Economists Urge Scotland to Vote No......

ruggedtoast

Don't panic!!!!!

THE SCOTS ARE REVOLTING!!!

ruggedtoast

Generali

wotsthat wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/11098848/Betfair-pays-out-early-on-Scottish-independence-No-vote.html

The matched bets aren't being paid out but they're paying out on their own book.

It's good marketing. I wouldn't read too much into it. Paddy Power started it as a way of getting newspaper coverage.

ISTR that they paid out on Newcastle in the 'I'd luv it, just luv it' season.

wotsthat

Generali wrote: »

It's good marketing. I wouldn't read too much into it. Paddy Power started it as a way of getting newspaper coverage.

ISTR that they paid out on Newcastle in the 'I'd luv it, just luv it' season.

I thought good publicity too. There'll be accusations of the 'Westminster Elite' dropping money into the markets to give the impression of a close fought campaign.

How else could you explain the gap between the polls and the betting? The streets are full of flag waving nationalists and there's not a no voter to be seen - I'm surprised

tincans

Generali wrote: »

It's good marketing. I wouldn't read too much into it. Paddy Power started it as a way of getting newspaper coverage.

ISTR that they paid out on Newcastle in the 'I'd luv it, just luv it' season.

Not sure, but Betfred paid out on Man U winning in 1998 when they were 11 points clear in March - only to be pipped by the Arsenal.

mayonnaise

wotsthat wrote: »

The streets are full of flag waving nationalists and there's not a no voter to be seen - I'm surprised

A possible explanation...

Why so few “no thanks” posters or union flags? “Because we don’t want our windows smashed or tyres slashed,” some no voters reply.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/04/-sp-scottish-independence-momentum-yes-country-divided

Britain in 2014.
The separatist genie has been let out of the bottle and it will be hard if not impossible to put it back in again.

jedimonkey

Can't wait til this is all over.
I have heard the word 'scaremonger' enough to last 12 lifetimes.

It's like the phrase 'legal tender'. Only used when trying to spend our banknotes down south,

CLAPTON

jedimonkey wrote: »

Can't wait til this is all over.
I have heard the word 'scaremonger' enough to last 12 lifetimes.

It's like the phrase 'legal tender'. Only used when trying to spend our banknotes down south,

of course English bank notes aren't legal tender in Scotland although I have never had one refused there

ruggedtoast

Now my other thread has (again) been doomed (doomed!) to discussion time, let this be the official Scottish Independence thread until Thursday.

It is, in a sense, only fitting that it belongs to Hamish.

ruggedtoast

Millipede has been roughed over by roughs in a shopping centre in Edinburgh!!!

I repeat, Millipede has been roughed over by Yes supporting roughs in a shopping centre, in Edinburgh.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2758136/Bow-imperial-master-Miliband-Labour-leader-hounded-Edinburgh-shopping-centre-Yes-protesters-pleads-civilised-debate.html

Well, it's another lovely day for Scotland's new democracy.

Thanks f00x I am about as far South as it is possible to get, is what I thought when I read this.