Scottish Independence

[Bogus Dave]

Yeah, I understand the systems flaws, just pointing out that it is not 100% biased to 100% of Scotland, as most seen to think

[4D]

I don't recall receiving 8 grand from the government 

[Reg Smeeton]

Glasgow result coming up soon.  That should be interesting!

Glasgow voted Yes.

I would have liked to have seen a Yes vote, but this has been a marvelous exercise in democracy and a credit to the Scottish people, and I suppose grudgingly to Cameron who accepted the need for it, and very nearly got burned.

 The Queen will be happy.

[kerry red]

So will Farage - he'd would have had to change his party's name from UKIP

[Ardiles]

I would have liked to have seen a Yes vote...

Would have meant increased Tory domination down here though...which I'm not sure you'd have welcomed.

The more I think about it, the happier I become about this result.  The surge in the polls for Yes a couple of weeks ago - which some commentators are now thinking was a mistake/anomaly anyway - forced Cameron's hand in to offering the Scots more than he otherwise would have done in terms of devolution.  And that, in turn, means that the likelihood of the West Lothian Question being resolved via real, meaningful constitutional change for England is massively increased.  All the talk on the Today Programme this morning is about what this means for the whole of the UK.

Whether individually they voted Yes or No, the Scottish electorate has done all of us a massive favour.  In the years ahead political engagement, the constitutional settlement and even the union itself will all be stronger than they have been up until now.

[Ironside]

According to the Daily Mail, Doncaster still belongs to Scotland after an invasion back in the 13th Century. It was never formally returned to England. Doncaster is also Ed Miliband's constituency, commonly known as 'the arsehole of England' and closer to Edinburgh than London.

We could have got rid of Scotland, Doncaster AND the arsehole of England, all in one go.

I'm a little disappointed...

[Sir Pissalot]

Glasgow voted Yes.

I would have liked to have seen a Yes vote, but this has been a marvelous exercise in democracy and a credit to the Scottish people, and I suppose grudgingly to Cameron who accepted the need for it, and very nearly got burned.

 The Queen will be happy.

Yes, that was never in any doubt, Reg.  My comment about it being "interesting" was more to do with whether their turnout would be as high as the other parts who had already declared (it wasn't), and if the extent of their YES vote would start to turn the tide that was already building up (it didn't).

[Reg Smeeton]

According to the Daily Mail, Doncaster still belongs to Scotland after an invasion back in the 13th Century. It was never formally returned to England. Doncaster is also Ed Miliband's constituency, commonly known as 'the arsehole of England' and closer to Edinburgh than London.

We could have got rid of Scotland, Doncaster AND the arsehole of England, all in one go.

I'm a little disappointed...

A statelet of Glasgow and Lanarkshire could be established....something along the lines of Kosovo....and Doncaster handed over to them, seems fair enough.

I'm surprised no media has looked into what the descendants of the Stuart family are up to.....and whether they fancy another crack at reclaiming the Crowns of England and Scotland.

[Costanza]

Glasgow's result was far closer than I expected it to be.

[Reg Smeeton]

Glasgow's result was far closer than I expected it to be.

The forthcoming friendly is going to be fun....now, do all England fans show the Union Flag, and hang out with the Rangers lot?

I've never quite been able to pin down to a year or an event, when England fans stopped using the Union Flag at games and started using the cross of St George, but it did happen almost unnoticed.

[Red Squirrel]

Excellent, common sense prevailed.

Spot on !  Massive relief from up here in the Highlands. My job no longer under threat , can now continue to enjoy
this beautiful part of Great Britain . Up the Town!

[4D]

World cup 90 I reckon Reginald

[ghanimah]

The forthcoming friendly is going to be fun....now, do all England fans show the Union Flag, and hang out with the Rangers lot?

I've never quite been able to pin down to a year or an event, when England fans stopped using the Union Flag at games and started using the cross of St George, but it did happen almost unnoticed.

I thought it was around Euro '96 when England flags were visibly replacing Union ones.

[Bennett]

I'm delighted that Scotland is staying, but I made the mistake of watching a clip of Cameron talking about the choice and I instantly felt a pang of regret for them bottling it.

[Costanza]

I've never quite been able to pin down to a year or an event, when England fans stopped using the Union Flag at games and started using the cross of St George, but it did happen almost unnoticed.

Unsurprisingly, there were plenty of grubby looking Union Jack's in attendance at the abandoned Ireland friendly in 1995. So I imagine hosting Euro '96 cemented St. George's Flag as the England's flag-o-choice.