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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby Suff » 24 Jun 2016, 02:35

Hi Shaz,

Yep I'm guessing that the North and Midlands votes are the middle finger to the bosses message....

Stacking up as leave. What has interested me was the strength of some of the leave votes. I'm sitting here in FIFE and 41% for leave... Where did that come from. Ditto 40% in Dundee or even more the virtual 50:50 in Moray, Salmonds area, which nobody took onboard....
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby TheOstrich » 24 Jun 2016, 02:36

shazsha wrote:
Although I voted remain a leave vote wouldn't upset me unduly as I'm hoping it will give Scotland a better chance at Independence :lol: (I promise I won't go on about that topic :lol: :lol:


LOL, now don't you start again, Shaz ..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just concentrate on celebrating that Cameron might be gone by tea-time tomorrow ... :Hi:
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby Suff » 24 Jun 2016, 02:37

BTW did anyone else clock the Boston vote? Boston is the Murder capital of the UK and they are virtually ALL EU related. 75:25, no surprise, my daughters won't go near the town now...
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby TheOstrich » 24 Jun 2016, 02:43

Yes, I did note that - no surprise there.
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby shazsha » 24 Jun 2016, 02:50

What has interested me was the strength of some of the leave votes. I'm sitting here in FIFE and 41% for leave... Where did that come from. Ditto 40% in Dundee or even more the virtual 50:50 in Moray, Salmonds area, which nobody took onboard....


That surprised me too, Suff. I thought that the remain vote would be far stronger in Scotland. Tbh, I thought it would be stronger in the Uk as a whole. I fully expected Remain to win by at least 5%.
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby Suff » 24 Jun 2016, 03:03

I'm just sitting here waiting to see that ~500k difference tip over towards 1M. It's going to need to with the Birmingham and London votes to come.

I was surprised by the Oldham vote and some of the others in the West Midlands. Especially the size of some of them.

Shaz, all the family up here is solidly Remain so I never really got a feel about the potential for Leave. Ditto all our dancing friends were concerned about Leave.

I do think there has been some disengagement in Scotland about the vote. Also the Scottish position of better out of the UK where we are one of 4 and better in the EU where we would be one of 28/9, was the SNP's weakest argument in the Indyref. So it can't be easy for them to make that same argument again to those who didn't believe it at the time of Indyref.

Literally those who bought that argument in Indyref are unlikely to have changed their minds so easily.
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby Suff » 24 Jun 2016, 03:24

Of course there might always be those who are trying to use this to get another Scottish referendum.... :lol: :lol:
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby medsec222 » 24 Jun 2016, 05:59

After hearing Nigel almost concede defeat I fell asleep. I couldn't believe it when I woke up to an Out victory.
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby TheOstrich » 24 Jun 2016, 07:30

Cameron announced he's going in October. More uncertainty while a new PM is chosen.
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Re: I wasn't going to stay up for the election

Postby Kaz » 24 Jun 2016, 07:30

Hiya Shaz, good to see you :) :lol: xx

I am gutted with the result, but pleased Cameron is going, so my head is all over the place :roll: :shock: :cute: :lol:
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