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Scotland voting in a few minutes!

Crazy you can vote at 16 or 17 and seems like many changes will happen if they vote YES to be taken from the UK, do I have this correct? I just want the best for that fabulous country.

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

I understand more money will be spent on the Scotish rather than others in the UK.

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

I have a distant cousin who is Scottish. He has the opinion that Scotland should remain part of Great Britain. Evidently, this is a very divisive, no pun intended, situation. It's like our civil war without the shooting. Brother against brother, etc. I hope, however the vote turns out, peace will be possible. Each side is convinced they are correct, of course.

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

I hope that which ever way the vote goes down, they have peace in their country.

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

Hopefully this thread will remain on topic and civil. Smile Anyway, I don't know a thing about the situation, but I'm wishing them well.

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

  1. The polls have closed and the counting has begun on a referendum that could have historic implications for the United Kingdom. The referendum asked the Scots if they should dissolve its union from England and become an independent country.
    We'll be live blogging, as the returns begin to be counted. NPR's Ari Shapiro and producer Rich Preston are in Edinburgh, so expect to see their dispatches.
  2. Update at 5:08 p.m. ET. Polls Are Closed:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/18/349629785/live-blog-scotland-votes-on-its-independenc...

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

Results will be in by midnight, ET. Scotland will have to make application to NATO if they become a separate nation. Still up in the air whether they will use the pound as their method of currency or the Euro.

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

What will happen to all the nukes at the Royal Navy Yard in western Scotland?

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

My ancestors were Scots-----Campbell

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Re: Scotland voting in a few minutes!

On 9/18/2014 Cakers1 said:

What will happen to all the nukes at the Royal Navy Yard in western Scotland?

What should happen to them? It's not like they're going to get detonated.