Mr Kissyfur wrote:
The turnout of 18-24 year olds is dismal, so adding in 16-17 year olds isn't going to increase the votes by much. I have all along assumed that SNP have polled 16-17 year olds and they're in favour of independence, and that's the reason they're getting them the vote. A sad reflection on the state politics is in, that there isn't any response other than cynicism.
Indeed mate, depressing stuff.
"You're not old or responsible enough to buy a half-pint of beer at the local, or buy a pkt. of bangers for Bonfire Night or even buy a £1 scratch card - but hey, you can vote on the destiny of the country, indeed the entire Union [because we, the governing Party, cynically reckon that'll increase the Yes vote precisely because Minors are young, naive and impressionable enough to vote as such]"
The sheer disingenuity of the SNP laid bare, and not for the first time either? (See also the "Do you agree...." proposed wording of the actual referendum question - not that this'll ever be allowed to come to pass of course, much to their chagrin no doubt)
I actually wouldn't mind a straight, clean fight on this one, to resolve this tiresome issue/unhelpful distraction once and for all - but fat chance of that! Salmond is oilier than your typical sardine IMO, but his and the SNP's undoing will surely be their inability to formulate a credible, comprehensive plan encompassing all key aspects, post full Independence (plus the fact that only c.28% of *real, normal* Scots, those actually living and working in Scotland and not plugged into Twitter 24/7 raging at the Moon, even want independence anyway). I mean, The SNP are a ramshackle, single issue political party at the end of the day, a marriage of convenience, much like UKIP and others. Take away their whole raison d'être - independence - and they're clueless and disunited, be it about 'who gets the oil', NATO, relationship with the US, membership of the EU, fiscal policy/retention of the pound (and thus renunciation of any fiscal policy; bound to BoE interest rate and QE decisions) and so on. I could continue.