Always on the lookout for a bargain, they got a good deal on some used voting machines. Unfortunately, the machines came from Florida, and after tallying the votes, George W Bush is now president of Scotland. 

The new Scottish symbol is a hanging chad.

 
Latest exit poll on Newsnight suggests No=54%; Yes=46%.
 
Mind you, the chap who organised the poll mentioned the massive turnout (96%) coupled to the lack of a precedent might mean those predictions might not be that accurate.

 
I wonder what difference it would have made if the vote had been open just to Scottish people, rather than to those who happen to be living there at the moment. I'd suggest that would have been a much better option for the 'Yes' campaign.

But would you include Scotish people that live outside Scotland as well?

Just curious, but what does the rest of UK prefer?  To keep them or not?
 
I've been WAY too busy lately to even put the TV on so I have no idea about all the details going on here.

" OK, whose idea was it to put the 'F' on the door........... ? "
 

 
As for the result, I couldn't care one or another really, I'll just be glad when it's over - sick to death of hearing about it.
 
 
 

Karyn
But would you include Scotish people that live outside Scotland as well?

I don't know for sure, but I'd have thought that actually being born in Scotland would be the deciding factor.
 
To have foreign nationals effectively being a part of the process of deciding whether the 'region' of your birth becomes an independent country or not seems a little counterintuitive to me.
 
I suppose the question is moot really, and probably why people living there became the criteria. Thinking about it, there isn't really such a thing as a "Scottish" citizen, as people born anywhere in the UK are officially classified as British. If by some chance the "Yes" campaign has won, I suppose the question of who is and who isn't a Scottish citizen would have to be addressed.
 
I may be wrong, but I'd have thought that British citizens who continue to live in an independent Scotland would remain British.
 
James will know the answers to these important questions.
 
 
 

Good points there Steve!  If "Yes" wins, they might declare James as Scottish and force him to wear a kilt! 

 

craigb
Good points there Steve!  If "Yes" wins, they might declare James as Scottish and force him to wear a kilt! 

Pfft.... rumour has it he already wears one