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New Felix says it will be "Yes"
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He made up his mind on September 6.

A yes vote in Scotland this week would be a very, very bad idea. Anybody who looks at it taking an on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand approach is going to end up voting No, as they should. But I’m not going to rehearse all of the No campaign’s arguments here. Instead, I’d like to try to explain, to a largely befuddled American audience, how on earth the UK found itself on the verge of divorce.

As I see it, there are five main necessary conditions to explain how we got here:

- The EU
- The 1979–1997 Tory government
- The 2003 Iraq war
- The 2008 financial crisis
- The 2010 UK general election

[...]


He makes a good case.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Interesting piece
ETA: Overlooks the 1979 referendum, though.

ETA2: Also, this is wrong:

To a first approximation, everybody in England wants Scotland to vote no.


At the beginning of August, that would have been correct. However, the Yes campaign's delusional, disingenuous, toxic and anti-English approach has led to a significant amount of support for the "Will you please just fuck off, you insufferable sweaties!" point of view. I wouldn't be surprised to see that viewpoint held by a third of the populace.
Expand Edited by pwhysall Sept. 18, 2014, 01:34:22 PM EDT
Expand Edited by pwhysall Sept. 18, 2014, 01:38:17 PM EDT
     Today's the day! - (pwhysall) - (20)
         I say... - (Another Scott) - (1)
             I'm with AS here. - (a6l6e6x)
         Re: Today's the day! - (malraux) - (5)
             rofl. -NT - (Another Scott)
             They can take our lives, but they can't take - (pwhysall) - (3)
                 Is *that* what's under a kilt? -NT - (malraux) - (2)
                     We'll never really know. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1)
                         Well... - (malraux)
         Felix says it will be "Yes" - (Another Scott) - (1)
             Interesting piece - (pwhysall)
         Re: Today's the day! - (malraux) - (1)
             :-) ! -NT - (a6l6e6x)
         If it was me, It'd be no - (crazy)
         The United Kingdom of Pretty Good Britain and Northern Ireland - (gcareaga)
         It's a NO, by 55% to 45% - (pwhysall) - (5)
             Glad your neighbor blokes have good BS-detectors. - (Ashton)
             Surprising, but YouGov had it roughly right (54% No, 46% Yes). - (Another Scott) - (1)
                 Rule 1 Of Referenda - (pwhysall)
             A wider win than I expected. - (a6l6e6x)
             Well, whre's the fun in that? -NT - (Andrew Grygus)

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