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"it’s as crazy and unrealistic a dream as an independence referendum used to seem." I'm assuming this guy's pretty young as there was one 35 years ago. I kind
by coriny 12y ago
"it’s as crazy and unrealistic a dream as an independence referendum used to seem."
I'm assuming this guy's pretty young as there was one 35 years ago. I kind of feel that a similar amount of evidence was used in the rest of the analysis as well.
- wuliwong 12y agoJudging from his picture, he's probably under 35.
- arethuza 12y ago"there was one 35 years ago" The 1979 referendum was about devolution (which Scotland has had now for a while) not independence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_devolution_referendum,_1979 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_devolution_referendum,...
- coriny 12y agoGiven that referendum, an independence referendum was always possible. It was probably only during the 80s that it didn't seem possible, and was definitely being talked about by the time I lived in Edinburgh 15 years ago. Devolution was always seen as a process towards strong local political representation, whether or not ending in full independence (aka membership of the EU). EDIT: I should note at this point, I honestly don't care how the vote goes and have very little interest in it. To me, it's been a long ongoing process that will probably follow the same rough path and end in the same rough place whatever the vote is.