Scottish Referendum - What Will The Result Be?

[Canaryboy]

It is quite scary that this vote is just 2 days away, and that in 3 days time the results will come in which determine whether the Union Jack has become redundant. 

I suspect that if I were Scottish I'd be voting to leave the union, but as an Englishman of a particular political persuasion I'm hoping that they vote to stay in the union, we'll be stuck with the Tories for decades without the seats that Labour win up there.

The bookies seem to think that they will vote to stay in the union though, with Paddy Power offering 1/4 on the No vote and 3/1 on the Yes vote. The polls seem to suggest that it is much more difficult to call than that though, they average out at something like 51/49. 

Would this be our flag? 

Bloody boring! 

Can't we re-colonise New Zealand to get some blue in it, throw a few stars in to bling it up a little?

 

[morty]

I think the vote will be no.

I am Scottish, but have no vote.

And frankly the whole thing has got boring now, and I can't wait to get it over with!

 

[Canaryboy]

I think the vote will be no.

I am Scottish, but have no vote.

And frankly the whole thing has got boring now, and I can't wait to get it over with!

I'm sick to death with it too.

Unfortunately we'll be hearing about it for years, whatever the result.

A win for 'Yes' and we'll have years of negotiations and arguments.

A win for 'No' and we'll probably have some riots and the SNP crying foul play and claiming that the vote was rigged.

Its lose-lose for those of us who are fed up with hearing about it  :wacko:

 

[morty]

Both sides are as bad as each other at trotting out utterly baseless theories as to what will happen, especially financially.

The worst thing is that it has totally divided the country, whichever way it goes, it will be close, and will leave nearly 50% of the country annoyed and bitter.

Unfortunately there are too many people with a vote using Braveheart as their knowledge base.

 

[Canaryboy]

A win for 'No' and we'll probably have some riots and the SNP crying foul play and claiming that the vote was rigged.

Haven't had any riots yet, but the conspiracy theories about vote rigging have started. 

 

[morty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbJif7vISQg

 

[Canaryboy]

In that final clip (the man with the pen),surely he is just writing the number of slips on the paper at the top of the pile because he's bundling them in an elastic band?

So he could write '50' because the bundle represents a pile of 50 votes for either yes or no? Then when bundled, they count the number of piles? 

The first clip does look a little dodgy, but the woman could just be a bit special or really tired after staying up all night, correcting a silly mistake. 

 

[morty]

In that final clip (the man with the pen),surely he is just writing the number of slips on the paper at the top of the pile because he's bundling them in an elastic band?

So he could write '50' because the bundle represents a pile of 50 votes for either yes or no? Then when bundled, they count the number of piles? 

The first clip does look a little dodgy, but the woman could just be a bit special or really tired after staying up all night, correcting a silly mistake. 

The pile of "No" votes on the telly that actually have "yes" on them though? Looks a wee bit iffy lol.

 

[BIKER]

I am a counter at local and national elections. Watchers from each party sit at each counting table to make sure that

the names go on the right pile. Spoilt papers go in a basket and an official scrutinise them and say wether they can

be counted or not. He/she has to then ask if you agree with their decision. The bundles are counted into piles of 50,

banded and then handed to another counter to check. This goes on till all votes are counted. If there is a very close

vote a recount can be asked for. This normally consist of just a bundle count if the vote had a differnce of about a

1000. A full recount can be called by a candidate if the vote is about 500 or lower.