In Belfast last week. Both sides flying Scottish flags. Could NI join Scotland and solve the flags issue?
Looks like the older vote will swing it for the NO's. Putting their pensions ahead of all else...or rather a 'fear' of some sort of reduction to their pensions.
Quiet sad
'tell ya' one thing, if I were a pensioner and Scottish and was informed that my pension would be less on a Yes Vote, I'd vote an emphatic 'No'
Quite a No Brainer, I think.
Depends on the way your brain works I suppose....sometimes money's not everything
Nice post there Delboy! That's why this Forum is called Askaboutmoney not Askabout-Everything-but-Money.
Just heard about the result in Scotland ('No' Wins) and even the most staunch GB'er (Gibber for short!) must concede that very little will be the same again in Scotland or indeed the UK and not a bullet was fired. (We could learn from the Scots).
I must say I was very impressed with how this referendum engaged so many in Scotland (over 85% turnout is hugely impressive) and regardless of which side you were on, as Leper said, things will never be the same again for the UK. I don't think there is anything sad about people voting No for economic reasons Delboy, I think it it too simplistic though to say that the only reason Scotland voted no is because pensioners put their pensions ahead of anything else. I think on the whole Scotland did quite well out of this referendum but the UK has been damaged, not strengthened as a result (imho).
Scotland’s older people saved the Union
Young people really wanted independence.
http://www.thejournal.ie/scottish-referendum-polls-1680576-Sep2014/
In terms of age, 16-35 year-olds were divided, with 16 and 17-year-olds voting 71% yes. However, 18-24-year-olds voted 52 to 48 against independence. 25-34-year-olds went to other way, voting to break free of Westminster.
On the other end of the scale, over 65s voted 73% to 27% to stay in the Union.
Pensions are of the utmost importance to older people who have no other income. If there is any threat to the amount, naturally, they will circle the wagons and fight. Our own pensioners are no different.
Let me throw in another scenario (just for the sake of the way Ireland Ltd is . . .). Even with the best of Private Health Insurance (of which we are informed that thousands are leaving every month) a patient has to wait usually for considerable time before being admitted to a hospital. I won't mention anybody without health insurance looking for a hospital bed. Let's face it our Health Service is creaking if not already burst at the seams.
In the UK for £10.00 per year you have free hospital care, free GP care, free prescriptions in the their public sector. I cannot even imagine even Delboy disagreeing with me on that.
In the UK you qualify for an Old Age Pension at 60 (as against 66 here). The cost of living is lower in the UK also.
Is there any chance of a referendum here in Ireland in which we could again become part of the United Kingdom?
Let's face it our Health Service is creaking if not already burst at the seams.
In the UK for £10.00 per year you have free hospital care, free GP care, free prescriptions in the their public sector. I cannot even imagine even Delboy disagreeing with me on that.
I can tell you the UK NHS is also creaking at the seams and the waiting list for non essential operations and may I say essential ones like knee and hip replacments are getting longer and longer. I am not sure where you are getting the £10 from though. The NHS is free at the point of delivery for most people.
In the UK you qualify for an Old Age Pension at 60 (as against 66 here). The cost of living is lower in the UK also.
That is incorrect,
The current State Pension age in the UK is:
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/calculating-your-state-pension-age
Increase in State Pension age to 68
- 65 for men born before 6 December 1953
- between 60 and 65 for women born after 5 April 1950 and before 6 December 1953
Pension law already provides for the State Pension age to increase to 68 between 2044 and 2046.
Is there any chance of a referendum here in Ireland in which we could again become part of the United Kingdom?
If you yearn for the UK so much, you just have to move to the North East of this island and you'll find your utopia!
Last time I checked, the Pensioners here were doing just fine....largely untouched by the great recession compared to younger generations. You didn't mention perks here such as nationwide free travel in your comparison!
I don't recall Salmond saying the NHS was going to be abandoned or pensions cut..it was all fear mongering in the end by the No's and their Corporate supporters that ensured a win for the Union.
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