jailender Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Irrespective of the result, how much damage will have been done by the increasingly hard-core stance taken by folk on both sides? Will they all just shake hands and get on with things, or will there be longer term effects on relationships? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 If it's a Yes, I expect things to be fine. Yes will celebrate, gloat and No will slink away with the odd dummy being thrown out the pram. The political fallout will be spectacular though. Salmond will be right into his next big battle because I expect negotiations to be tough going. But that's a good problem to have. If it's a No, I expect more problems if I'm being honest. Anything lower than 45% and I think there will have been a stitch up with a real chance of some civil unrest. Between 45% and 50%, things are going to be hard going for some time - peoples eyes are open and a gloating No campaign are going to be hard to tolerate. And there will be massive expectation on the UK politicians to deliver and if they dont or appear to be ducking it, there's likely to be bother. Some of the sh*t that's gone on this week will not be forgotten and there's going to be some very angry people at what has happened. In summary, after a Yes vote, Scotland will iron out the differences and move on just fine. It's going to be a pretty awful fallout if it's No to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 If it's a Yes, I expect things to be fine. Yes will celebrate, gloat and No will slink away with the odd dummy being thrown out the pram. The political fallout will be spectacular though. Salmond will be right into his next big battle because I expect negotiations to be tough going. But that's a good problem to have. If it's a No, I expect more problems if I'm being honest. Anything lower than 45% and I think there will have been a stitch up with a real chance of some civil unrest. Between 45% and 50%, things are going to be hard going for some time - peoples eyes are open and a gloating No campaign are going to be hard to tolerate. And there will be massive expectation on the UK politicians to deliver and if they dont or appear to be ducking it, there's likely to be bother. Some of the sh*t that's gone on this week will not be forgotten and there's going to be some very angry people at what has happened. In summary, after a Yes vote, Scotland will iron out the differences and move on just fine. It's going to be a pretty awful fallout if it's No to be honest. Spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilser Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 If its No the problems will be exacerbated in the lead up to next spring's General Election with Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and UKIP all fighting over immigration and EU membership and paying feck all regard to Scotland's issues and interests as per usual. After next year's election the realisation will start to dawn that we'll either have Miliband or Cameron for PM until 2020.I suspect a few No voters will then start to question what they've done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 If it's a Yes, I expect things to be fine. Yes will celebrate, gloat and No will slink away with the odd dummy being thrown out the pram. The political fallout will be spectacular though. Salmond will be right into his next big battle because I expect negotiations to be tough going. But that's a good problem to have. If it's a No, I expect more problems if I'm being honest. Anything lower than 45% and I think there will have been a stitch up with a real chance of some civil unrest. Between 45% and 50%, things are going to be hard going for some time - peoples eyes are open and a gloating No campaign are going to be hard to tolerate. And there will be massive expectation on the UK politicians to deliver and if they dont or appear to be ducking it, there's likely to be bother. Some of the sh*t that's gone on this week will not be forgotten and there's going to be some very angry people at what has happened. In summary, after a Yes vote, Scotland will iron out the differences and move on just fine. It's going to be a pretty awful fallout if it's No to be honest. Saved me typing my reply, well almost. If its No, I will despise certain people, organisations, media outlets etc for ever. I will never trust the rogues again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Saved me typing my reply, well almost. If its No, I will despise certain people, organisations, media outlets etc for ever. I will never trust the rogues again. I thought the Rangers admin thread was closed? Never had you down for a Teddy Bear. Welcome to the fold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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