LIVE: Scottish Independence Referendum Results

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Yikes.

Lord Ashcroft tonight reporting the latest TNS-BMRB poll as...

YES 50%
NO 50%

If you include don't knows then NO is ahead by 1%.

[lemons]

this is really exciting

[sex]

its sad that the vote could be won by as much as 0.1%

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its sad that the vote could be won by as much as 0.1%

The Quebec 1995 referendum on independence from Canada was 50.58% NO and 49.42% YES.

Interesting to note though that in that referendum (not saying it will happen here, different circumstances and different pollsters) but prior to the Quebec referendum the polls had YES ahead by 3% to 7%.. yet that didn't happen on the day. One explanation could be that the undecided voters usually side with the status quo on the day of the referendum.

[dbgtz]

no, if we vote independence then there'll be no going back.

and we have Royal Bank of Scotland + Bank of Scotland etc if that's what you mean?

RBS may have to move it's HQ to England though so...

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Rupert Murdoch @rupertmurdoch

Salmond's private polls predict 54-46 Yes. Desperate last ten days ahead for both sides. Most powerful media, BBC, totally biased for No.

Rupert Murdoch @rupertmurdoch · Sep 7

Scotland. Now southern parties all promising much new autonomy if vote is No. Problem for them now is credibility. Also too late.

I'm sorry, but this is pissing me off now. Labour and the Conservatives are now promising more devolution (and probably more case for Scotland) in the event that they vote No. Not only is it desperate at the last minute, but it's terribly unfair - why would Scottish MPs continue to be allowed to vote on English-only matters when we don't get a say in the affairs of the Scottish parliament? Anyone with an ounce of common sense could have seen this when the traitors in the Labour Party introduced devolution in the 1990s in order to keep control of their private fiefdoms, and now look at yet another constitutional **** up these idiots have led us into. And where is the Conservative and UNIONIST Party in this? Nowhere! USELESS.

If I had my own way I would have held referendums in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland giving the simple choice: return to a unitary state with one Westminster parliament, or have independence. That would have settled the matter clearly, either way.

[scottish]

Then you'd have 4 independent countries

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Then you'd have 4 independent countries

Then so be it.

Had we had a patriotic major party arguing for the Union over the past decade then maybe we'd have a chance of saving it, instead we've had constant bribes by Labour to Scotland and Wales so that when it is out of power it can retain control in those areas. Oh how that's backfired on them.

The Westminister three stooge parties showing yet again their incompetence. And that's without going into the 20%+ lead they've pissed up the wall.

[Lewis]

If the undecided voters so far do end up voting, I think the majority of them will want independence, raising the likelihood of getting it. Almost every undecided voter I've met has said that if they were going to vote, it'd more likely be yes--this is online and offline. Meh, I'm not sure but it seems that way anyway.

Same goes for my family, they're all saying they're undecided but they're most certainly voting yes.

[scottish]

I don't see us getting it tbh.