Those were Paddy Power odds I quoted, but yeah the Betfair paying out on the no vote was massively misconstrued by all accounts in that it was from its own book not the exchange, which is 80% or whatever of its business.
Bloody turncoat.
Alex Salmond and Independence
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Keep it to yourselves, guys.
So the BBC are going to waffle on for the next 3 or 4 hours whilst precisely nothing happens?
Wonder what Fergie's stance is.
And so are Sky News and so are ITV/STV.
At least the BBC don't have any annoying adverts.
Oh god yeah. There must have been appalling misallocation of funds under every regime. Just feel it's generally worse under Labour given they'll generally up taxes and welfare spending to compound it. Anyway, don't want to derail the thread.
I think he was on the record as saying he was against it. That was a year or two back.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/alex-salmond-silencing-scots-says-sir-alex-ferguson-1-2694386
Oh good, so it's four hours of uninterrupted bollocks waffle.
Read he'd donated to the Better Together campaign, so unless he changed position, he's in the 'No' camp.
Fergies stance is NO.
I'm English, had enough of the bowing to a country that wants out of our union that they entered into, if they want it let them have it. Short term pain, but that's it.
Betfair currently about 1/16 no, 14/1 yes, paid out on no vote once already too.
Also read somewhere some guy from London has £900,000 riding on the no vote, probably stand to win around £200,000, should have backed it with betfair he'd already have the cash in the bank!
If that poll is accurate you almost wonder if Cameron didn't jump the gun with his promises of new powers amidst the panic.
Sod that, Salmond needs to draft in Successful as his chancellor if he wins. He'll make sure they have 'high performance Scots'.
But then who'll be in charge of assigning United shirt numbers? No, no, he's more valued at United than in Parliament.
When is the next referendum if the No's win?
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Oh thanks for the replies. Wonder why they didn't get Fergie to say no on paper etc and provide a boost to the 'No' camp in the press.
Oh, no doubt in my mind that he did jump the gun far too early, and will regret it if No wins.... But again, that's not nailed on in my opinion just yet.
I'm English too and was initially very anti them leaving, but the more it has gone on, the less I can give a feck tbh. I love visiting Scotland but the overt overt displays of nationalism have turned me off somewhat, as has some of the disingenuous bollocks I've heard about the economics of the independence campaign.
I think it's a once in a generation thing at most. So it'll be 25+ years till the next one if they vote no.
Mental outlay for that return on one level...Guy at work has a stack on the 40-45% voting yes. Couldn't get tempted by the odds on this one.
In two years time? Or away from the Pound in case the markets fall?
"People from poorer backgrounds - people with the least to lose.."
Not sure that's how it works.
Not sure that's how it works.
I can see a majority of the the young uns voting for YES. Social media kinda confirms that too.
Could be about right with that, though personally i'd rather a 35-43 % range for reduced odds.
The guy who staked the £900k obviously just sees it as easy money, and a safer approach than chucking it on the stock market maybe, certainly potentially more rewarding that having in the back atm!
Roughly mirrors my view - but ultimately, despite any gratification a YES May bring, I would rather see my country - the UK - not torn apart.
Also I would hope that a NO vote may spur more political reform over the entire UK.
Atleast 80% of people I know under 20 are voting yes. It's an incredible landslide for that group in my area.
Wow. That's absolutely bonkers.
His promises are only worth anything to the Scots while he is still PM, and even then he will be slippery. If NO wins then independence is dead for a long time and the fallout will be more north of the border than in Westminster.
I would like to see some proper political reform across the the entire UK. The current agenda has sparked quite a bit of political debate and interest, even from the likes of me who is completely disinterested in what I regard as a generally broken political system.
I think the home nations should each have their own devolved government which will have absolute control over all "local" affairs (tax, public spending etc). The overall UK government would control areas such as defence, which affect the entire UK equally, and this government could then be more evenly split between the four nations.
I think the home nations should each have their own devolved government which will have absolute control over all "local" affairs (tax, public spending etc). The overall UK government would control areas such as defence, which affect the entire UK equally, and this government could then be more evenly split between the four nations.
My Facebook timelime is insane, Yes status's/pictures are racking up 100 likes virtually every time and No status's get less than 10 and usually a shit load of abuse.
I always thought you were Scandinavian for some reason.Look, you may well be right, but just sounds low. Polls are so fecking unreliable though and when push comes to shove and you are about to tick the box I can imagine a load of people who were nominally no, switching sides. Would rather stick a few quid on a first goalscorer bet any day.
We are (maybe were) in a union, for the UK, England would be significantly wealthier than all the other member nations if we went it alone. I'd like to keep the union as I think we all have our identities but are better together. I have heard talk around the office about this triggering further separatism, we shall see.
I echo the sentiments of most English people in the thread. Not concerned by the outcome unless it impacts on the strength of the pound.
The CNN anchor was just saying that she expected young people to vote overwhelmingly yes but talking to people it seemed it was split. Many young people fearing short term job losses particularly teenagers.
It's for this reason I expect that the NO voters have generally been quieter and kept their mouths shut. I think the build up to the referendum over the past two weeks has exaggerated the YES votes by nature of those voters being more outspoken and vocal about it.