Scottish Independence Referendum - 18 September 2014

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Attention: Americans (and others, I guess)

BBC World will be broadcasting live coverage of the results beginning at 6 PM ET (11 PM in Scotland) tomorrow and will continue for four hours.

Live stream?

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Rasmussen poll of 1000 Americans:

Do you favor or oppose Scotland becoming an independent nation rather than a part of Great Britain?

30% YES
19% No
51% Undecided

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As I've said the thing I find perplexing about that vastly over-represented 19% on this forum is that I can understand an American supporting Scottish independence for romantic reasons. That makes sense to me. How does an American unionist happen? Some nonsense about Keeping Our Ally Strong!!1 ?

Look, at least in the short term, Scotland is better off staying with the UK. You can argue these issues shouldn't be decided with a short term view but that explains some of the opposition to this plan. The no side needs to have a better thought out plan for an independent Scotland. I am an American who opposes Scotland independence and it has nothing to do with loyalty to the crown.