Yes vote would need to be carried by a super majority (say 60%, at least)? He's a lucky boy to still be in a job this morning. Imagine the fall out had either side won by one percent.
