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H_B in smug and arrogant reply shocker. This poster has made a point of trying to sound like he is talking down to us "oiks", and it will be all the more sweeter on the 19th when we gain independence that it's people like him who will look the fool he is.

While I disagree, although I suppose you need to define "fundamental" in order to debate it, at least they'll be our chancers..

I believe it all depends on the number of polls he is asked to participate in. After all he is such a bellwether for political opinion the pollsters are queuing up to ask his opinion. Not that he would say so of course, he never mentions polls once, not once.

Darling is a busted flush, he is getting pelters from both sides, Alexander is being round accused of fucking this up and what is the Bitter's response to all this? Gordon "Where's the gold" Brown!

The only people "correcting themselves" are the nodrones as they look upon in shock as Bitter Together absolutely shits on their cornflakes with repeated, inflammatory and blatantly untrue negative campaigning.

Are you? Funny that, you've never mentioned it before. Ever. Not once.

Yay! BINGO! Another post from Mr Bairn about how he is influencing the polling. Give it up, you have been banging away at this like a kid that's desperate to tell his friends he found a torn scrap of nudie magazine in the bushes. Don't flatter yourself and stop telling us how much influence you have. This has to be the 10th time you've been claiming to be the "go to guy" for all the pollsters.

I tell you what though, a Scotland Germany game won't be littered with casual and lazy racial stereotypes peddled out by the press whenever our neighbours play them. Another reason why we should be looking to vote Yes and splitting from a nation that sees xenophobia and colonialism as positive character traits.

Where is this "silent majority". Considering both sides have been pretty fucking vocal the idea that there is now a 3rd group of people who are not only in the majority but also are silent is batshit crazy talk.

Completely. I didn't believe them when nearly everyone I was speaking to was voting Yes (or a soft Yes) and the polls were showing in the low 30's, and I'm not going to believe them now. It's nothing more than a slight comfort, nothing more.

If it is 47%, that will mean that in one month, YG has polled the Yes as 35% (07/08), 38% (15/08), 47% (01/09). That is one fucker of a curve no matter how you wish to spin those figures.

Who is running the Mr Bairn, "how I tricked the polls", bingo? Because it's not like he won't shut the f**k up about it, as if his one opinion makes the difference in a vote covering millions.

I think it's important that the yes campaigners don't see this as some sort of victory. I still don't believe the polls and wouldn't no matter which side they are showing for. However, we all have to admit that if YG are showing it within touching distance that is quite a jump.

Yeah. if YouGov were to release a poll of more than 50% for the Yes camp I will be stunned, absolutely stunned.

Bloody hell! Ok, on a serious note, that is a bloody huge result but the cynic in me thinks they would release a rigged huge poll in favour only to release another YG poll showing the usual figures and claim the Yes campaign is falling off.

Yeah, I seriously doubt YouGov polls say that. If it does a, perhaps they've stopped taking their polls in the Louden Tavern.

While I don't trust the polls, have you noticed how now they are much closer how the mainstream media has suddenly stopped posting them, or if they do they are no longer as prominent.

It never ceases to amaze me how this H_B lad can be an expert on every single topic that is discussed. History, politics, maths... you name it, he seems to be some sort of polymath with an IQ topping the 170s. With this in mind one has to ask two questions; 1) if he is such an expert why is he spending his time on forums like this rather than going about solving the world's real problems like poverty, climate change or famine, and 2) why would such a clever man be so adamant on such a stupid decision as to vote no. Will we get an answer to these two questions? Perhaps, perhaps not, but regardless whether we do or not we should all bask in the reflective glow of a genius the likes of which grace the human race only once or twice in a lifetime.

Only the nodrones could consider an ever closing gap as a positive.

Now you see if you had just said that rather than that whole really embarrassing Iain Dale thing then things would be fine. Sadly, though, you will forever be labelled with using a local radio DJ as the "source" for your argument. #toughbreak

No it doesn't. You said it was a fact, to back that up you found the first link you could to support that claim. Sadly for you it was a massively discredited source and you've looked a fool. I will ask once more, where is the evidence to back up your claim of "fact". You have the opportunity to retract your claim, and just admit it was an assumption based on nothing more than a hunch.

...but ...but ..it's FACTS!

He's clueless. There are people wearing black armbands in Alexander's constituency office just now it's so obvious he's lost that seat. But, hey, we could be wrong, after all Iain Dale is a London local radio dj he clearly knows more than the people who actually live in Inverness.

That's your "evidence"? Iain Dale? This Iain Dale... Looks like your desperate smash and grab via Google has let you down big time. Perhaps look up the word "fact". You'll find it doesn't define it as "Local radio presenter makes assumptions based on hunches"...

This is the same Lib Dems Mr Bairn has claimed will get more seats than UKIP in the election and he claimed that as "fact". Funnily enough he has so far failed to back up this "fact", and the mischievous may suggest he is avoiding the request.