Scottish independence vote threatens to derail 2015 general election

[Jesus Malverde]

The 2015 general election will be thrown into turmoil if Scotland votes for independence in September’s referendum, according to government legal advice.

An election is scheduled to be held on May 7 next year but by then Scotland could already be preparing to separate from the rest of the United Kingdom.

The leading lawyer who wrote the Westminster government’s legal advice on Scottish independence is now warning that a “Yes” vote in the referendum would have major ramifications for the election, and could destabilise the next British government.

Cabinet ministers fear that if Alex Salmond’s independence campaign succeeds, the general election would be in grave doubt, plunging Britain into an unprecedented “constitutional crisis”.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10700499/Scotland-vote-threatens-to-derail-2015-election.html

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Maybe we should put trade sanctions on the Scots if they vote to break away.

[NV Whino]

2. OMG, no!

Think of the scotch!

[HereSince1628]

3. Oh my...no trade in Haggis!

[Igel]

4. They're following the pre-prescribed requirements for their vote.

Like Venice.


Oddly, the Ukraine courts said that Crimea hadn't done this and had no legal basis. To which the VR offered to provide the necessary legal cover for Crimea to hold a referendum. Then, once all the media sources were up and running again, freedom of assembly was reinstituted, the foreign troops were out of the streets, and time was given for both sides on the issue to freely campaign in settled circumstances there'd be a vote.

Obviously a diversionary tactic. No "true scotsman" of a liberal would want a diverse media, freedom of assembly and protest, foreign troops out of polling places, time to discuss the issues during a campaign in which all voices could be heard.

I can only conclude that the Scottish elections are going to be fundamentally flawed because of the execrable circumstances under which they'll be held, the "fair and free" circumstances that all right-thinking people find odious.