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Originally Posted by Yahwe
I've read the full newsnight poll and the much publicised question is quite misleadingly phrased. also the rest of the poll questions make it quite obvious that the majority in all 3 countries taking part of the poll do not support breaking up the union (a point not mentioned).
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It was mentioned in everything I've read/seen/heard on the matter.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6264823.stm
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More people in Scotland wanted the Union to remain rather than break up, Newsnight found
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In England, nearly a quarter - 24% - thought they would lose out and another quarter (25%) thought they would benefit. Another 44% thought it would make no difference.
Many more people in Scotland thought they would do worse out of separation (37%), while 31% though they would be better off.
The poll also found that 73% of people in England and 56% of those in Scotland wanted things to remain the way they were.
In Wales, 49% thought they would be worse off if the Union dissolved. Only 14% thought they would gain.
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It all depends on how you ask the question to Scottish people.
If you ask them whether they want independance then they say yes.
If you ask them whether they want to break up the union then they say no.
I think it was Midge5 who pointed out what a joke the Welsh Assembly is as only 560,000 people voted for it in any case.
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details here)
What noone here has mentioned either is the very amusing story that
the French PM proposed a union between France and the UK.