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MightyOak wrote:Scotland will be voting on its independence today. I have only just recently moved here, but I am registered to vote and will be participating. The results won't be announced until tomorrow morning. The polls haves been close and it looks like it could go either way. I can't help but wonder what other people inside or outside of Scotland think about it, if anything.

You guys got split, but "stay" won out.

Sim Lim Square (Singapore) is having problems with rogue shops overcharging (And frankly we all agree that they have to go)

Espthec wrote:

MightyOak wrote:Scotland will be voting on its independence today. I have only just recently moved here, but I am registered to vote and will be participating. The results won't be announced until tomorrow morning. The polls haves been close and it looks like it could go either way. I can't help but wonder what other people inside or outside of Scotland think about it, if anything.

You guys got split, but "stay" won out.

That might not stay true for terribly long. The promise of giving the Scottish Parliament more power if the voted to stay in the Union has seen no efforts to actually do so. The only party in Scotland with any power other the the SNP (Scottish National Party) is Labour and they sided with keeping the union, but with increased Scottish power. With nothing being done, they are losing favor. As a result, the SNP will continue to win majority votes and since the primary goal of the SNP is Independence, each time they get a majority of seats in their Parliament, they will likely put forward a vote. A vote that people will be less likely to listen to empty promises on.

The next national elections are just in a few months. We'll see the lay of the land, then.

MightyOak wrote:

Espthec wrote:

MightyOak wrote:Scotland will be voting on its independence today. I have only just recently moved here, but I am registered to vote and will be participating. The results won't be announced until tomorrow morning. The polls haves been close and it looks like it could go either way. I can't help but wonder what other people inside or outside of Scotland think about it, if anything.

You guys got split, but "stay" won out.

That might not stay true for terribly long. The promise of giving the Scottish Parliament more power if the voted to stay in the Union has seen no efforts to actually do so. The only party in Scotland with any power other the the SNP (Scottish National Party) is Labour and they sided with keeping the union, but with increased Scottish power. With nothing being done, they are losing favor. As a result, the SNP will continue to win majority votes and since the primary goal of the SNP is Independence, each time they get a majority of seats in their Parliament, they will likely put forward a vote. A vote that people will be less likely to listen to empty promises on.

The next national elections are just in a few months. We'll see the lay of the land, then.

As far as I know Scotland is mostly pro-EU, isn't it? So if the UK leaves the EU in 2017 (which is entirely possible), I guess the independence movement will get even more favor.

Morgaln wrote:As far as I know Scotland is mostly pro-EU, isn't it? So if the UK leaves the EU in 2017 (which is entirely possible), I guess the independence movement will get even more favor.

Absolutely. Scotland, in general, is a lot more left leaning than the rest of the UK. They don't want to leave the EU, especially if they could have kept the deals made by Margaret Thatcher to join the EU in the first place. The UK has a lot more privileges than the other countries. Among those is the right to maintain their own currency which has helped their economy tremendously. Now, if the UK does leave the EU that means Scotland will have to negotiate for itself for certain if they were to get independence and moved to join the EU. Since Scotland would be a small country with little power, they likely wouldn't get any fancy perks.

Well here in the US we are headed into an another election in Nov. if the person get elected I'm not fond of I'll be looking to move to another country. On a local note our town lost a Police Officer in the line of duty. Rip Sgt Glosser. Prayers for his family.. MJ

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MightyOak, how difficult is the process to immigrate to Scotland?