First of all, it's "Quebecers," not "Quebecans."
Second, that was Scotland's first referendum, and the Yes vote in Scotland's first referendum was higher than in Quebec's first referendum.
Well, you'll have to wait decades, if not for eternity, to see how the second Scottish referendum fares with that of the second Quebecan referendum.
Big Eck, who is now stepping down as SNP leader and as Scotland's First Minister (his fellow fish, Sturgeon, is a dead on cert to take over both roles), has conceded that he will never see Scottish independence in his lifetime. He's 59.
The fact of the matter is that the only reason there was a second Quebecan referendum was because the Quebecans are more desperate to secede from Canada than the Scots are from the UK.
So Scotland is now like a friend who walked out of your party shouting how sh!t it is but had to come crawling back because it realised it had no cab fare
And we know who would have paid for the cab fare....
One nation, now when are you going to work on the morality issues that haven't been addressed in that 307 years or is that also something that has never really mattered as long as they are the ones doing the punishing.
You may think you have won a prize, you didn't, you lost your only opportunity to come up with some real changes. I'm not sure why you are cheering that, not that it really matters to anybody. Scotland can be part of the implosion that comes from 307 years of doing thing in an immoral manner.
What a load of claptrap. Come back when you can post something meaningful.
At the age of 16 I was a full-blown Marxist.
Do we let kindergarten kids vote??
Of course not.
You have to be of an age to have some life experience, to have a mature view of the world, to have experienced some of life's responsibility..........you need to be of an age where your brain stem has become fully attached. 16 ain't it.
The Greeks used to vote at 30 years old.
Better that than 16.
Correct. As teenagers kids often have silly, naive Left Wing views of the world.
Once they get older and learn a few life lessons, however, they tend to grow out of their Left Wing tendencies.
The SNP did cheat by allowing 16 and 17 year old the vote. It was just surreal seeing kids turning up at polling stations in their school uniforms. Thankfully, however, their cheating backfired, as it turned out most 16 and 17 year old oppose independence, whereas the SNP thought the opposite was true.
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Here's the message Her Majesty gave to the nation after she learned that her old kingdom is staying together.....
The Queen's message following Scotland's referendum
Elizabeth II on her Balmoral estate in Scotland presented as Sovereign of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of The Thistle, a chivalric Order that dates from the Seventeenth Century
After many months of discussion, debate, and careful thought, we now know the outcome of the Referendum, and it is a result that all of us throughout the United Kingdom will respect.
For many in Scotland and elsewhere today, there will be strong feelings and contrasting emotions – among family, friends and neighbours. That, of course, is the nature of the robust democratic tradition we enjoy in this country. But I have no doubt that these emotions will be tempered by an understanding of the feelings of others.
Now, as we move forward, we should remember that despite the range of views that have been expressed, we have in common an enduring love of Scotland, which is one of the things that helps to unite us all. Knowing the people of Scotland as I do, I have no doubt that Scots, like others throughout the United Kingdom, are able to express strongly-held opinions before coming together again in a spirit of mutual respect and support, to work constructively for the future of Scotland and indeed all parts of this country.
My family and I will do all we can to help and support you in this important task.
ELIZABETH R.
Salmond's speech yesterday in which he declared he will be resigning as SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister:
Alex Salmond's resignation speech - YouTube
