| Serious_frusting said: Its a real hot debate. If you have been keeping track the polls are showing it can swing one way or the other. If Scotland do vote to leave the union then the UK is going to lose like 7 million or so people. |
The population in Scotland is currently about 5.3 million people.
| Serious_frusting said: I have always seen the welsh, scotish and english culture as one. |
Well, that may be the case for you, but within the respective countries I can pretty much guarantee that very few, close to none, would agree with you. I'm Scottish, and I feel the culture I grew up with is quite different to that found in England and Wales, though we do share many values in common. In much the same way that the culture I grew up with is very different to that found in the United States, though we do share many values in common. For obvious reasons.
| Serious_frusting said: I mean the royal fam have scottish roots afterall. |
And that's a reason the cultures of Scotland, England, and Wales are 'as one'? Really? I fail to see the connection.
| Serious_frusting said:
I am just wondering what others are thinking about this vote. |
I think it's an inevitable referendum considering the politics of the UK for the last fifty years or so, though I'm still surprised it happened when it did. The Scottish Parliament's voting system was specifically designed to make it very difficult for a single party to acheive an overall majority. The SNP still did it, though. I was stunned at the time.
| Serious_frusting said:
I think it is wrong that scotch people who live in England have no vote about it. |
I have sympathy for this view. However, in practice it turns out to be almost impossible to do it any other way. Residence was determined to be the only way to ensure fairness for a variety of reasons, and was agreed by both parliaments to be the best option available (although, be aware, there are some exceptions -- the military has some, for example). So, if one wants to vote about the future of the country, one has to live in the country (and be born in the UK or EU, and be 16+). Much the same system was used for the 1997 referendum asking whether to establish the Scottish Parliament or not, and in the 1979 referendum before that. It has history.
| Serious_frusting said:
I would like to here anyones opinion on this. |
Me too. :D
