#Referendum

Myra MacDonald

myraemacdonald

A short thread for UK journalists & foreign correspondents coming new to the #Scotland question. When people say "62 percent of Scots voted Remain" what they actually mean is 62

Gavin Phillipson

Prof_Phillipson

Always curious about the widespread assumption that any referendum on Scottish independence should involve *only* Scots voting, as if it’s no business of the rest of the people living in

Simon Brooks

Seimon_Brooks_

The best time to have a referendum would be the late 2020s. A referendum in 2 or 3 years time would be lost heavily, & similar to the SNP's mistake

The Majority

themajorityscot

THE SNP'S 12-POINT PLAN FOR AN ILLEGAL REFERENDUM1. We intend to fool our followers by proposing that we can hold a referendum on Scottish Separation. 2. A bonus is that

Ian Smart

ianssmart

There will not be an “illegal” referendum. Even the SNP are not proposing that. They are proposing an irrelevant or meaningless referendum. Even that is possibly illegal (depends on the

Martin J Keatings SNP 1 | AFI 2

MartinJKeatings

Let me make this clear @Douglas4Moray. THE COURTS not THE GOVERNMENT and NOT PARLIAMENT are masters of law and THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO INTERPRET IT. Parliament makes laws, The

Martin J Keatings SNP 1 | AFI 2

MartinJKeatings

What is the #PeoplesAS30? It's about choice! ANY route to a vote which is not the SNP's dead "Grovel to Boris" plan A, requires that the power of the Scottish

The Sunday Times

thesundaytimes

New polls reveal today that a majority of voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland want a new referendum on the break-up of Britainhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/union-in-crisis-as-poll-reveals-voters-want-referendum-on-scottish-independ

Lloyd Melville

LloydAMelville

It’s the easiest and clearest path to actual independence. I haven’t heard a concrete proposal from the crowd that don’t want a referendum. Any other plan I’ve heard falls apart

Neglectful Gardener: #BLM One Human Race, 1 Planet

SimonPease1

1/7 On "Loser's consent"OK, I see a lot of RW accounts in the UK are tweeting about "Loser's consent" in relation to those who have opposed brexit. Leaving aside the

Chris McCorkindale

chrismccork

On talk over this weekend about wildcat or illegal referendums - the SG’s position is to hold a *legal* referendum, either on the basis of a s30 order or on

Jonathan Lis

jonlis1

From July 2016 until April 2018 there was no mainstream movement to hold a second referendum. Zero. A few prominent outliers on Twitter aside, everything was about making Brexit softer,

Siob, Princess of Yorkshire #FBPE #FBPEGlobal #FBR

Sillyshib

There’s some rewriting of history going on by journalists, comparing Trump to ‘remoaners’. Firstly, I don’t remember ANYONE alleging there were any votes cast fraudulently in that referendum. I for

David Gauke

DavidGauke

The left wing case against a Biden candidacy was that he wouldn't be able to motivate the Democrat base, but he won a record number of votes. And Biden looks

Joanna Cherry QC

joannaccherry

The route to #independence must be legal & constitutional. I support Plan A of replicating the Edinburgh Agreement but there are other legal & constitutional options & it’s right for

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧Edward Thomas Black

edglasgow59

1/Nationalists and LogicThink of oil and water?They naturally repel each otherIt’s the same with Nationalists and LogicLet me explainA few years ago the SNP supported Catalonia’s referendum on Independence. They

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