Was the Scotland vote rigged?

[DodgyAgent]

The Scotland threads are my favourite....

Indeed. they are right up there with:

Thatcher
Iraq war
The EU

[Old Greg]

The Scotland threads are my favourite....

Me too. I like to bump them every now and again.

[scooterscot]

More news of unsavoury goings ons.

Police probe claim No campaign viewed postal votes

[Old Greg]

They are having multiple 'rally for a revote' this weekend.

Zoomers.

How did that go?

[Batcher]

How did that go?

It was estimated 3,000 turned up to the one on Saturday outside the Scottish Parliament. There were others across the country too, making donation for the food banks.

BBC News - Scottish independence supporters hold Holyrood rally

[shaunbhoy]

It was estimated 3,000 turned up to the one on Saturday outside the Scottish Parliament. There were others across the country too, making donation for the food banks.

BBC News - Scottish independence supporters hold Holyrood rally

When is it going to dawn on many of these people that Salmond, the pied piper of pipedreams, did not in fact actually have a magic wand that was going to turn the pavements to gold?
Because until they wake up to the harsh reality that if you want to improve your lot in life, that you are going to have to get up and do it for yourself, they will remain firmly mired in a self-pitying quagmire of anguish.
FFS, lose the victim cloaks and forget about politicians of any hue riding to your rescue.
Everyone that resided in Scotland had a vote. No one person's vote being worth anymore than anyone else's. By a sizeable majority, public opinion opted to retain the status quo. That is democracy at work. Deal with it and stop all the greetin' and hissy fits.

[Batcher]

We can't leave Scotland's future in the hands of the politicians | Herald Scotland

"The Scottish independence referendum, it turns out, wasn't a finishing tape but a starting gun."

[TykeMerc]

Everyone that resided in Scotland had a vote. No one person's vote being worth anymore than anyone else's. By a sizeable majority, public opinion opted to retain the status quo. That is democracy at work. Deal with it and stop all the greetin' and hissy fits.

That's the important reality that seems to be bypassing some people.

No doubt there were some dodgy votes and some iffy counts, they happen in every election and are only examined in detail when there's apparent fraud or the result is so close that recounts happen. 45% to 55% isn't close, or even close to close.

By all accounts the turnout at the referendum was epically large (which is a massive good thing for democracy and does go a tiny bit of the way to restoring my faith in the democratic process) and the result was very clearly a no.
The people who wobble on about the 45% are just highlighting the fact that their side lost in a polarised vote, it's just sour grapes with no foundation, eventually they will get bored and move onto some other lost cause.

[Unix]

That's the important reality that seems to be bypassing some people.

No doubt there were some dodgy votes and some iffy counts, they happen in every election and are only examined in detail when there's apparent fraud or the result is so close that recounts happen. 45% to 55% isn't close, or even close to close.

By all accounts the turnout at the referendum was epically large (which is a massive good thing for democracy and does go a tiny bit of the way to restoring my faith in the democratic process) and the result was very clearly a no.
The people who wobble on about the 45% are just highlighting the fact that their side lost in a polarised vote, it's just sour grapes with no foundation, eventually they will get bored and move onto some other lost cause.

A 5 point swing isn't close? Basically if 200k people voted yes instead of No it would independence. There are 500k English people living in Scotland.

HTH

[Batcher]

That's the important reality that seems to be bypassing some people.

No doubt there were some dodgy votes and some iffy counts, they happen in every election and are only examined in detail when there's apparent fraud or the result is so close that recounts happen. 45% to 55% isn't close, or even close to close.

By all accounts the turnout at the referendum was epically large (which is a massive good thing for democracy and does go a tiny bit of the way to restoring my faith in the democratic process) and the result was very clearly a no.
The people who wobble on about the 45% are just highlighting the fact that their side lost in a polarised vote, it's just sour grapes with no foundation, eventually they will get bored and move onto some other lost cause.

The 45% are now 45+ as lots of No voters have now said they regret believing the Westminster parties and voting No and would change their votes to a Yes if we had another referendum.

It's not sour grapes at all. A lot of people were energised by the debate and got involved in politics for the first time and want to keep it going. The rally on Saturday was arranged by a woman from Edinburgh that had no political experience before the referendum.

We know we now have power to force change and we will keep it going until we get independence from Westminster. If that comes as part of a federal UK then that will be a good starting point