If you can get the badger to give it to you.
I take what I like from the mighty badger.
CNN is saying "No " still has a slight lead.
If by “slight” they mean 200,000 votes.
BBC TV is calling a “No” outcome “increasingly likely.”
The Inverclyde Council vote should be noted:
62,481 votes cast. 86 vote difference.
NO 27,329 50.08%
YES 27,243 49.92%
That’s one close vote.
Too late to vote here, but before the polls closed in Scotland I discussed what’s going on with some friends and said I thought (and hoped) that NO would win.
And so it ends apparently.
I’m very happy the “no” vote is going to win; I didn’t think it would turn out this way, but am very glad that it did. Calmer heads prevailed.
Right in line with my earlier prediction of 55 - 45.
Let me know when you want to know what’s going to happen.
Yeah solid No. Am crestfallen beyond belief in a way I never thought I’d be.
Agreed, although I’m a little disappointed that Maggie Thatcher won’t go down in history as the woman who killed the United Kingdom.
Might I ask why?
It’s a pity the NO vote wasn’t more decisive. Still the sensible outcome though.
Fair enough - that was a good bet, I’d have been tempted at those odds, bad luck this time.
I’d be interested as well - are you an Irish Republican and therefore were thinking a Yes vote might help that cause? Surely that ship has sailed now (as in, I can’t see there being a united Ireland in my lifetime).
So it looks like the final result is something like 54% to 46%. In our poll it’s 75% to 25%. I know it’s not the same question, but I’ll still take it as evidence that Dopers are smarter than Scotsmen.
It was only the Central Belt (and Dundee) that really voted Yes. Pretty much everywhere else solidly voted No. I voted No too.
But it’s been a colossal victory for democracy. It’s had people engaged as never before.
84.6% turnout, apparently.
I doubt this is over - although I think the no vote is the right one at this precise moment in time, this outcome has shown that it’s pretty close.
A Yes vote probably exists somewhere in Scotland’s future - hopefully the interval between now and that time will be used to properly identify any genuine causes for concern underlying the ‘no’ votes, and resolve them.
Clearly this can’t be the whole picture. For one thing, it would be a chicken-and-egg situation where bookies couldn’t set odds until betting begins, and betting can’t begin because no odds have been set.
The reality is bookies don’t necessarily make a profit on all events; and they do take into account the likelihood of events and set the odds such that they will make a profit usually / overall.
As an example, note that there are many bets that are “one-way”; you can bet on some 10,000:1 event happening, but not the 1:10,000 status quo. So obviously the bookie will lose money should the unlikely event happen. But that’s OK because they set the odds lower than their real expectation, and overall make a profit from this kind (just like all other kinds) of bets.
I am not too sure. I suppose I thought Scotland was ready to seize the democratic imperative but also, more selfishly, it makes me realise I likely won’t live to see a united Ireland.
There was something peculiarly discomforting about hearing the roars and cheers when No votes came in. But what of it, it’s their country and they’re free to decide how it is run.