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icarus · 09-09-2014, 02:44 PM

With Scotland voting next week whether to stay in the UK or secede and with latest polls indicating it is too close to call, the media in the UK is (at last) in a frenzy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/scotland-decides

I was in Scotland a month ago and don't think I met any separatists the entire 4.5 days I was there but then again I wasn't really prying. I did meet a few people who were admittedly in the 'No thanks' camp.

Things are definitely starting to feel like Canada in 1995 in the lead up to the last Quebec referendum.

I'm starting to get worried about how a 'Yes' vote would negatively affect the value of the pound and economy more generally in the rest of the UK. Markets don't like uncertainty and there still seems to be a lot of uncertainty of what an independent Scotland would look like in practice.

09-09-2014, 02:44 PM	#1
icarus Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Singapore Exp:	Scottish independence referendum thread With Scotland voting next week whether to stay in the UK or secede and with latest polls indicating it is too close to call, the media in the UK is (at last) in a frenzy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/scotland-decides I was in Scotland a month ago and don't think I met any separatists the entire 4.5 days I was there but then again I wasn't really prying. I did meet a few people who were admittedly in the 'No thanks' camp. Things are definitely starting to feel like Canada in 1995 in the lead up to the last Quebec referendum. I'm starting to get worried about how a 'Yes' vote would negatively affect the value of the pound and economy more generally in the rest of the UK. Markets don't like uncertainty and there still seems to be a lot of uncertainty of what an independent Scotland would look like in practice. __________________ Shot down in Flames!