Sentences with phrase «yes vote on independence»

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If Scots vote yes to separation on Thursday, a clock starts ticking down to March 24, 2016 — the independence day declared by the Scottish government.

LONDON — Two of the biggest investors in Scotland on Wednesday warned of the consequences of a «Yes» vote for independence there amid opinion polls showing next week's referendum has become too close to call.

As the final day of campaigning continues in Scotland ahead of Thursday's referendum on independence, a Catholic MSP says a yes vote comes with too many risks.

The yes campaign has largely taken the natural supporters of independence for granted, concentrating instead on trying to reassure those more inclined to vote no of the continuity of traditions and down playing the risks of independence — tactics more likely to appeal to those high on conscientiousness and low on openness to experience.

The mayor pledged in September 2009 (at the height of the mayor's race he eventually won, running on the GOP and Independence lines) to push members of the Senate Republican conference, which he had long bankrolled as its largest individual contributor, to vote «yes» on gay marriage.

Sturgeon's success since the independence referendum in 2014 has been in keeping the 45 % who voted Yes on her side.

I am not concerned here with arguing the pros and cons of Scottish independence, but it is worth spending a few moments considering the impact of a «yes» vote on the main Westminster political parties.

Dugdale's proposal aims to save the union from what she sees as a UK Tory government and Scottish SNP government both intent on pulling it apart — albeit even some notable Labour figures such as former first minister Henry McLeish have said they would back a Yes vote in a second Scottish independence referendum.

However, there is no guarantee that Scottish MPs will resign on 24 March 2016, given a «yes» vote and smooth independence negotiations.

Of course, Sturgeon would like to hold a second referendum and to be the politician who led the Yes campaign to victory but she is not reckless; the First Minister wants to see support for independence polling at at least 60 per cent - for a substantial period of time - before gambling on another vote.

Scottish independence on a knife edge: Yes vote closes gap to 6 points after surge in support for breaking up the UK 2 September 2014

-- In SD - 07, Craig Johnson («yes» on marriage) led Jack Martins («no») 42,477 to 36,349 on the Democratic to Republican lines, but Martins received 1,959 votes on the Independence Line and 4,620 votes on the Conservative line to overtake Johnson.

Thus, when the First Minister tells them that a second referendum on Scottish independence is not for now, they agree that slow and steady wins the race, and when she tells them another vote is just around they corner, they nod and reply «yes, it's time».

Although the rest of the United Kingdom did not have a vote on Scottish independence, the proposal of a currency union by the Yes campaign was rejected by the British government and the Bank of England.

Much was made of the fact that state Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay expressed personal support yesterday for the legalization of same - sex marriage, with some suggesting this could somehow neutralize the state Conservative Party's threat to deny its endorsement — and ballot line — to any Republican who votes «yes» on the bill.

But there is a palpable read - across from the 45 per cent of Scots who voted «Yes» for independence last month and the huge numbers of English voters who backed Ukip on Thursday.

Today The Scottish National Party launches the campaign for a «yes» vote in the referendum on independence

Now, with Smith arriving on the scene with a significant new devolution agenda, Scottish politics may gradually revert from being dominated by the grievances of the 45 % who voted yes to independence, to the quieter aspirations of the 75 % or more who tend to back increased powers for Holyrood.

In the independence White Paper published on Tuesday, the Scottish government pledged another # 100m a year for childcare in the first budget and a further # 600m by the end of the first parliament, subject to a «yes» vote in the referendum.

Nicola Sturgeon, deputy leader of the SNP, has announced measures to tackle fuel poverty should the SNP win a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

On 18 September 2014, Dundee was one of four council areas to vote «Yes» in the Scottish independence referendum, with 57.3 % voting «Yes» on a 78.8 % turnouOn 18 September 2014, Dundee was one of four council areas to vote «Yes» in the Scottish independence referendum, with 57.3 % voting «Yes» on a 78.8 % turnouon a 78.8 % turnout.

Urging Labour voters who had backed independence to support his vision for the party, he claimed Labour had «so much more in common with [those who] voted «Yes» in the referendum than we do with many of the political leaders who campaigned for «No» on the 18th of September».