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Old 19-09-2014, 06:39 PM   #1
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Very poor result. Hang your heads in shame all those who voted no.

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Old 19-09-2014, 06:45 PM   #2
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Happy dependence day to them! They bought into all the scare tactics. "It's too risky!" yeah right, that would have been the smartest thing they could have done. We need more smaller governments competing on ideas and not having too much control, not fewer but larger ones. That goes for America too. I don't mean all the states should become their own countries, but rather the power of the federal government should be very limited, giving most of the power to the states.
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:03 PM   #3
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Very poor result. Hang your heads in shame all those who voted no.
What's your argument for supporting independance?
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:16 PM   #4
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Well done Scotland.
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:16 PM   #5
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:18 PM   #6
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:34 PM   #7
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Very poor result. Hang your heads in shame all those who voted no.
Yeah, shame on them for having an opinion and exercising their democratic right to vote for what they think is right!

(I too wanted a YES outcome by the way)
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:39 PM   #8
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Very poor result. Hang your heads in shame all those who voted no.
Really the 2,001,926 people that have a 55% majority should hang their heads in shame

I think it is a fantastic result first and foremost for Scotland but also for the United Kingdom.
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:51 PM   #9
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Really the 2,001,926 people that have a 55% majority should hang their heads in shame

I think it is a fantastic result first and foremost for Scotland but also for the United Kingdom.
Great, you're gonna be one of those people that vote against me when NZers one day get to vote whether or not we become a republic
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Old 19-09-2014, 07:57 PM   #10
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Old 19-09-2014, 08:16 PM   #11
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They did win some more powers from Whitehall but are still part of the UK...best option I reckon.
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Old 19-09-2014, 09:00 PM   #12
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WHAT???? You want to break away from the mother land ...... Australia?



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I'm still trying to work out why this was headline news here for the last few days.

I'm not saying I don't care about world events but I just don't get it all. What's to be gained and what's to be lost? :
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WHAT???? You want to break away from the mother land ...... Australia?
They way our respective economies are going, NZ might just but Australia soon enough!
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Old 19-09-2014, 11:50 PM   #19
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Shame, then they could have joined the EU proper and the Union Jack could have changed.
And the aus flag.

Just break America up... the coasts can join Canada, the centre jesus land, and the south can make a new confederacy. Texas can go it alone.

Some states can become Aztlan.
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Shame, then they could have joined the EU proper and the Union Jack could have changed.
And the aus flag.
Ain't nothing wrong with the Aussie flag.
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Ain't nothing wrong with the Aussie flag.
Just the top left corner..
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Shame, then they could have joined the EU proper and the Union Jack could have changed.
And the aus flag.
And Australia going "independant" would change what exactly? I have never understood the arguments for an Australian republic?
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Just the top left corner..
Nothing wrong with that, part of where we come from no shame there!
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Nothing wrong with that, part of where we come from no shame there!
Means absolutely nothing to me and a lot of others, nothing to get patriotic about.
But no part of where we are going..
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Means absolutely nothing to me and a lot of others, nothing to get patriotic about.
But no part of where we are going..
Maybe so for you but means a lot to others, maybe a change one day maybe not.
You will be waiting long long time for changes if any considering a referendum on Australian republic was defeated.
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Maybe so for you but means a lot to others, maybe a change one day maybe not.
You will be waiting long long time for changes if any considering a referendum on Australian republic was defeated.
We will see ai.
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Really the 2,001,926 people that have a 55% majority should hang their heads in shame

I think it is a fantastic result first and foremost for Scotland but also for the United Kingdom.
That 55% are clearly suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
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That 55% are clearly suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
The other 45% have denial syndrome...
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