Re: Can Salmond net it? : Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:46 am
El Barbudo wrote:
According to the opinion polls, if taken now, a referendum would not be in favour of independence.
Salmond knows that, he just wants to get another option that people might just go for (i.e. Devo max) onto the ballot paper so that he won't suffer a "defeat".
Trouble is, he says it's not up to him to define "Devo max" ... and Cameron (rightly, my goodness !) says that if it's not defined you can't put it on a Ballot sheet.
The Barbudo prediction is that is that the end-result will just be a little bit more autonomy for Holyrood.
Which, in the long run is probably good for the SNP because, if they actually got independence, I don't think the SNP would be in government after the first couple of terms.
I mean, once they'd got what they've been banging on about all this time, they'd have to actually be competent rather than just be anti-Westminster.
Salmond knows that, he just wants to get another option that people might just go for (i.e. Devo max) onto the ballot paper so that he won't suffer a "defeat".
Trouble is, he says it's not up to him to define "Devo max" ... and Cameron (rightly, my goodness !) says that if it's not defined you can't put it on a Ballot sheet.
The Barbudo prediction is that is that the end-result will just be a little bit more autonomy for Holyrood.
Which, in the long run is probably good for the SNP because, if they actually got independence, I don't think the SNP would be in government after the first couple of terms.
I mean, once they'd got what they've been banging on about all this time, they'd have to actually be competent rather than just be anti-Westminster.
You're right, the weaselling about "mostly out" options has started. The ballot papar will look like an IQ test by the time Salmond has finished. My feeling is that he thinks that the more options they put in the less likely people will vote a clear "No" to everything and the more power he will end up with.
Robert Mugabe must have been giving him lessons in running a rigged vote.
