Indyref 15: the count

[SantanaLopez]

Evening all!

Cambiodenombre, I agree that whilst I'm concerned for my country, as I have no vote there was nothing I could do about it. It's still quite difficult even now, to fully understand why Scots want to leave. You'll be getting Devo Max so why take the risk?

Not much OOAOML.

OOAOML yes we did :)

Yes and no - more of the same really :)

You must be exhausted now or

Evening all. What time for waking and being reasonably sure of an actual result?

What does OOAOML stand for ?

Anyone know when the first vote's likely to be in? Don't think I can stay up much longer but sooooo want the result....

OOAOML welcome back - hope you are OK

Hello OOAOML!

Hi OOAOML
How do you feel?

From the Guardian's live feed, latest:

in Alex Salmond’s backyard, where the Scottish first minister and leader of the yes campaign had been expected at the local count but is now not attending:

"An early indication that the yes campaign is braced for defeat?

Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, will be residing overnight at his home in the north east of Aberdeenshire, rather than coming to one of the referendum counts nearby.

The fact that the SNP leader will not be going to the count for the council area which encompasses his constituency was being seen by some observers as an indicator that he expected the yes side to lose the referendum and was limiting his exposure tonight.

One of Salmond’s staff told the Guardian as late as yesterday that the plan was that he would spend the day at his home in Strichen, go to the count before going on to Edinburgh in the morning so it does appear to be a change in plan.

Salmond is expected to go to Edinburgh in the early morning, according to SNP sources. There is an SNP press conference scheduled for 10am on Friday in Edinburgh"

"our One And Only Mary Lou". I am a bit of a Chalet School geek, and Mary Lou was an annoying character much given to speaking her mind but getting away with it as people made comments such as "that's just our one and only Mary Lou". So I suppose I chose it because I thought I would speak my mind on Mumsnet.

I'm loving the replies to questions on 'when will the count be in' or 'what's the intel you have' - instead of the waffle you usually hear on these programs, I'm loving the 'we don't have a clue' responses.

Reminds me of Jon Stewart's Daily Show where he ridicules the big news networks who don't let the lack of facts get in the way of the content of their shows. No such bollocks tonight I'm thinking there might be a struggle to fill these next few hours if this keeps up...

Yeh Yeh. He loved the attention. You would think he was the first politician to be egged. Look at Prescott, at least he had the balls to deck the fucker. Murphy whined on about the campaign. Attention seeking nonsense because noone was paying a blind bit of attention to him

AS isn't attending any of the counts? That's odd, even if you did have an inkling you might lose.

sorry is OOAOML wearing an invisibility cloak?

Hello everyone, please scuse me barging in, I haven't read the other threads but just wanted to say hello and I'm so excited the referendum is actually happening! I'm going to try to stay up all night, have a massive supply of Ferraro rocher to help get me through.

Oh I see sorry, OOAOML .

He did work the egging to the max!

Hello HappyYoni, glad your Yoni is ummm, happy!

Given up on the idea of sleep....[grin

Cambiodenombre My understanding is that the Welsh Assembly has many similar powers to the Scottish parliament, but on a lesser scale. They don't have any financial/tax raising powers, and they don't have any powers regarding the justice system, in the same way Scotland does. The Scottish legal system is quite different to England's, but the Welsh legal system is essentially the same. I believe there are some other areas where Wales doesn't have powers that Scotland does, e.g. Scotland has some aspects of energy production devolved.

I'm sure there's a lot more to it, this page gives a summary of Welsh powers:

www.gov.uk/devolution-settlement-wales

Compared to Scotland

www.gov.uk/devolution-settlement-scotland

very tired with sore feet. Started off at a polling station, lots of door knocking, then finished up with another polling station session. Brilliant day, good chats with yes people, even a hug with one.

Isn't it squoosh.

Does anyone know why there are no exit polls?

Right, good night UK. We are friends tonight we will be friends in the morning. Shake hands with your neighbour however they voted and be kind to each other.

Sleep well.
53% No. That will be the result.