When will Fife declare referendum results of the 2014 Scottish independence vote? September 18, 2014 Fife is due to announce the result of the Scottish independence referendum vote in the early hours of Friday morning. The count is expected to come in at 4am and the area is one of the last in Scotland to declare the results of the vote. The area makes up 7.1 per cent of the [...]
Will the Scottish independence referendum be an election turnout record breaker? Only if 2,725,465 Scots head to the polls September 18, 2014 As Scots finally head to the polls, many have predicted today could be a record breaking day for the country. A huge turnout is expected in arguably the most important vote in Scotland’s history, but how will we know if it breaks records? One professor at the University of Reading has done the sums to [...]
Would Andy Murray, Alex Ferguson, Barack Obama, Boris Johnson and Groundskeeper Willie vote for independence in the Scottish referendum? September 18, 2014 It’s crunch time in the Scottish independence debate as Scots finally head to the polls today. In a campaign that’s been going on longer than we can remember, feelings about Scottish independence- for and against- have emerged, from economists, business leaders, celebrities and sports stars. Even fictional Scots have taken a side. Have you been [...]
Scottish independence referendum: Traders bet on No vote to win September 18, 2014 How is the Scottish referendum affecting markets? Well the last opinion poll put No at 53 per cent, while the Yes campaign was at 47 per cent but if today's currency movements are anything to go by investors are much more confident that the union will not be broken up. So far today, [...]
Gordon Brown’s speech on eve of Scotland’s independence vote. Full video and transcript September 18, 2014 At last, the world is hearing the voices of the real people of Scotland. The silent majority will be silent no more. And our patriotic vision, proud of our Scottish identity, proud of our distinctive Scottish institutions, proud of the Scottish Parliament that we, not the Nationalist party, created. And proud, and [...]
Posen: “Joseph Stiglitz is wrong – the reality of Scottish independence is frightening” September 18, 2014 Following pro-independence assertions by economist Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, saying the debate around Scottish independence had been "fear mongering", and that currency was a "non-issue", last night Adam Posen, the former Monetary Policy Committee member who now heads up the Peterson Institute for International Economics, published an article criticising his view. Cracking out the [...]
When will Edinburgh declare referendum results of Scottish independence vote? September 18, 2014 Edinburgh is due to announce the result of the Scottish independence referendum vote in the early hours of Friday morning. The count is expected to come in at 5am and the city is one of the last areas in Scotland to declare the results of the vote. The area makes up eight per cent of [...]
Will Scotland vote Yes or No to independence in today’s referendum? Here’s the result on Twitter as far afield as Alaska and New Zealand September 18, 2014 A stunning map of Scottish independence campaigning shows how Twitter users feel about the referendum and which side of the fence they are on. The Yes and No sentiment has been tracked over the last month of intense campaigning with Twitter users as far afield as Alaska and New Zealand chatting about the historic referendum. [...]
When will the Scottish independence referendum vote be announced? Declaration times for local government areas September 18, 2014 Scots started going to the polls to vote on secession from 7am this morning – but they will have to wait 24 hours to hear the final result of the vote. How will it work? We all know how vote-counting goes at a general election – but an independence vote like this is unprecedented in [...]
Scottish independence referendum: Barack Obama urges Scots to vote No September 18, 2014 US President Barack Obama has urged Scots to vote No and preserve the Union in the Scottish Independence Referendum. With just hours to go until polling stations open, Obama took to Twitter to express his hope that Scotland remains with the UK. Obama described the UK as “a force for good in an [...]