Even more of a headfuck and not just because of goods moving across the border as a lot of people in Scotland are employed by companies south of the border, where would they pay their tax?
Luxembourg?
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Details, details.
Lovin’ it.
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I think it’s the impression that England is lurching towards the far-right whereas Scotland remains at least centrist, if not socialist, is behind many people considering independence when they wouldn’t have before. I’m just not convinced it holds up to scrutiny.
Fantastic.
I’m using my 1/4 scottishness and heading north
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London, probably. Scotland and Wales, we don’t know because it’s had to unpick the different reasons people might have had for voting SNP or Plaid.
Farage has been arguing that the voters who stuck with the Tories (not the Parliamentary party, but the voters) were very largely pro-Brexit. He reckons the Tory Remainers would have had no real problem voting Lib Dem this time. We can’t be sure, but I fear he could be right. In which case you should add the Tory 9.1% in on the Brexit side (and maybe even some Labour voters too, but let’s park that). Then Brexit wins by 44.0% to 40.3%. We shouldn’t forget either that the turnout was just 37% - half the figure in the 2016 referendum - so making fine judgements between one and the other isn’t statistically safe.
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UK turnout only 1% up on last time, which surprised me a wee bit: I thought the jihadis would have been more out in force
Meanwhile, here are some great numbers thorughout other MS’s
It just keeps on giving 
I was thinking the same thing, but for a different reason- I think this is what makes me question the narrative that the SNP vote shows us that Scotland is overwhelmingly socialist/ left of centre.
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£5K plus laundry expenses. It’s been a challenging week for Stephen.
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Meanwhile, this dickhead…
It’s like he’s carved from solid fail.
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Aye
Paul Mason putting the boot in today too, calling for Milne’s head. It’ll never happen.
I actually missed the significance of who she was
Aye.
I reckon there’s an element of both main parties that thinks last night’s results don’t reveal anything they haven’t known for ages. As people trying to put together some sort of a compromise they were always going to get creamed in a one-issue contest. Remember 2014. In a sideshow election with a comedy turnout UKIP won a fucktonne of Mickey Mouse seats in some inconsequential assembly somewhere. After a while a real election happened. Then the voters turned out in proper numbers and the truth about UKIP became clear. They got one MP. One. Get a grip. Likewise the Lib Dems. Since time immemorial they do well, sometimes spectacularly so, when it doesn’t matter (local elections, by-elections). But when the chips are really down they turn out have the durability of fag smoke.
For the avoidance of doubt I’m not suggesting that any of the above is true. Don’t bother arguing with me over it - I don’t know whether it’s right or not. I’m just speculating that it’s what some of them believe. I reckon they will need to be properly fried in a full-on GE before they’re convinced that this isn’t just a temper tantrum by the low-turnout voters coupled to the usual hysteria in the media. And if there really is an overwhelming demand for a second ref how come CHUK(a’s gang) are now toast ?
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Another interesting result lost in the smoke and mirrors
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