tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post7868234686064653436..comments2024-03-28T11:28:02.632+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing?James Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-1889261728718740212010-07-07T00:33:18.957+01:002010-07-07T00:33:18.957+01:00I suppose their answer might be that, even if the ...I suppose their answer might be that, even if the turnout is differential, a higher overall turnout will boost the chances of a Yes vote, and will boost the credibility of a Yes vote in the aftermath. But even if all that is true, it scarcely outweighs the huge harm that will be caused to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish campaigns.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-5097813434117209302010-07-06T16:19:13.075+01:002010-07-06T16:19:13.075+01:00Absolutely James, it's no the actual votin tha...Absolutely James, it's no the actual votin that will cause the problem, fowk arenae that thick, but it's the certainty that the Scottish GE campaign will be sidelined by the British (and Scottish) media. Recent experience shows that tae be true.<br /><br />It's no even in the interests o' those advocatin reform tae hae a referendum wi such variable turnoot. Whit validity will it hae wi a 60% turnoot in Scotland an' a 30% in London, an' some variation atween in England, dependin oan whither or no they're electin cooncils at the same time? If the referendum's worth haein (an' ah'm no sure it is) then gie it its ain space, wi its ain campaign.<br /><br />Whit difference will a few weeks make?Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.com